The Billboard 1926-01-16: Vol 38 Iss 3
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AT LIBERTY AFTER JANUARY 16, STALEY, 515 6th St., N. W., Washington, D. C.| ADVANCE AGENT Press, wildcat Wo id eon- sider Repertoire or one-night stands Close con | tractor Indoor Circus Promoter Red-hot Program Solicitor Can manage Motion Picture Theatre No AT LIBERTY prop. sition too large. My salary your limit Am wer and reliable. Ticket if too far HARRY K. REX GEORGE WELLS. Baltimore Own Hotel. Baltimore, Md Heavies and Characters. Age, 34; height, 5 ft., Stock Rep. Vaudeville Act considered 10 in.; By ag 150. Sober, reliable. Wardrobe } a gd 102 West 44th St., New York City. Hotel Paris, Brussels, ete. DR. PERCY J. STARNES Just concluded five years at the Mark Theatre, New York City. Care The Billboard Pub. Co., Box 285, Broadway, New York City. AT LIBERTY Celebrated Organist and Conductor from London, PICTURES, CONCERT, CLASSICAL JAZZ Strand 1560 BLACK ENAMEL CLOTH 48 Inches Wide. Used as Imitation Patent Leather for Costumes, Drops, etc. 50c Per Yard Colors, G0c per Yard. 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; “It Covers the Globe Weekly 6 Honest and es « Without Favor or Fear weekly at Cincinnati, O. Published 260 Paned Entered Vol. XXXVIIL. as secon@-class mail No. 3. January 16 matter 1926. COMPANY OF 7 SAILS FOR CUBA Broadway Scandals, Inc., Sending Entertainers to West Indies and Mexico---Equity Moves To Protect Artists New York, Jan. 11.—Broadway Scan- dals, a company of 70 entertainers, 40 of whom are chorus girls, sailed Saturday for Havana to play a four weeks’ en- gagement, beginning January 16, after which the troupe is to be taken to Mexico City for an additional four weeks, A firm known as the Broadway Scan- dals, Inc., with William G,. Lovatt as president and Harry 8S. Heckheimer, of Ginsburg & Heckheimer, attorneys, as egal adviser, is behind the venture, and Heckheimer also is going along as busie ness representative William H. Smith uso will accompany the troupe for the irpose of staging the entertainment. Harry Walker, the local booking agent, s the producer. Among the principals in the company are e Zaretsky Troupe, Margaret Daley and Harry Losee, Leon and De Cortez, Renee and Laura, Harry Le Reine, Edith Ray McCiintock, Alma Keller, Leyland, Forrest Glen, Robert Weeks, Francis Perez, Katherine Perez, Julia Perez, Elizabeth Perez and Grete Hinsky, while the members of the chorus are Ada Brackman, Dorothy Hill, Donna Dolores, Dorothy Merrithew, Hazel Brammer, Genevieve Moore, Mary Macek, Dolores Arnold, Kittie Leckie, Nellie Stuart, Peggy Delmar, Kitty How- ard, Virginia Moore, Marie Bennett, Shir- ey Carlton, Kathleen Huss, Lenore Doliny, Fr es Greer, Lucille Prather, Imogene Love, Ronnie Madison, Sybil Stokes, Sally Bronis, Florence Conne, Pat erry, Rose Marie Vaughn, Barbara Lloyd, Mary Reeves, Rita Martin, Betty Carpenter, Margaret Williams, Helen Farez, Betty Campbell, Lebanon Hoffa, Ruth King, Fern Le Roy, Virginia Banks, Georgia Grey, Grace Hayes and Martha Yensen., Actors’ Equity Association spent considerable time last week endeavoring ) arrange protection for the artists who are leaving the country, particularly the (Continued on page 96) W. J. (Doc) Allman Is Re-Elected Presiden Other Officers and Directors of Heart of America Showman’s Club Also Same for An- other Year Kansas City, Mo., Jan, 9.—Officers and i rs who served the Heart of Amertea man's Club last year, exceptions in those taken by death, were re- ected for 1926 at the annual election eeling held in the clubrooms at the * House last night. The attendance Was re than 100 persons, and the eve- ing had more the aspect of a “family” get-together than an election, as there mn, petition or second ticket in _ The following were returned to office r another term: W. J. (Doc) Allman, bp I nt. C. FP. Zeiger, first vice-presi- yn Felice Bernard, second Vice-presi- > a prenety Melville, third vice-presi- cot: Louis Heminway, secretary; J. M. Wien treasurer, and Dr. Walter L Ren ! chaplain D rectors: George sowk, chairman; H. 8, Tyler, Marty Wil- jams, P. W. Deem, .E. 2. Wilson, G. om sens N T, (Tex.) Clark, L. Lindell - 2 ey, a. Goldman, G. L. Barton, oh od see, ‘. G, MeGinnis, Sam_ Ben- rc de tn MacGug'n, Jas. T. McClellan, ving, MeCaffery, Jimmie Cooper, C.J H Apman Dave Stevens, J. L. Rammie, J 3 nson, Duke Mills, Howard Brandt. - Vetter, George Engesser R. H —- rd bd Brannan, Noble C. Fairly, reor ge a. ~ H. H. Dunean, Di- - vVno died during the past year lg k Hoskins, EK. B. Grubs and a rown, PO \llman thanked the club fn a le chosen words for the honor be- ‘ upon him and Secretary Hemin- (Continued on page 96) June 4. 1897, at Post Office, Cincinnati, Act of under Copyright 1926 by The Billboard Publishing Company. March, 1879. “—Photo from Wide World Photos. LAMBS DISCUSS PLANS FOR FROLIC ' The Lambs Gambol committee consisting of famous producers and stars met recently at the Lambs’ held by the Lambs January 24. Adolph Zukor, Thomas Meighan, Jesse Lasky and David Warfield. clubhpuse to discuss final plans Photo shows left -to right, Bernard Baruch, for the frolic to be Standing, John Emerson, Charles Winninger and Joseph Santley. PLAYWRIGHTS TAKE STEPS TO PROTECT THEMSELVES — Agree to Closed Shop and Will Draw Up Basic Contract for Pro- ducers---Actors Not Likely To Favor Any Affiliation Between Dramatists and Equity New York, Jan. 11.—After several pre- paratory conferences held in secret by various members and committees, the playwrights met in a body last Thursday afternoon at the Hotel Roosevelt for the purpose of taking definite steps to protect themselves against unfair theatrical managers, and against the threatening evils of motion picture monopoly of the legitimate stagg and the consequent re- strictions In the matter of remuneration and royalties to authors for the screen rights to their works The outcome of the conference was the formation of a “closed-shop” organiza- tion to be known as the Association of Dramatists, and the adoption of a com- mittee report binding themselves to deal with producers only thru the association, and -proposing a basic contract with the following important provisions: That the manager shall agree not to ac- Wisconsin and Western Assn. of cept plays except from members of the association, who agree not to submit a play to any manager who shall not enter into the agreement. That the control of the motion picture and foreign rights to the play be with the author. That a competitive market be conserved for motion picture rights. That no secret dealings or indirect profit be made by any manager. Inasmuch as the association, with a membership that has gone up to 131, con- tains the names of nearly all important American dramatists and also such noted foreign dramatists as Noel Coward, Michael Arlen and W. Somerset Maug- ham, the playwrights feel confident that they can boycott any manager who re- fuses to deal with them on their basis. A committee composed of Rachel Croth- (Continued on page 96) Fairs Hold Their Annual Meetings Well-Known Speakers Heard---A. W. Prebn Again Heads Wisconsin Association---Oregon Fairs Join Western Association Two widely separated State associa- tions of fairs held their annual meetings the past week—Wisconsin and California. A. W. Prebn was re-elected preside nt of the Wisconsin association and J. F. Ma- lone was again made secretary Chas W. Paine continues as secretary-treasurer of the California association. All the former officers of the Wiscon- sin Association of Fairs were re-elected at the closing business session of the annual convention held at Marshfield, Wis., January 6 and 7. Milwaukee 4vas chosen as the convention city for next year, The officers for the coming year are: President, A, W. Préhn, Wausau; vice- president, E. C. Borchardt, Jr., Mani- towoc; secretary, J. F. Malone, Beaver Dam; treasurer. L. G. Ross, Superior; directors, A. L. Putnam, Chippewa Falls; Charles T. Taylor, Wautoma; Taylor G. Brown, Oshkosh. Approximately 100 delegates attended the convention, which opened Wednesday morning, January 6. In several instances every member of the official staff of the fair association was present, and the spirit of co-operation certainly prevailed thruout the entire meeting. The conven- tion was called to order by President A. W. Prehn, Wausau, whd delivered the opening address in which he assailed a (Continued on page $4) BIG MERGER IN TABLOID FIELD Sun and Virginia-Carolina Mana- gers’ Circuits in Booking Deal ---New Corporation Known as Gus Sun-Joe Spie- gelberg Agency Springfield, O. Jan. 9.—One of the biggest mergers in the history of the tab- loid branch of the profession went into effect this week with the establishment at Atlanta, Ga., of the Gus Sun-Joe Spiegelberg Agency, bringing together two great theatrical firms under one banner for future bookings. The new corporat.on will do business under the above name, and, to a certain extent, continue the Virginia-Carolina Managers’ Circuit, with headquarters for a number of years in Atlanta, under a complete reorganization. It is said the amount of incorporation is about $50,000. The deal was opened and closed with- in a_ short period. Negotiations first Started in Spr ngfield December 28, when Joe Spiegelberg, of Atlanta; Barney Aronson, of Raleigh, N. C., and William Leach, of Greensboro, N. C., accompanied by Jack White, of Atlanta, also with the Spiegeiberg offices, came to this city to confer with Gus Sun. The following day the merger was effected, with Mr. Sun being elected president, Mr. Aronson vice-president, Joe Spiegelberg secretary- treasurer, and the following six men as directors: Mr. Sun, Homer Neer, W. F. Martin, Mr. Spiegelberg, Mr. Aronson and Mr. Leach. The object of the merger as announced by Mr. Neer, general manager of the Sun Exchange, is to give tabloid shows from 30 to 35 additional weeks on the Sun Circiut, which has been booking houses in number sufficient to keep the shows working an entire season. As a result of the merger, the Sun Cir- cuit will send its 17-people shows thru the South over the Virginia-Carolina Managers’ Circuit after they have played the Sun Time, giving each company two years’ consecutive booking without play- ing any return dates. Again after the present 1l-people shows have finished playing the Southern Time they will be taken north on the Sun Time to play (Continued on page 84) Old-Time Fiddlers’ Contest at “Stampede” Guy Weadick Announces Novelty at Speech in Pittsburgh---Ar- ranging Special Parties To Attend Big Calgary Event Pittsburgh, Jan. 9.—Guy Weadick, well-known producer and manager of “Tha Stampede”, international cowboy contest and frontier-day celebration, staged annually at Calgary, Alberta, Canada, announced at a speech here this week that it has been decided to offer three large cash purses at “The Stampede” next July 5-10, open to old-time fiddlers from all over North America, the con- test to be held during the famous Cow- boy Ball during Stampede Week, when 20,000 people attired in cowboy garb dance on the streets to the tunes of Pop Goes the Weasel, Honey Musk, Turkey in the Straw and other old-time airs. Since the announcement of this addition Calgary’s novel dance program in the press (after Weadick’s announcement here) he has received wires from dis tricts and communities of all parts of the United States, saying they will have fiddlers at Calgary. Weadick says that maybe Mellie Dun- ham is the best fiddler among the lumber- jacks in Maine, or possibly among the lumberjacks of the whole world for that matter, but thinks that Mellie or Henry Ford has probably never heard some of the old-time fiddlers of the West. He (Weadick) is playing a few weeks in Keith-Albee vaudeville on his way from to New York to Chicago, and at the same time making speeches before various clubs, etc., on “The Stampede", arranging special parties to attend the big Calgary (Continued on page 84) Last Week's Issue of The Billboard Contained 742 Classified Ads, Totaling 5,040 Lines, and 572 Display Ads, Totaling 15,929 Lines; 1,314 Ads, Occupying 20.969 Lines tm All ma Billboard a | Se ESS The Medium forte Best Interests of all Concerned in the World of Amusement ARES 1° ZB i el Ss 8 9 14 : Ao | Bo, «oat ~ _ a ee eee 14 _ a a : ad —_ - ee ~ oe
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6 ? | The Billboard THE BROOKS COSTUME COMPANY TO SELL THRU DEPT. STORES Costumes Designed by James Reynolds and Charles LeMaire To Be Carried by Lord &% Taylor and Big Retailers Thruout Country---Will Bring Broadway's Best to Little Theaters and Amateurs EW YORK, Jan. 11.—The Brooks Costume Company. the largest stage costume N manufacturing establishment in the country, has come forwaid win an inno- vation in its trade and that of retail department store m-rchandi several months of preparatory work and extensive investigation of famous establishment, which supplies about 75 per cent of che ductions with wardrobes, will place their costumes, designed by such eee co ) ag mamma artists of the theater as James Reynolds ° —e Charles LeMaire, at the disposal of Eug ne Lockhart Joins sing, after markets. The big Broadway pro- little theaters, stock companies and ama- Moce rn Dress “‘Hamlet”’ teur groups, as well as individuals seek- ing faney dress and masquerade attire, 4 Sek Se hee) : thruout the country by means of a tie- New York, Jun, 1.—Eugens Lockhart, up with large department stores in Who created the role of Bud, the half- numerous metropolitan centers. wit, in Lula Ve lmer’s play, Sun Up, and Lord & Taylor on Fifth avenue is the W290 wes satst soa on Brocdway in The first store to open a special department Handy Man, will ike over the role of selling Brooks costumes. A collection of the First Glavedize r in the production 100 costumes designed by Reynolds went of Hu ’ sn me q rn dress, now playing on display in their show windows and in at the Hecksher Theater on upper Fifth a salon set aside for the purpose last avenue, under the management of the week, and will henceforth be a regular Talbot Pisyers, Ine. Walter Kingsford line in their merchandizing. A selected played this part wen the Shakespearean list of stores thruout the United States picce was presented downtown. will shortly follow suit. Costumes adapt- Lockhart is genera! stage director of able for all occasions and year-round use the Talbot Pierers, who have leased the will be carried regularly in stock. In- Hecksher The ter for their productions. cluded in the assortment will be repro- Basil Sycney coutinues as the timely ductions from the original costumes worn costuined Hamilict. in the popular Broadway hits. Boston Repertory Theater Has Professional Matinees Boston, Jan. 11.—The Tuesday after- noon performances at the Repertory Theater of Boston have been designated “professional matinees”, and as such are attracting many members of attractions playing here. Among the stars, bes des those mentioned elsewhere in this issue, who have recently visited the Henry Jewett organization are De Wolf Hopper and Hamilton Revelle. Sam Wren. recent'y of The Actors’ Theater. in New York, is now associated With the Repertory Theater as assistant to the @ rector, Henry Jowett ° The Repertory Theater will present for the next fortnight its 20°) Bernord Shaw proeduct’on, Captain Brass! d's Conversion, Thi: will be follow =! py John Galsworthy'’s Loyalt’es, Shows Croesar and Cleopatra, Minick, by Fdna Ferber ands George S. Kaufman, and probably The Cherry Orchard and Debureau, Hazzard With Col!'cge New York, Jan. 9.—Jack Hazzard. re- Show eontiy en raged to oe enech 2°26 \ irs ty Show of Columbia University, will make hs first appearance on th collese compus next Tuesday evenin: when he will announce his p! ans. A teutat ve cast will be tributed For the first time in its h story the Varsity Show will be seen on the camps this year. It opens at the McMillin Academic Theater in the Schoo! of Busi- ness Bu lding on March 8 T re t of the week it will play at t! Wa'dorf- Astoria. There wll also be two perform- enees outside Manhattan ths year. one at Montclair on March 15, the other at the Academy of Musie in Brooklyn on March 17. chosen and parts will be d.s- James Reynolds, who designed the present Lord & Taylor offerings, has this season created the costumes for, The Vagabond King, Sunny, The City Chap, Dearest Enemy and Captain Fury. Charles LeMaire has this year designed ; Rose-Marie, The Cocoanuts, Earl Car- 2. roll’s Vanities, Merry Merry, Greenwich Village Follies, Artists and Models, The Brown Derby, A Night Out and Sweet- heart Time. The Brooks organization states that innumerable inquiries and orders for cos- tumes are received from all parts of the country. The selling of wardrobes by mail has been found to be impractical. Investigation has shown that there is a large market for costumes designed by well-known Broadway artists, and that the Brooks label carries a heavy asset of good will, due ta the great number of shows displaying Brooks costumes and to their credit line in thousands of theater programs. The famous firm, therefore, feels that the new tieup with the depart- ment stores will prove exceedingly ad- vantageous and profitable to all con- cerned One of the deciding factors in bringing about the innovation was the receipt of more than 300 complimentary letters ad- dressed to LeMaire following his recent broadcast over the radio on the subject of What To Wear at a Fancy Dress Party. The Brooks people will sell thru the various department stores only under their own label, and they will confine styles to one store in each city. Each costume will bear the designing artist’s signature on the ‘lining. Sunday evening, December 27, 1925. employees of the Empire Theater and the City Opera House, Seventh annual Christmas banguet given by Manager Walter Decker to the Frederick, Md., “Dope” Cast Files Claims for Salaries Second 47th St. Theater soir Soule To Open Soon in New York th Rape gs ne ee ee of ne cast o ope, 1e , , P . Lieb. with the pro Bs a * void, eed New York, Jan. 11—The Mansfield abruptly term nated its contemplated Theater, the second playhouse to be series of eght special matinees after the €rected on 47th street, which was with- performance last Tuesday at the Out legitimate playhouses until the recent {Sth Street Theater, owing to the illness Opening of the Biltmore Theater, is fast second of Lieb. have fi'ed claims with the Ac- hearing completion and will be ready to tors’ Equity Associat on for the balance house its first attraction about the early of salary due them under their contracts part of next month. This playhouse, With the producers, the Colon‘al Produc- Which belongs to the second chain of tions, In¢ Some of the players received theaters being built by the Chanin Thea- payment for one performance, while ters Corporation, is on the south side of others were compensated for both shows 47th street, between Seventh and Eighth given last ek, so they are suing for avenues, and is immediately opposite the difference is due them on ther Biltmore, which was erected by the same f eight performances, company. The new house is named in : to report, Fred C. Curtis, honor of Richard Mansfield. 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January 16 1926 Rebuilding Theater ‘Ont the Week-End Lyric, New York, To Have En- tire New Lower Floor In- stalled --- Contractors Post Bond To Guarantee Prompt Completion Jan. 9.—For the first time ag arin of New York theatricals 7 ite “theager is to be partially r vhile the house is occuple d by an ‘ n The theater in question is , 1.ric. on West 42d street, where s iL. Harcis is presenting the Marx I rs in The Cocoanuts. ! nald De Koven, who amassed a : » writing music for light operas, I the Lyric about 25 years ago, at » time the house was a model for ity “but with recent developments in t building ficld the theater has felt t « of much space because of its i hioned seating arrangement. When Hat s booked The Cocoanuts into the beater it was stipulated in the con- ract with the present lessees, the Messrs heyner, that as soon as convenient » entire seating arrangement Was to changed. Plans were made and after the architects and builders had deter- mined on what was to be done the con- tracts were let. So after the performance tonight three of 20 men each will set to work and tear out the lower-floor boxes, rip out > seat on the main floor, remove the carpets and take up the old floor, and ay a new concrete flooring with the rear part raised so that every seat will e a clear view of the stage New will then be installed thruout the floor, and where the boxes were located t f r will be raised and rows of seats extended to the walls of each side ‘ the auditorium American Seating Company, which is rnishing and installing the seats, i e a other contractors en- ‘ i in vork, have posted bonds to guarantee t completion of the work in t f the performance Monday eve- The entire job will cost approxi- $25,000 Waugh District Manager Of Saxe Enterprises Milwaukee, Jan. 9.—Howard Waugh been appointed to the new post of © strict manager of the Saxe Amusement nterprises ¢ rcuit of picture houses. The post Was created by Harod J. tzgerald, who recently succeeded James is general manager of the Saxe Circuit, and will give Waugh jurisdict'on he 20 Saxe hous: located in vari- Is cites of the State, but not includ ng se in Milwaukee, which will be under ie direct superv sion of the main execu- es of the crcuit Waugh ‘is vwenived as an excel'ent field man. hav- ng established himself loca'ly as an ex- loitation genius while manager of the Alhambra Theater, which he opened for Un versal la t August. He was formerly affiliated wth Famous Players theater- operating activities, having been manager of the Howard Theater in Atlanta. Ga.. and also district manager of all Para- mount houses in Memphis, Tenn. Film Actors Injured While Working on Stunt Scene a San Francisco, Jan. 10. — Filming a movie thriller in a supposedly burning building n Berkeley, Frank Baker and toy Steele, leads for the Ben Wilson Product ons Company, were working on a scene in Officer $§$ when Steele fell fr: » wire 250 feet above the street Into a net, but injured his back. Boker Was hurt when he toppled backward from the second story. Both were rushed to the Berkeley General Hospital. French Actress Injured In Doing Stage Fall London, Jan. 9 (Special Cable to The ard).—Jeanne de Casalis, brilliant ! actress, appearing in Tchekov's Ivaner, at the Barnes Theater, in- i herself when doing a stage fall in ond act th's week. She was un- to complete the performance in the accident happened, but has ’ Tecove red sufficiently to resume her ] Curzon and Novello To Produce “The Firebrand” . London, Jan. 9 (Special Cable to The 4 coard), a te with friends outside of ¢ : fession GALLIC MOOD PERVADES NEW CASINO DE PARIS New York, Jan. 11.—A gen'ine Gallic mood pe:vades the Casino de taris, atop the Century Theater, where the latest Shubert revue, A Night in Paris, had its premiere iast week Silken hangings of extensive yardage cover the arched ceil- ing, two enormous and really magnificent single-piece tapesuriecs cover the right and left wails, and huge tapestry-covered chand rs of bizarre shape hang sus- pended at innumerable vantage points. The view of the theater when lighted by these chandeliers is an exceedingly pretty sight Another feature of the intimate play- house is the particu’arly comfortable or- chestra chairs, w h have been spe- cilal'y made abroad. Tho crowded pretty close together, the seats are along the beet lines for inducing ease and relaxa- tion Smoking is at the Casino de permitted Paris, and the prospect of being able to puff away while reclining restfully in a luxurious seat is expected to lure many a theatergoer to this amusement ren- dezvous a second and third time In the lobby entrance to the theater are many portraits of beauties in the nude and near-nude The restaurant, which is also to be operated on the Century roof, has not but judging from can be had from the present the work it should turn out to be an unusually attractive place to dine and dance—and then step across the promenade to the theater. Theaters Seek To Make Ticket Scalping Legal yet the rough been completed, idea that state of Chicago, Jan. 7.—Owners of legitimate Loop theaters, thru their attorney, Wey- mouth Kirkland yesterday presented 4 draft of an ord nance seeking to legalize ticket scalping. The dpaft wil! be turned over to the counce!l jidiciary committee. The measure provides that 60 per cent of seats in the first 15 rows be sold at the box office direct to patrons The remaining 40 per cent may be sold to scealpers. Under the plan scalpers wll not be perm tted to charge more than 54 cents above the face value of the ticket Theaters which sell to brokers charging more will forfeit their license Famous Asks Government To Drop Monopcly Case Famous aftil- Jan. 11. — The Corporation and its Washington, Players-Lasky fated companies, which recently have come before the Federal Trade Commis- sion on charges of monopoly of the mo- tion picture industry n this country, last week asked the Commission to dismis the complaint against them on the record made Counsel for the Government asked the Commission to reopen the. hearings *o take the ev'dence of numerous theaters acquired by the respondents and other developments in the indu try since Sep- tember, 1924. Both motions were taken under advisement. Three Judges Required For Fagan-Grey Dispute New York, Jan. 11.—A special board of arbitration, with three judges sittinz 48 umpires, has been found necessary in the hearing of the claim filed with the Actors’ Equity Association by Myron C. Fagan, the producer, against Jane Grey, the actress, wherein Fagan contents that Miss Grey. was responsible for We sud- den closing of his play, The Fascinating Devil, which he declares caused him to suffer a loss of $15,000. ' The arbitration has already taken up two days and the case is now adjourned until certain important witness’s arrive Reviving “French Model” New York, Jan. 11.—Alessandro Bac- cari’s revue, The French Model, which was produced for one special perform- ance at the Cort Theater last June and then taken off for revision and recast-. ing, has again been placed in rehearsal by the producer, who is planning to open the attraction within the next two weeks at one of the Greenwich Village theaters, probably the Cherry Lane. Josephine Menna, from the Moulin Rouge in Paris, heads the cast, which in- cludes a number of other French revue artists, The French Model is of the intimate type of revue and will be the only pro- duction, of its kind to have an all-French cast, altho the performances will be given in English DOWNING---NOT DARNEY Downing wrote The Bill- board from New York under date of January 8 iipge attention to an error in an article im the Musical Comedy Mrs. F. M lepartment of our issue of December 12. The article stated that Al Darney jumped into the rele played by Joe E. Brown, featured comedian in Captain Jinks, when the latter recely a matinee performance: that his mother was seriously ill in Toledo and left immediately. The error was in the surname. Instead of “Darney” it should have been “Downing”. Mrs. Downing further states that Mr. Downing da telgram, while was in progress, has been in the cast of Captain Jinks since tke play first opened and that he *s also general understudy for all the male roles in the show. Henry Duffy To Go on Tour San Francisco, Jan. 8. — Not content wth having sent three companies on the road with The Cat and the Canary, So This Is London and The Best People, it is Henry Duffy's intention to take the road himself at the head of a company to visit the same cites and theaters with The Song and Dance Man. It s expected they will leave here January 24 and play the principal cities of California. The Cohan comedy will be followed at the Alcazar Theater by Littie Jessie James, and Dale Winter will play the title role. Mantell Cancels ‘““Hamlet”’ On Account of Illness Robert Mantell was accorded an en- thus astic reception at his opening per- formance of Richelieu at the Columbia Theater, San Francisco, on Monday night, January 4. Mantell took innum- erable curtain calls, and Genevieve Hamper, his leading !ady. shared in the applause honors On Tuesday a severe cold attacked Mantell’s vocal cords and made him unable to speak above a wh s- per, causing a cancellation of the eve- ning performance of Hamlet. Paddy Harmon Gives Out Plans of Huge Promotion Chicago, Jan. 9.—Paddy Harmon, pre- mier dance hall proprietor and promoter of international bicycle races, has g ven out a_statement of what he intends to do in the way of building a colossa’ tem- ple to sports—ice skating, hockey, bicycle rid'ng, box ng. football and dancing. It is said that the building will cost. all told, $5.600.Q00, and will probab'y be located on the west side. However, Paddy is canny. He has had a lot of experien:e in dealng with real estate men and he isn’t saying, just yet, anyhow. Donald Calthrop Resigns Finds Broadcasting Work Interferes With Theatrical Ventures London, Jan. 9 (Special Cable to The Billboard). — Donald Calthrop is relin- quishing the advisory directorship of programs of the Brtish Broadcasting Company, which he has held for three months. He finds the directorship in- terferes with his projected theatrical ven- tures, but will continue to co-operate with the B. B. C., as he bel'eves strongly in the value of rad o to the theater Calthrop is preparing a new revue for London presentation after a provincial tr SPECIAL MATINEES GETTING POPULAR New York, Jan. 9.—The popularity of special matinees appears to have increased considerable of late. Only a few years ago there performances were looked upon dubiously by thea- tergoers, but in the past week alone on Broadway there was a total of six special matinees and one special eve- ning performance, given by three dif- ferent productions. The Taming of the Shrew played Monday, Tuesday and Friday afternoons at the Klaw Theater. Dope was presented at the 48th Street Theater for Monday and Tuesday matinees and was. also scheduled for Thursday and Friday performances but these had to be eanceled this week owing to the ill- ness of Herman Lieb, author and star of the piece. Walter Hampden and Ethel Barrymore -revived their Hamlet for two special performances yesterday at Hampden’s Theater, where The Merchant of Venice is now the regular attraction. In addition to this, Eve Le Gal- lienne, at present appearing in The Master Buiider at the Princess Thea- ter, is rehearsing a company for special matinees of John Gabriel Borkman. Still another special matinee ven- ture, and an unusual departure in this line, is being prepared by George C. Tyler, who plans to present special performances of Tea for Three on the road in connection with his forth- coming production of Close Quarters. Bertram Mills’ Olympia Circus Best Ever Program of Top-Notch Acts Makes Tremen- dous Hit—Show Well Advertised London, Jan. 9 (Special Cable to The Billboard).—The second visit of a repre- sentative of The Billboard to Bertram W. Mill's’ mammoth Olympia Cireus conclu- sively justifies the opinion that this is Mills’ best ever. Londoners have besieged every per- formance and wholeheartedly appreciated every item. May Wirth herself and the Wirth Family act have been enthusias- tically received; also the Flying Codonas with their breath-stopping aerial show. Truzzi’s Horses show London something new, while Schneider’s 70 lions are the talk of the town. While the mammoth cage in which to work the lions is being erected, taking only seven minutes, the Four Bonellis go thru hair-raising headbalancing sus- pended on a trapeze, and then do sensa- tional trapeze revolutions. So enthralling is this act that the audience blankly stares at the fully erected stage, wondering how it got in the ring. The Andreau Family is last year’s re- peat-laughing success, with, the comedian out-Chaplining Charlie Chaplin. His work is exceptionally good. Mills has two more weeks to run and the question now is can be find a pro- gram for next Christmas equal to this? It seems nigh impossible! Clyde Ingalls’ impressive figure and stentortan voice are well in evidence and dominate the midway crowd for Van Nor- man’s cycle dive into a flaming tank. Mills has sloganed “It Pays To Adver- tise”, having more than 40 different pic- torials, and in this instance you can judge his show by pictures on the walls. Erlanger Buys Film Rights To Two Lew Wallace Novels New York, Jan. 9.—A. L. Erlanger has completed negotiations with Henry L. Wallace, son of General Lew Wallace, for the purchase of the film rights to The Prince of India and The Fair God, two classics of American literature, by Lew Wallace. Both novels are of a character to pro- vide the material for spectacular pic- turization, and Erlanger plans to present them on the screen in a superb manne! that will mark a new era in motion pic- ture history. The Prince of India was dramatized by J. I. C. Clarke and produced by Erlanger in 1906. It is an epic of the defeat of Constantine, the last monarch of the Byzantine Empire, and the destruction of Constantinople by Mohammed II The Fair God, General Walla novel, was published in 1873, but never been shown on the stage. story is a romance of old Mexico in the closing days of the reign of Montezuma, the last of the Aztec rulers. Sylvester Ramsey, Notice! W. G. Ramsey is anxious to get in touch with his son, Sylvester Ramsey, a member of Pittsburgh Local No. 3. L. A. . S. E. who has not been heard from since last April, when he was in Balti- more. Readers who know of hs« where- abouts are asked to bring this to his attention. W. G. Ramsey's address _is 404 Carlile way, N. S., Pittsburgh, Pa. v Z pat ee ee =n * ae: a a 6 , | = __ i ee Cay — | | _ i | rrti“(_tw.LLmLmLmLm™m™té<—~«~ RL | — a a , PC —— ft —|_ | F §
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2 ’ 4 REGULATE SUNDAY AMUSEMENTS The Billboard PROPOSED AMENDMENTS WOULD Lord’s Day Alliance Has Three Measures Prepared To Introduce in New York Legislature---Liberal Legislation Also May Be Offered by Opposition EW YORK, Jan. 11.—Three amendments to the prevent laws regulating amuse- ments and sports on the Sabbath have been prepared by the Lord's Day Al- liance of this State, and will be introduced in the Legislature now in session by three different assemblymen, whore names are withheld for the time being. The Legislature opened last Wednesday, and the Rev. John Ferguson, secretary of the New York State division of the Alliance, went to Albany immediately to lay plans for the introduction of the amendments at an early date. Declaring the present Sunday laws are ineffective, filled with loopholes, go un- enférced and provide for penalties that are not stiff enough, the most important of the three amendments will make it mandatory upon the police and district attorney's office to make arrests for vio- lations without service of complaint, and mandatory upon the part of the courts to issue restraining orders for the first of- fense, making a second offense auto- matically contempt of court. The amend- ment would make the enforcement of the Sabbath laws similar to the enforcement of the Prohibition law. Another of the amendments asks for the provision for people who are required to work on Sunday “in works of necessity and charity’, a full 24-hour day off in the following six days, “in which they shall not be required to work except where an emergency clearly exists’. The third of the amendments concerns barber shops, and asks that barbers not be per- mitted to work on the Sabbath until 1 o'clock in New York City and Saratoga Springs, other parts of the State holding it a misdemeanor. Pending the introduction of these bills, ways and means are being devised to combat the probable measures that will enter the Legislature in an effort to com- pletely wipe out the present Sabbath law, making amusements and sports of all kinds permissable on the first day of the week thruout the State. At the New York headquarters of the Alliance it was announced several powerful guns are held in ambush to spring the minute such ef- forts are pushed forward, and that Rev. Ferguson will keep in close touch with Albany to prevent a repeal measure slip- ping thru, if it is within his and his lobbyists’ power. Fearing the new Walker administration here is not in favor of a closed Sunday since it was Mayor Walker who put thru the movie and baseball exemptions on the Sabbath, and during his mayorality cam- paign called attention to the fact, steps have been taken to meet the exigencies of further liberties by new bills in this year’s Legislature, but what the Alliance has up its sleeve it will not divulge. Its last year’s blue law measure, de- signed to prohibit everything on Sunday but going to church, having gone down to ignominous defeat and realizing the meager resources of the Alliance are pitted against interests with millions of dollars behind them, the reform organization admits the battle has no odds in its favor. Serious consideration jis being given a suggestion that will effect the vaudeville and burlesque interests chiefly. This is a proposed measure, which would prohibit the engagement of any actor for pay on the Sabbath, requiring him to work seven days a week and thus depriving him of a day’s rest, which the legitimate actor already enjoys largely thru the instru- mentality of the Actors’ Equity Associa- tion. In making it prohibitory for a the- atrical performer to work on Sunday, the vaudeville and burlesque theaters would automatically be foreed to close on this day, and motion picture houses with presentations, as well as legit. theaters with Sunday night concerts, would also be hard hit. In such a move it is.thought the Alliance would have the whole- — co-operation of the Actors’ 4quity. Being Prepared for the Road Logansport, Youth Ind, Jan. 11.—Every a moral fantasy in three scenes, by Harry L. Newton, patterned after the ereat success, Everyman, except that it in a setting of today, is being prepared for the road by Edw. Boerger, president ‘ international Theatrical Enter- The production will employ a cast of 13, and the running time will be about an hour and a half Rehearsals are to begir at once, and the piece will prob- aby be ready to open its tour by the if the first of February, at the same time that The Face at the Window, another Boer- ger enterprise, is expected to start out. The Sherman Theatrical Exchange is casting both productions, while the ad- vertising and publicity will be handled by the Reliable Advertising Company. Stepping Around, a musical comedy in two acts, employing a cast of 30 people, also will be produced by Boerger on or about April 1, Washington Theater Burned Spokane, Wash., Jan. 7. — Fire com- pletely destroyed the Oakesdale (Wash.) Theater here December 28. The loss of F. C. Weskle is set at $8,000, only par- tially covered by insurance. Another theater has been added to the chain in this State of the Inland Empire Theaters Company, of this city, in the acquisition of the Arcade Theater at Walla Walla, Wash. Edwin B. Rivers is manager and has Harry Peck, of Seattle, and L. M. and G. E. Terhune, of this city, as associates. The Arcade Theater will be remodeled and at least two other houses in Central Washington added to the interests of the company in the spring, it was an- nounced, : “TAMING OF SHREW" TO END MATINEES New York, Jan. 11.—Because of con- flicting engagements of several members of the cast, the special matinees of The Taming of the Shrew at the Klaw Thea- ter will be given on Tuesday and Friday afternoons only this week, and will then be discontinued. All three of the leading members of the east, Estelle Winwood, Rollo Peters and Ann Harding, find themselves in conflict with their regular theatrical engagements after January 15 Miss Winwood is to open in a new Broad- way production, while Peters and Miss Harding are going on tour with Stolen Fruit. Dante Packing "Em in At Jacksonville, Fla. Jacksonville, Fla., Jan, 7.—Dante, the magician, is doing turnaway business at the Hippodrome Theater here this week and the engagement has been extended an extra day (next Sunday) to accom- modate the crowds. The Hipp. has a seating capacity of 1,500. Dante has been getting meritorious press notices, “Lullaby” To Tour Provinces London, Jan. 9 (Special Cable to The Billboard). — Knoblock’s drama of the Parisian underworld, entitled Lu/’laby, w.ll be withdrawn from the Globe Theater January 23 and goes on tour with Mar- garet Bannerman, who is making her first provincial appearance. YOUNGBERG-MARTIN SOUTHERN ENTERTAINERS This organization is well known thru the South as a crackerjack dance hall orchestra. They also have played the Orpheum Circuit. They opened the new $6,000,000 Peabody Hotel at Memphis, Tenn., and have a contract to play there for six months. In the orchestra are John H. Youngberg, director, sax. and clarinet; George Hill, sax. and clarinet; L. C. Duncan, entertainer; Terry Shand, piano; Jerry Johnson, violin and bass violin; Rand Sherfet, banjo; Jack Terfarden, trombone and euphonium; Eddie Koontz, trumpet; Bobbie Turley, drums. Martin is business manager. R. J. Improving Alhambra, Milwaukee Milwaukee, Jan, 9.—Two more big im- provements to the Alhambra Theater, whch has been undergoing a series of radical improvements since Universal as- sumed its 10-year lease on the property last August, are to be made in the im- mediate future. Work has already been started on the installation of a Wurlitzer divided organ, and this new musical unit will be in use by the middle of February. Plans are also being completed for the construction of a modern ventilating system, the installation of which is to be completed before warm weather ar- rives. Violet Fairbrother To Join The Ranks of Managers London, Jan. 9 (Special Cable to The Billboard).—Violet Fairbrother will join the ranks of managers shortly with 4 dramatization of Joanna Godden, by the successful novelist, Sheila Kaye Smith, and in which Miss Fairbrother will play the name part. Fred Terry, with whom Miss Fairbrother played several years, will produce the play. “Unfair Sex” for France London, Jan. 9 (Special Cable to The Biliboard).—The Savoy Theater success, The Unfair Ser, translated into French by Alexander Thompson, is to be pre- sented in France by Robert Courtneldge after a few performances here. Unlawful Conversion Charged London, ‘Jan. 9 (Special Cable to The Bil/board).—Milton Bode gave evidence at Reading police court at the trial of two sol citors, John and Frederick Mar- tin, respecting charges of unlawful con- version, on which the defendants were committed to the assizes. Bode stated he had _ instructed the lawyé®s to pay the proceeds of the sale of property, less expenses, into his bank, but that the money was not paid in. The property, ao ee brought $14,000, which Bode ost. Oakland Theater Leased Oakland, Calif., Jan. 8. — Herbert A. Harris and Edward P. Levy have se- cured a long-term lease on the Lurie Theater, 12th and Broadway, and will open the showhouse under the name of the Hippodrome Theater January 23. First-run pictures and Ackerman & Harris vaudeville acts will be booked. Work of renovating and remodeling the theater are in progress. The interior will be refurnished and a mammoth organ installed. Casey Reappointed Censor Boston, Jan. 8.—John M. Casey has been reappointed city censor for four more years by the new mayor, Malcolm EK. Nichols. Mr. Casey has served in this capacity for 16 years under four different administrations. January 16 1926 Wolrath May Be M. P. Commissioner Former Syracuse Mayor Thought Likely Selection---Hays Re- ported in Favor of Roy McArdell, Former N. Y. Newspaperman New York, Jan. 9.—Mayor John H Wolrath of Syracuse is expected to be asked by Governor Smith to fill the post ef Motion Picture Commissioner of the State of New York, made vacant by th: recent resignation of Senator George H Cobb, of Watertown. In his message to the Legislature this week the Governor made a strong plea for the abolishment of the Motion Pic ture Censorship Commission entirely, but the Republican majorities in the law- making body are indicative that such abolishment is not to be. Wolrath, should he be appointed to the post, will serve in the capacity of chair- man of the commission until the law carrying out the State reorganization amendment starts functioning. Then it is expected that the Motion Picture Com- mission will be made into a bureau in the State Department of Education. In that event, Wolrath, in all probability, would still continue as its head. However, the appointment of Wolrath will not be made without protest from the motion picture interests, who feel that the proper man for the job is a man who knows something about motion pictures It is understood that Roy L. McArdell, a former New York newspaperman, is the choice of Will H. Hays, president of the Motion Picture Producers and Dis- tributors of America, and that Mr. Hays has earnestly requested the Governor to consider the appointment of someone in some way connected with the motion picture industry. Senator Cobb was the last of the three original members of the commission ap- pointed by Governor Miller when the law went into effect in 1921. All threes were Republicans. Joseph Levenson, of New York, has been succeeded by Arthur Levy, of New York, and Mrs. Eli T Hosmer, of Buffalo, has been displaced by Mrs. Elizabeth V. Colbert, of Albany. If Wolrath is appointed the commission will be entirely Democratic. Burnside Gets Loving Cup London, Jan. 9 (Special Cable to The Billboard).—R. H. Burnside, who pro- duced The Blue Kitten here in record time—11 ays—was presented with a loving cup the Tuesday previous to his return to America, betoken ng the appre- ciation of the management and cast for Burnside’s services in the Gaiety produc- tion. After the performance there was a supper at which the handsome silver cup. inscribed with the names of the prin- cipals and chorus, was given to Burnside after everyone present had drunk Burn- side's health therefrom. $250 Prize for New Opera The California Federation of Music Clubs, thru its president, Mrs. Lian Birmingham, announces that a prize of 3250 will be given for a new one-act opera in English. All manuscripts are tg be submitted to George McManus, 1075 Californa street. San Francisco, on or before March 25, 1926. It is understood that the prize has been donated by Mrs. Cecil Frankel, former president, for the composition. Weils Buys Summer Resort Richmond, Va., Jan. 8—Jake Wells, head of the Wells theatrical interests and owner of large hotel properties in Hen- dersonville. N. C., has just purchased Forest Lodge, a summer resort between Richmond and Ashland It is announced that Mr. Wells will build an add tion to the hotel now standing at Forest Lodge and install a golf course and varied amusements pertaining to a modern re- sort. Perlman and Scholl Lease New B'way Intimate Theater New York, Jan. 11.—William J. Perl- man and John J. Scholl have just signed a 10-year lease on the new Intimate thea- ter being erected by Edward Margolies at 156 West 44th street, just east of Broadway The theater seats approxi- mately 300 persons and occuples a_ lot 25 by 100 feet, “Honest John” Kelly's sporting rendezvous formerly occupied the property. 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January 16 1926 eae The Billboard BROADWAY OPENINGS January Activities Continue Light, With More Theaters Than Shows Available---Only Three Premieres This Week--- Four or More Due Next Week N EW YORK, Jan. 11.—There is not likely to be any change this year from the usual January dullness in the matter of new theatrical productions. For the remainder of the month the shows will continue to come into town in small numbers each week, and this will probably continue until the producers start in with their spring tryouts. now been completely relieved—in fact, it has been practically reversed—and there are at present more theaters than attrac-° tions available. This is giving the weak chows a chance to hang on longer than ysual. Business, however, is none too good wth any of the attractions except the real big hits, and it is gradually becom- ing more apperent that the fault lies with the excessive number of theaters in comparison to the amount of patronage available Only three new shows are on the pre- miere Ust for this week, exclusive of Love and Death, the new bill in the repettory of the Moscow Art Theater Musical Studio, at Jolson’s Theater. Down Stream, a comedy-drama, by Alexander C. Herman and Leslie P. Kichel, will be presented tonight by Thomas Wilkes at the 48th Street Thea- ter. Roberta Arnold is featured in the east, which also includes Rex Cherry- man, Paul Harvey, John Ravold, William Crimmins, Leslie Hunt and Joseph Rob- inson. Rollo Lloyd staged the play, which has been breaking in on the road under the titles of Frogs and Pig Iron. Hello, Lola, a musical comedy, based on the Booth Tarkington novel, Seventeen, will be unfolded tomorrow night by the Shuberts at the Eltinge Theater. Dorothy Donnelly wrote the book and lyrics, Wil- liam B. Kernell supplied the score and Seymour Felix staged the dances, while the cast of principals is made up of Edythe Baker, Richard Keene, Jay C. Flippen, Marjorie White, Wynn Rich- mond, Nanmette Flack, Georgie Stone, Flisha Cook, Jr.; Ben Hendricks, Bert Gardner, Ben Franklin and Margaret Sullivan. The House of Ussher, by H. V. Ese mond, opens Wednesday night at the Fifth Avenue Playhouse, under the man- agement of the playhouse, in association with Wainright and Brennan. Edward Elsner staged the piece, and in the cast are Clarence Derwent, Rosalinde Fuller, Nellig Malcolm, Fairfax Burgher, Jeanne Powers, Ferdinand Hast, Thomas McEl- hany, John Saunders and Will T. Chat- terton. About four or more new attractions are tin sight for next week. Those that are definitely booked include Sweetheart Time, the new Rufus Le Maire show, now in Boston, which comes into the Imperial Theater;: Mone Business, with Lew Fields, scheduled to replace Houdini at the National; The Dream Play, the next bill at the Provincetown Plavhouse, and the several times delayed Makropoulos Secret, destined for the Charles Hopkins Theater. In addition to these attractions there are possibilities In Move On, The Matinee Girl and Puppy Love. Sues Lopez fot Commissions _New York, Jan. 9—A suit against Vincant Lopez, Inc., was instituted this week in the Third District Municipal Court by the National Attractions of New York, Inc., for commissions alleged to be due them for booking a 20-plece Lopez band to play at two fairs within the past few months. _On May 28 last, according to Eugene S. Bibb, attorney for the plaintiff, his client received a letter from the Lopez corporation in which ghey agreed to pay the stipulated commissions which amount to $500, the amount sued for. Sub- Sequently, said the attorney to a Bill- board representative, the band played at the two fairs, one at Trenton, N. J., op September 7, the other at Richmond, Va., on October 4, and received the salaries due for fulfilling the engagements. But the National Attractions Compagy, said Kibb, has not received the money due for ite labor and services. Paul Swan To Dance PR ated York, Jan. 11.—Paul Swan, the ancer, who has not appeared on the Amer can stage in the last three years. Wil be seen in a program of classical a ces at the Central Park Theater on t 59th street, evenings of the week January 18, including Sunday, Janu- ‘ry 24, with matinees an Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. Sari Karenyi, “hom Swan discovered in the San Carlo Opera Company. will assist in the new dance creations and to augment the pro- kram Senor Mario Badillo, of Mexico ity, will sresent a special dramat zation “! Oscar Wilde's Birthday of the Infanta, 'o which Hortense Alden, recent 1 e Firebra will ‘ 'n Arabesque and Th play an important ~ The congestion that prevailed a few months ago has Frederick Kerr Recovered New York, Jan, 11.—Frederick Kerr, the well-known veteran English actor, who was seriously hurt in an automobile accident a few weeks ago when he was returning to New York from Brooklyn after a performance of Magda, in which he was supporting Bertha Kalich, is fully recovered and about Broadway once more. Sx of his ribs were broken in the smash against a pillar of the elevated structure. Richard Pitman of the Jenie Jacobs office reports that he has four offers of parts for Kerr and that he expects to sign him for one of them this week. Kerr will not return to the cast of Magda. Theater Roof Falls Schenectady, N. Y., Jan. 9.—The cen- tral portion of the roof of the theater F. F. Proctor is bu'!ding here collapsed this week. The accident happened at noon and no one was injured. An area 30 feet square of heavy gypsum blocks fell 50 feet into the auditorium, where men had been working before lunch, Vibration from air rivet ng machines fs believed to have caused supporting beams to slide, releasing the roof. Watson Sisters To Have Own Show San Francisco, Jan. 8.—The big suc- cess of the Watson Sisters, Fanny and Kitty, in Portland and here is causing them to devote much consideration to a show of their own which they are plan- ning for next season. While they have as yet no vehicle, they have in mind a laugh-and-cry comedy bu It around their present vaudeville sketch. New Englanders Deplore “Desire Under the Elms” New York, Jan. 11.—Judging from various newspaper comments § and verbal reports,. the Eugene O'Neill drama of New England, Desire Under the Elms, has not made very much of a hit with the New Englanders themselves. In fact, it is quite gen- erally deplored that, in all New En- giand, so rich in historic interest and among whose hills and valleys many of the world’s greatest benefactors have been reared, nothing more wholesome could be found on which to build a romance for the stage. In The People’s Forum of The New Haven Journal-Courier dated January . a “New England Motfier” takes a particularly strong rap at the O'Neill play, stating that it is neither true nor typical of New England life 75 years ago, that it is as tawdry as its title suggests and that it can neither point a moral nor adorn a tale. Theater Folk Sail New York. Jan. 9.—Arch Selwyn sailed for London today on the Leviathan to complete arrangements to bring to this country C. Cochrane’s revue, Still Dancing, which is now the reigning hit in the Eng'ish capital. He also plans a trip to the continental theatrical cen- ters in search of more scenic finery, novelty numbers and special acts and sk ts before importing the revue. Other theatrical folk who sailed on the Leviathan are Mr. and Mrs. Irving Ber- lin, Guy Croswell Smith, European gen- eral.manager for United Artists, and Mrs. Smith; Fred Niblo, producer, and his w fe; Charles Eyton, production manager in Europe of Famous Players-Lasky Corp., and Mrs. Eyton; Sir Hugh Ward, theatrical producer in Australia; George White, Milton L. Ernst, E. Ray Goetz, S. Goldsmith. D. Sutton, Mrs. Caroline Rothstein, Florence Morrison and Fay rbe. Shuberts Buy Tenements New York, Jan. 11.—J. J. and Lee Shubert have purchased a block of tenements at 995 to 999 First avenue from the Schulte Realty Company and the houses at 3. 4 and 3 Mitchel) Place from the separate owners. They will is- sue no statement as to what they propose to do with the property. DRAMATIC CLUB ACTIVITIES Drama-Comedy Club New York, Jan. 9.—Drama-Comedy, Edyth Totten, president, will have first matinee of the new year January 15 at the Grand Ba’‘lroom, Hotel Astor, open- ing at 1:30 prompt with a memorial to Mrs. Clarence Bufns, president of the Little Mother’s Aid Association and a member of Drama-Comedy. The guests of honor will be the executive board of the Little Mother’s Aid, the National Society of Founders, the executive board of the New York City Federation Hotel, the president and board of New Yorkers and Amy Wren, president of the Press Club. The Fique Choral will sing, with Carl Fique at the organ; Channing Pol- lock will pay a tribute to Mrs. Burns, also Mary Garret Hay; Emme Maak will give an original poem and Eugene Seudder, of the Princess Flavia Com- pany, will sing There Is No Death. At 2:30 the Broadway star program will in- clude an act from Alias the Deacon, now playing at the Hudson Theater, with Burton Churchill, Frances Underwood and company; agspring fashion show from Best & Company, the Carter-Wad- dell Dancers in a new ensemble and an act from Merry Merry, with Marie Saxon, Harry Puck and company, of the Lyle Dale Andrews Vanderbilt Theater The annual birthday banquet of Drama-Comedy wil! be held February 14. All reservations close February 1! A private dance will be given by the resident January 22 at the Hotel Astor n honor of officers and chairmen of Drama-Comedy and their escorts, A colonial ball will be held on Wash- ington’s Birthday, February 22, at the Astor by request of the men members of Drama-Comedy. The Theater The Theater Club, A. Snowden, president, Thursday afternoon Club, Inc. Inc., Mrs. Albert saw The Enemy January 7, thru the arrangement of Mrs. Belle K. Harlam, chairman of matinees. The play was discussed by the club at a later meet- ing, held Tuesday afternoon, January 12, at the Hotel Astor, Mrs. Agnes Slicht @Wurnbull acting as chairman of discus- sion. Reservations for the annual dinner- dance to be he'd by the Theater Club Wednesday, January 20, are being made thru the chairman, Mrs. Louis S. Weber, of Liberty road, Englewood, N. J. Mrs. James Stanley Royce is preparing a pro- gram of professional talent for the social day, Tuesday, January 26. Century Theater Club Mrs. Esther L. Leigh, chairman of the Prize-Play Contest, inaugurated January 1 by the Century Theater Club, of which Mrs. Arthur Clifton Dyer is president, announces a prize of $2,000 for the best play of three or more acts by an Ameri- ean author. The club has a member- ship of 500 and was founded in 1904 by Jean Rosenfeld, Grace Gayler Clark and Edith Ellis in the interest of the drama and for the encouragement of American dramatists. Meetings are held from Oc- tober to May, Hotel Commodore, New York. Those desiring further details are in- vited to write Mrs. Esther L. Leigh, 697 West End avenue, New York City. This club met Friday afternoon, Janu- ary 8, when a discussion of The Enemy was led by Mrs. Lorraine Culver Trues- dell. chairman of criticism. George Mid- dieton lectured on play production. National Opera Clab Mrs. E. H. Cahill, club editor, and Carl Fique, choral director, have prepared an excellent program for the next operatic concert of National Opera Club, of which Mrs. Clarence R. Meeks is acting presi- dent. The concert is scheduled for Thursday evening, January 14, with a dance to follow. Mme. Katherine Evans Von Klemmer, president and founder of the National Opera Club, is now touring Europe and the Orient. Drama Study The Drama Study Club, of which Lillie N. Selig is president, met at the Hotel Astor last Friday afternoon. Riva Stein was in charge of program. The Theoria By the time this issue comes from press The Theoria, Mrs. Arnetta Wood, president, will have held a luncheon and matinee, scheduled for January 13, at the Hotel Astor, followed by a matinee party. The play selected was Easy Come, Rasy Go, with Otto Kruger, at the Bilt- more Theater, New York. The same club will attend a performance of The Butter and Eyg Man, featuring Gregory Kelly Tuesday evening, January 19. s What Is Spoken Play When Set to Music? Chicago Showmen Think They See All Musical Shows of Fu- ture With Plots To Escape Tax Chicago, Jan. 9.—That all future musi- cal shows may be written around a more or less definite plot in order to escape the new federal tax law is the opinion of several Chicago showmen. A group of them talked about it in a booking agent’s office this week They think the radical adjustments in admission taxes will make changes in different types of shows. One of the showmen had a small clipping from the federal tax law pertain- ing to taxation of admissions to the drama which read: “As used in this subdivision, the term ‘legitimate spoken drama’ means a spoken play, whether or not so set to music or with musical parts or accom- paniments, which is a consecutive narra- tive interpreted by a single set of char- acters all necessary for the develop- ment of the plot, in two or more acts, the performance consuming more than one hour and 45 minutes of time; but such term does not include a burlesque, revue or extravaganza.” Another showman remarked that this paragraph from the tax law seems to mean that when one goes to see Pigs, Rain or The Dove he will pay no tax after the new law becomes effective. He also thought that a patron of the Ziegfeld Follies will pay his little tithe to the government and, warming up to the subject, averred that a theatergoer who wants to see The ‘Student Prince will pay for his ticket only because it is a play set to music. About Al Jol- son’s Big Boy, Eddie Cantor's Kid Boots mand Castles in the Air, the speaker wasn't so sure. The others agreed that in their opinion all three will escape the tax. All figured that George White's Scandals and Greenwich Village Follies will be taxed. Therefore those discussing the sub- ject, each representing many years in the business, believe that hereafter the musical shows will acquire plots and become musical plays. If so, this will put a dent in the whole revue form of en- tertainment, but the sages,in session pointed out that the revue is three- quarters dead anyway and, so far as substance is concerned, never had any excuse for being born. Civic Music Association Holds Third Annual Meeting About 100 Delegates From the East and Midwest in Session at New Palmer House Chicago, Jan. 9. — The third annual conference of the Civic Music Association was held at the Palmer House this week —Friday and Saturday—and d scussed the problems that arise in the laudable attempts to develop local musical talent. There were about 100 de'egates in at- tendance, the visitors coming from the Eastern and Mid-West States. The session was opened Friday by Dema E. Harshbarger, of Chicago, presi- dent and general manager of the asso- ciation, who gave an address of welcome and then turned the meeting over to Mrs. J. F. Hill, of, Memphis, president of the Tennessee Association of Music Clubs, who presided. During the afternoon Giorgio Polacco, musical director of the Chicago Civic Opera Company, spoke before the con- vention on How To Listen to Grand Opera. He was followed by Clara E. Laughlin, musicologist, who spoke on the histor cal background of Andrea Chenier, the opera that was attended by the dele- gates at the Auditorium last night. The delegates greatly enjoyed the night performance, and the stars in Andrea Chenier were Muzio, Leneka, Marshall, Mcjica, Formichi and Trevisan, wth Mr. Polacco conducting. Samuel Insull, head of the Chicago Civie Opera Association, convention today at the noon luncheon of the Civic Music convention. He spoke on the progress of the Chicago Civ c Opera Company and encouraged those who were seeking to develop the local talent in their different localities. The delegates went to see Herodiade at the Auditorium at the matinee today. Van Gordon, Fernand and Ansseau were among the stars. The meeting. which adjourned before ‘the trip to the Auditorium, was an ex- change of ideas and a discussion of the problems that arise in community music development. . 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SS eS Tee CU 10 The Billboard | THE NEW PLAYS ON BROADW AY * GREENWICH VILLAGE THEATER, NEW YORK Beginning Wednesday Evening, January 5 1926 OLIVER MOROSCO Announces a New Comedy Along Some- what Different Lines, Entitled HEAD FIRST By Willis Maxwell Goodhue THE CHARACTERS (As You Meet Them) a eae Louis Kimball yg eer a ree ... Selma Paley Diana Ovothers ...i.....0000. Carolyne McLean ree ee eae Marion Vantine Jacob Stein Bis arden io abl let le Byron. Beasley ET ere rin debenanele Ruth Easton ie ee ree Kenneth Burton ACT I—First Episode:.An Apartment on Ir- ving Place, New York City, April, 1923, Satfur- day Afternoon. Second Episode: Private Office at Mason's. Monday Morning. (Two minutes wait between First and Second Episodes.) ACT II—The Irving Place Apartment. 1924. ACT IlI—The Same. 1925. If Willis Maxwell Goodhue had a good sense of humor he could have made an excellent comedy out of Head First. But he elected to take his subject seriously and the result is more tedious than entertaining. Just what the main theme of the play is about, or what it attempts to prove, the exposition does not quite make clear. It may be the ability of women to re- place men in the business world, or the big part that sex plays in commercial dea" ngs, or the economical or psycho- logical reasons for giving preference to youth—especially feminine youth—in em- ploying store labor. Then again the author may simply be trying to show that brains rank above the left side of the chest in the matter of promoting domestic felicity. ¢ Anyway the present story is about a husband who, after working for seven years as a file clerk in a department store, is fired because he lacks the ability to advance himself. His wife contrives to have the same job conferred upon her and in a short time she be- comes the right-hand support of the head of the organization, while hubby is re- instated and tolerated in an insignificant capacity. This creates a barrier between the couple and eventually they separate, the woman apparently intending to team up with her employer and the man ap- parently resigned to the companionship of a homely girl who is crazy in love with him. — is what’s the matter with the ay: “ First of all the author does not estab- lish the proper sympathy for his chief characters. You can’t sympathize with the husband and his predicament because he is such a husky and boisterous fellow that he ought to be kicked for working at a file clerk’s job for seven long years. Even at the end of the play, when he has crawled out of his groove and made something better of himself—as a part- ner in a garbage-collecting firm—it is hard to rejoice with him because he was a sap so long. As for the wife, the lit- tle sympathy that goes out to her in the first act, where she radiates the virtues of constant love, loyalty and domesticity, is killed by the change that takes place in her attitude toward her husband when she becomes a big business woman. Secondly, the dialog is mostly very commonplace, trite and often unneces- sarily coarse. Too much time is spent in Saying things that are obvious enough to be left unsaid in a stage presentation. This preponderance of talk over action causes things to plod along at a rather weary gait. The first act is at least 20 minutes too long, and most of the matter that precedes the situation in the last few minutes of this act could be dis- pensed with to advantage. Another thing that tends to slow up the perform- ance is the dinner scene in the last act. Vhy must authors always drag in these editing and drinking scenes in order to provoke a little comedy or kill a lot of time? The tea business in the first act is equally unnecessary. Worn-out con- trivances of this kind, except when they are absolutely relevant to the action, Only indicate the author’s lack of re- source and ingenuity. The same applies to the frequent use of the telephone. Then the stage entrances are very poorly timed In one instance the store president, in concluding a talk over the telephone asks that his secretary be sent in, and she appears even before he has hung up the receiver. On another occasiotr ne member of the cast exits and another enters thru the same door, all within three seconds, yet they are not supposed to have seen each other. Fina n addition to not proving any particular point clearly enongh for it to be recognized, the play leaves several things unsettled For instance, the ultimate fate of both the wife and tha husband is not definitely set forth. If the conclusion is that the wife wil] go with her boss and the husband will marry the girl who has barely interested him up to this point, the author ought to make the facts more decisive Of course, the audience is not really in sym- pathy with such an outcome, because the author has not worked up the proper sympathy for that kind of a _ solution. Another point left to conjecture is the relation between the wife and her boss. The husband and others frequently in- timate an affair between them, but there is nothing to prove whether or not this is so. This point should be made clear. It is one of the things the audience particularly wants to know. There is not a great deal to comment upon in the acting. Considering the technical discrepancies in this dramatic work the players even deserve more than ordinary credit for the sincerity and rea ity that they impart to their roles. Louis Kimball is the husband who pays for his lack of gumption by* losing his wife. When you come right down to plain facts it is an awful part to wish on a healthy actor. Nevertheless, Kim- ball puts himse’f behind the role and delivers it with a bang. Selma Paley is equally conscientious as the wife whose ideas about life, love and living with her husband undergo a change when she discovers that she possesses remarkable business ability. In the second act considerable fuss is made by the merchant, Jacob Stein, over the fact that the woman’s success jis largely due to the fact that ghe knows how to wear clothes. It is doubtful, however, if many of the feminine members of thg audience will find the evidence that is before them sufficient to justify this claim, 3yron Beasley gives an exceptionally able performance as the illiterate depart- ment-store president with an apparently harmless penchant for young and well- dressed women employees, and Marion Vantine, as his stenographer, who is secretiy in love with the neglected hus- band, also does very well with her part. Carolyne McLean is quite good in the role of a chatty neighbor, Ruth Easton plays the brief part of a maid with un- usual propriety and intelligence, and ieee Burton is likable in a juvenile role. The settings are attractive enough, but the direction has not added @ny values to the play. DON CARLE GILLETTE. | What N. Y. Critics Say “Head First’ (Greenwich Village Theater) AMERICAN: “The long and somewhat tor- tnous way of pointless debate appeared to ob- struct the goal.’’—Alan Dale. TIMES: “A message of hope and cheer for all who are heavy laden. . . . Belongs rather to the written than to the spoken word.’’—J. Brooks Atkinson. HERALD-TRIBUNE: “Just another earnest error.’’—Percy Hammond. WORLD: ‘An ingenuous drama’’.—Alexander Woollcott. TELEGRAM: “A poky and prosy play’’.— Frank Vreeland. SUN: “Futile and mediocre.”—Gilbert W. Ga- briel. MORE NEW PLAY REVIEWS ON PAGE 43 3,000 Attend Opening Of Newark, N. Y., House Newark, N. Y., Jan. 9. — More than 3,000 people attended the opening of the Capitol Theater here on New Year's Eve. The program started with an overture by a seven-p.ece orchestra from Geneva, fol- iowed by speeches by cty officials and heads of various fraternal organizations. The hotise is owned by the Schine The- atrical Company, of Gloversvi'le, and is one in a chain of nearly 30 in New York State. It is est mated that the theater cost $250,000, which does not include the $20,000 expended for an organ. F. & R. To Present Vaude. in Theaters Minneapolis, Minn., Jan, 9 —Theodore L. Hays, general manager of the Finkel- stein & Ruben theater interests, control- ling about 80 houses in the Northwest, announced this week that vaudeville acts presented in Twin Cities theaters operated by the organization will be routed to as many houres on the circuit as stage facilities will permit. At the present time vaudeville is being used in Duluth, Superior, Brainerd, Vir- ginia, Hibbing, St. Cloud, Mankato, Aus- tin, Rochester and Winona, but under the new arrangement, effective about Septem- ber 1, Fargo, Grand Forks, Mandan, Eau Claire, Aberdeen, Sioux Falls, Huron and Mitchell also will be included. Road shows will be routed to St. Cloud, Mankato, Austin, Rochester, Aberdeen and Stoux Falls, S. D., and Fargo, Grand Forks and Bismarck, N. D. BROADWAY CLOSINGS New York, Jan. 11.—The only closings last Saturday night were The Poor Nut at the 48th Street, which goes on tour after a good run, and Mrs. Insull in The School for ScandaP at the Eltinge. Rose-Marie will end its long engage- ment at the Imperial this coming Sat- urday, and In @ Garden, with Laurette Taylor, will close at the Plymouth at the same time. Merchants of Glory, at the Guild Thea- ter, will probably close January 23. Actors’ Fund Benefit Set for February 2 New York, Jan. 11.—The 24th annual benefit performance of the Actors’ Fund of America is announced for Jolson’s Theater the afternoon of Tuesday, Feb- ruary 2. Numbers are already being prepared by the Lambs, Friars and other artists’ Clubs, as well as by the Catholic, Episcopal and Jewish Theatrical Guilds. Kentucky Governor Asks For State Luxury Tax Frankfort, Ky., Jan. 9.—Among the recommendations made to the general assembly of Kentucky this week by Governor Fields was one providing for a luxury tax to be imposed upon theater tickets, bottled soft drinks, etc. The addi- tional revenue would be diverted to the State institution fund. ; SHOWS UNDER WAY New York, Jan. 11.—The productions which have been announced to open in New York w thin the fortnight are listed in another column under the head of Broadway Openings. Developments among other productions under way for a show- ing on Broadway in the near future are recorded as follows: The Love City (Sessue Hayakawa) is playing at the Belasco Theater in Wash- ington this week. It will reach New York before the end of the month after a few changes have been made in the cast. Naughty Riquette (Shuberts) begins an engagement at the Shubert Theater in Philadelphia. Future bookings are in- definite. Mitzi is starr’ng and Alexander Gray heads the supporting cast. The Kid Himself (Dowling & Anhalt) is working toward New York. It reaches Wilm'ngton tonight and is expected on Broadway within a fortnight. William T. Tilden IT, Mariorie Daw and William Quinn head the cast. The Judge’s Husband (Shuberts) opens an indef nite engagement tonight at the Lyric Theater in Philadelphia. William Hodge is starring. Close Quarters (George C. ».Ty'er) makes its bow tonight at the National Theater ‘n Washington. It will be shown at the Princess Theater in Toronto next week and then either move into Chicago or New York. An all-star cast is being presented. The Maelstrom (Henry Miller in acso- ciation with W. Herbert Adams) opens ton ght in Stamford. New London and Worcester will occupy the rest of this week and the Windsor Theater in the Bronx, New York, has been booked for next week. The piece will have its sroadway premiere January 25, possibly at the Henry Miller Theater. Rainbow Rose (Georte a) is holding forth in Hartford and Spring- feld this week. Several changes in the cat are to be made before the plece is ready for Broadway. It is booked for the Apollo Theater in Atlantic City next week and Werba’s Brooklyn the week of Janu- ary 25. The Maiden Voyage (Ned Wayburn), formerly called Honeymoon Cruise, be- gins a three weeks’ engagement tonight at the Chestnut Street Opera House tn Philadelphia after which it will be brought to New York. Captain Fury (Russell Janney) is now in Buffalo. It wll move on to Detroit next Monday and then go into Chicago for a run. Otis Skinner is starring. Love 'Em_and Leave ’Em (Jed Hoirris) will make its bow in Eaton January 22. The following week will be spent in At- lantic City and the piece will reach New York February 1. Suzanne (John Cort) will open at the Windsor Theater in the Bronx, New York, January 25. Broadway will see the musical comedy shortly thereafter. Up the Line (Richard Herndon) wll make its debut in Stamford January 29 and will spend the following week in Sprinef eld and Hartford. It is due on Sroadway February 8. Little Ryo'f (Willam A. Brady. Jr., & D. D. Wiman) will be presented at the Guild Theater here for a series of special (Continued on page 96) January 16. 1926 Radio Copyright Bill Introduced Dill Measure Calls for Reasonable Royalties to Copyright Owners From Broadcasters Washington. Jan. 11.—Senator Cc. ¢. Dill, of Washington, today introduced in the Senate his new radio copyright bi! It proposes to make copyr ghted music available to all radio lsteners by en» b!- ing radio broadcasters to reproduce such music by paying reasonable royalties to the copyright owners. The copyr ght owner may refuse permission to broad east his product on, but if he gives thi permission to one broadcasting station then all broadcasting stations may us it. The composer or publisher may author- ize any station or stations to use hs production free of charge, or he may fix a royalty less than the maximum fixed by law, but if no such agreement is made then the broadcaster may use the muse by paying the maximum royalty. “Th s bill,” said Senator Dill, “fully protects the music producer. Each broadcaster must keep a written record of all programs open for inspection. On request he must furnish monthly statements under oath to the copyright holder. He must also notify the owner of the copyr ghted music by registered mail. Any attempt to de- fraud the composer or publicher will be punished by the courts. and the courts may require the filing of a bond to com- pel payment of t° fees mentioned. “The enactment of this leg slation wil! bring order out of chaos so far as the use of copyrighted music by radio is cencerned. The broadcaster will know exactly what his music will cost him the copyr'ght holder wll have a defin'te, royalty for each broadcasting of his work, all broadcasting stations can furnish any copyrighted mu-ic to all rad o listeners as soon as {ft is available to any broadcaster and the copyright owner can notify all broadcasters that any plece of music is not available to radio broadcasting, bv filing a notice with the copyr ght office. It simply ap- plies the principles enacted in the copy- right law of 1909 for fixed royalties for phonograph records of copyrighted music, to radio broadcasting of such mus c. It is fair to broadcasters, just to the com- posers, and in the interest of radio listeners.” Senator Dill added that he had pur- cae left the amount of the royalty lank in order that it m‘ght be recom- mended by the patents committee and finally determined by Congress after full hearings and careful consideration. Catholic Actors’ Guild First 1926 Meeting New York, Jan. 11—The first meeting of the Catholic Actors’ Guild ths year will be held Friday afternoon in the Biltmore Theater, with Second Vice-Presi- dent Frederick H. Tims presid ng, it ts announced. Following the usual brief business meeting reporting the Guild's activit es during the past month, the third of the series of lectures arranged this year by the Guild for young actors and actresses will be delivered by Wilton Lackeye, now appearing In The Monkey Talks. His topic wll be Makeup and Its Uses. Following the talk. a few concert numbers will be presented for the enter- tainment of the members. e meeting will close with a scene from the play, Easy Come, Fasy Go, in which Otto Krueer and Victor Moore will appear. The p'ay has been selected as the Guild's play for the month of Janu- fry. Definite announcement concerning the Guild's 12th annual benefit performance to be held at the Manhattan ra House Febrnary 14, will be made during the meeting. Notables To Appear at Dinner to Nathan Jonas New York, Jan. 9.—Giuseppi Bambo- schek, conductor of the Metropolitan Opera Company, and Max'millian Pilzer. American violinist and composer, this week agreed to appear at a dinner ten- dered by the Jewish Hospital of Brook- lyn to Nathan S Jonas at the Biltmore Hotel next Saturday. The affair, which promises to be one of the great soc al events of the season in the boro, will be attended by representative men and women of all walks of life who are eager to do honor to Brooklyn's philanthropist. Pilzer will lead an orchestra of 30 men which will supply the music for the dancing after the dinner. Child Given Maintenance New York, Jan. 9.—According to an order signed by Surrogate O'Brien Thurs- day, Ann Rosenberg, infant granddaurh- ter of Henry Rosenberg, late thentr cal manager, can use for her maintenance and support for the year $2,500 from the property held in trust for her. The child iv a niece of Walter Reade. the theatrical manager o— a grandhiece of Oscar Hammerste r ; ’ a ee | a po a TT : ry tw . t ‘ \e i 3 te H ba : m an be pe fey E AI re ar ag iT , he , te Je ° a 4 or Po : th ; in G M ec m D to Cc 7 a: | | th » Po , ae | | . at ; pO . a : | P ] f } ‘ ee
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eae a re, a ae Oe The Billboard i January 16, 1926 te Ee le "po Milly 2 euatitisd, Ba Famous Plans To IMMENSE ARENA WILL BE ERECTED IN JERSEY CITY Cost of Structure To Be Located in Journal Square Section Estimated at $7,00,000---Seating Capacity 14,000---Will | ‘ouse Large Ballroom and Provide for Various .Exhibitions and Ice Skating EW YORK, Jan. 11.—A pretentious arena which will hovse a large ballroom N cost of $7,000,000. prominent thorofares of the New rk suburb. H Kerbaugh, engineer ‘nd contractor, owns the property, which hae been leared to Charles C. Tracey, of Rread street, New York, who acted for the Journal Square Gardens, Inc., the name bv which the arena will be known. site Is valued at $2,500,000, and the lease has a run of 21 years at an annual rental of $115,000, with privilege to re- new for two similar periods at rentals be determined by appraisal of the of the property at the end of each term. Plans have been drawn by C. H ird Crane and Kenneth Franzheltm. The completed structure will be 110 fert high, and house, in addition to the ballroom and ice skating floor, a base- ment for parking automobiles, clubrooms and a plant for the manufacture of ice. The seating capacity of the arena will be 14,000, and its dimensions 324 by 200 feet. John Milton, of New York, arranged the lease transaction, and the firm of Everett, Clarke & Benedict, also of New York, represented the owner, who is said be financially interested in the project. Mayor Hague, of Jersey Citv, who was re-elected this year by a large plurality and is a leader tn his mrfmicipality against the bliue-law forces, which have ind are making valiant efforts to close up the county on Sundar, ir reported to be lending his moral support to the en- terprise. When completed and opened the Journal Square Garden is expected to be a thing of beauty and immensity second only to the new Madison Square Garden in New York. Shuberts’ Actors’ Theater And Sam Golding in Rental Disagreement New York, Jan. 11—The Shuberts and the Actors’ Theater have applied for an injunction to prevent Samuel Ruskin Golding, author and producer, and Helen MacKellar, star of Open House. from continuing at the Criterion Theater on the ground that the show previous to moving into its present location from Daly's 63d Street Theater had contracted to move into the Comedy Theater. Golding contends that while he did sign an agreement December 31 for the Comedy, the contract was to have been delivered to him the next morning with the added signature of a representative for the Shuberts, but that the papers e not delivered unt!! January 4, the day on which the show was to take jossession of its new home Meanwhile Golding entered into an icreement for the with the Frohman Company more favorably located Criterion ‘se came up this morning tn Part } of the Supreme Court and was post- oned to 10 o'clock Thursday, at which me it is understood Golding wit!l lay t “the evils of the theater booking ystem on Broadway” An interesting item in connection with e controversy is that when renting its lavhouse to Golding the Actors’ Theater agreed to lend him the services of thelr press representative, Robert Sparks, f the run of the olay and a contract made to this effect. Golding ts now ced to live up to this contract, which means that the Actors’ Theater will save bie ¢ th salary of the publicity man during } time that the organization has no ! running. The Playshop To Favor American Playwrights New York, Jan. 11.—The P'ayshep, a New organization dedicated to foster'ng efforts of the American playwright, eins a limited engagement at the 530 treet Theater Januqry 25 with Not Her- , .@ play by Howard I. Young, author Varch On, which was tried out on the ad laat season, but which never reached v York, The cast, headed bw Clarke S Ivernall, includes Neil Pratt. Ruth Gates, Clara er and Florence Peterson ne those who have pledged their to the new venture are Denman ‘ Stephen Male. Ieabel | aghton, t James, Ethel Introped!. Antoinette Porry. Arthur Edwin Krows As explained by Sanford EF. Stanton, formerly manager for Wagenhals & Kemper, and gow serv ne in the same capacity for the new organization, The (Continucd on page 86) and provide for ice skating, as well as boxing and other exhibitions, i erected on a site in the Journal Square section of Jersey City, at an estimated The plot on which it will vania Railroad tracks, and will front on Hucson Boulevard and Cottage street, to be tand is directly north of the Penn- SCHWARTZ CIRCUIT HOUSES UNDER WAY All Expected To Be Complete and Open Be- fore End of Year New York, Jan. 11.—A laree theater site at 212th street and Jamaica avenvwe, Queens, has been purchased by A. H. Schwartz, hee fr the Sch : Circuit, and a iarge theater with a seatil 1g Ca- pacity of 2,500 wll be erected. it fs an- nounced fr the New York office of the orgavizat i his theater forms another link in the chain recentiv announced by the Sc wartz Cirenit of Ww } half down are now under } truction. The f rst two of the vw chain of theaters now under construction, one at AV © Island avenue, the ot way and Flitbush nue, both in the Fletbush section of Brooklyn, are rapidiv goin p and | ex ted they will be ready for openng next Labor Day. In the houses In Fiuching and Free- port, L. L. the foundation work is almost completed and mason and steel work will th's while in month rt Washington and Corona, Island, excavat on will start beg'n some time Huntington, P . Long February 1, ft being planned to houses opened by the first of next year H. Schwartz left shortly after the A holidays for his annual fishing trip to Long Key. Fila. Kornblum’s New Masical Play Will Be Produced in Los Angeles March 7 With Louw Holtz Featured New York, Jan. 11.—I. B. Kornblum, well known in Pacific Coast theatricals and con ser of several Broadway mu- sical pieces, has been in New York for the last several weeks quietly preparing for the production of a new musical play which he wi'l present {n association with A. I. and H. D. Rouda at the Mason Theater, Los Angeles, Calif... March 7 The piece ts now called Patsy, but will probably be renamed owing to the fart that a comedy of similar name is now playing at the Booth Theater here. Kornblum composed the score of the new offering, while Clifford Grey and EK Maenus Ingleton supplied the book and lyrics. With a view to making it one of the finest productions ever pre- sented on the Coast Kornblum has en- gaced David Bennett and Bertram Har- rison to stare the dances and book, re- epectively, and the two directors will leave for the Coast shortiv. Lou Holtz wil be featured as the principal come- dian in the show, and Alan Edwards, Gerald Oliver Smith and Nita Martan also are to be in the cast. Following its Los Angeles run the play will be shown [In San Francisco and then brought to New York Equity Pays “Move On’ Cast New York, Jan. 11.—The Actors’ Equity Association was obliged to act as pay- master for the Move On Company at Louis F. Werba’s Brooklyn Theater last week. The show has a salary list of $1,600 and Equity paid the cast £1,220, the difference representing advances that had been made to various plavers It fs probable that Equity will have to do the honors again this week Fdaward A Miller, publisher of The Wetropolitan Guide, is sponsor of the production, and those who have witnessed the play out of town declare it hasn't much of a chance on Broadway. Gleason and Armstrong To Appear in London New York, Jan. 11.—James Gleason and Robert Armstrong, leading players im the original company of Is Zat Sof, will sail for Londen in about two weeks to appear tn the English production of the comedy. suc Richard Taber, who collaborat a with Gleason on the play, ard Hale rreross will replace Glaason and Armstrong in the company at the Central Theater Taber and Norcross are now appearing in the Chicago com- pany, which closes next Saturday night. KAISER FILM HISSED BY BRITISH VETS. London, Jan. 9.—A motion picturs showing the ex-Kaiser both as the resplendent war lord of the old days and as the exile at Doorn was hissed off the screen by an audience of British war veterans at Sheffield. Similarly at Northampton, the pic- ture was greeted with cries of “Take it off. It’e a disgrace.” One theater manager in the provinces received an anonymous lietter stating that if his theater showed the film the screen would «be “riddled with bullets.” The picture was produced by the former Kaiser from his own scenario. Equity Pays Salaries Of “Give and Take” Boston, Jan. 11.—The Actors’ Equity Association in New York had to be called upon to forward money with which to pay off Louis Mann’s supporting company in Give and Take, which closed last Satur- day night after a run of two weeks at the New Park Theater. The show had been on tour about two months under the management of W. L. Lawrence and had gone as far south as New Orleans before coming up this way. In the local engagement Mann, who was starred, failed to attract sufficient business to pay the players and the Equity deputy last Thursday informed his association that there would not be enough money to pay off the company when it closed, and Friday Equity tele- graphed the sum of $912. which was taken out of the bond of $968 posted by the show management. The company was thereby enabled to return to New York without delay or inconvenience. Mann’s salary, however, was not included in the amount wired by Equity, as the star is a Fidelity member and therefore is not entitled to any pro- tection or benefits from Equity, so he will have to do his own collecting if mon- ey is due him. Quick Deal for “Song Of Flame” in England New York, Jan. 11—In one of the ickest theatrical deals on record Lee phraim, who is said to be associated with the English producer, Sir Alfred Butt, last week closed a deal wth Arthur Hammerstein for the London production of the new Hammerstein op- eratic piece, Song of the Flame, now run- ning at the 44th Street Theater, Ephraim arrived here last Thursday, saw the show that same night, negotiated with the producer and hs lawyers the fol- lowing day. and the matter was settled in time for Ephraim to sail for home Saturday. Edith Day, now singing in Rose-Marie in London, is mentioned as the possible prima donna for the English production of Song of the Flame, Theater Manager Asks Equity To Collect a $114 Printing Bill New York, Jan. 11—Sam W. Ta manager of the Grand Opera ouse, Helena, Ark., upon learning that the Actors’ Equity Association had forwarded the money to bring back the stranded Gingham Girl Company from the West, wrote the association asking if it could assist him in the collection of a bill amounting to $114 which the show owes him for printing. Daniel Kussel is ea- pected to be heard from next, as it is understood he has a lot of royalties com- ing to him from the same production. West Coast Impresario Seeks Big Musical Show New York, Jan. 11.—Edward C. Smith, the West Coast impresario, is in town negotiating for an attraction with which to open the New El Capitan Theater which ts being built in Hollywood by c¢. FE. Joberman. The playhouse is said to be a $1.000.000 enterprise. Smith has leased it for 20 years and plans to open it April 19 with a big musical production from the East. This production, which is to be transported to California intact, will be followed by a series of Broadway successes, according to present plans. GIVING THREE SHOWS A DAY AT MIAMI Miami, Fla., Jan. 9.—Musical produc- tions are now beginning to make Miami and in order to take care of the business are crowding in three performance a day. matinee and two at night. Seven per- formances were given the last three days of this week at the Fairfax Theater by the Greenwich Village Follies with Ray- mond Hitchcock. Incidentally the show =e given a severe panning In The Daily ews, Control All Movie Houses in the U. S. New York, Jan. 11.—The ultimate con- soltdation of all the 3,000 first-run mo- tion picture theaters in the United States into one huge organization, under the control of the Famous Players-Lasky Corporation, is the aim of its president, Adolph Zukor. A new step toward the realization of that aim was taken within the last few days, when it was announced that the intention of Famous is to have the Publix Theaters Corporation, which it formed recently to manage its theater properties, own the theaters outright as well as manage them. To that end a stock issue is being Planned whereby the public will become shareholders in the theaters, the estimated ageregate worth of which is $200.000,000. When the Publix Theaters was or- ganized by Famous there was placed at the head of it a man who with his partner is the controlline hand of more than 790 theaters thruou& the country, especially in Chicago, where the firm of Balaban & Katz practically controls the theater situation. That man is Sam Katz, said to be a wizard tn the handling of theaters. But a net inconsiderable feature of the alliance between Famous and Balaban & Katz was that the latter brought with them their enormous chain of theaters, and also those of the Lub- liner & Trinz chain, which B. & K. re- cently acquired. Ostensibly, Famous took Balaban & Katz into the fold in order that the thea- ter managing and production departments of the gigantic organization might kept apart as separate entities, and on the theory that it was a sounder banking principle to have the assets of the two departments segregated. The thought has been expressed in banking circles that this general merger of theaters would not get by the Federal de Commission, because primarily it would be in the nature (in its eyes) of an order in direct disobedience of the commission’s demand that the leading motion picture producers divest them- selves of their theater holdings and stick to the production end of the business solely. In addition to that, it is pointed out, it would be regarded as a move to- ward controlling the price of admissions to theaters and the price of films as well. HEAVY LOSS IN THEATER FIRES Kittanning and New Britain Houses Are Destroyed—Two Children Hurt in Woonsocket Fire Woonsocket, R. I, Jan. 9.—A near ‘panic resulted when fire was discovered in the Strand Theater here just as a vaudeville program was getting under way. Two boys was slightly injured in the stampede. The fire was confined to the second floor of the theater, the loss being estimated ac $30,000. Kittanning, Pa., Jan. 9.—The Columbia Theater here was destroyed by fire on Thursday night, with an estimated loss of $150,000. The fire started in the balcony of the house and drove two families who resided in apartments above the auditorium to the street in night clothing. New Britain, Conn., Jan. 9.—The Palace Theater was destroyed by fire Yesterday. It had been operated as a picture house during the past few years, altho Pat McMahon formerly used a policy of vaudeville. Emily Stevens To Be Featured In Ibsen’s “Hedda Gabbler” New York, Jan. 11.—A_ revival of Ibsen’s Hedda Gabbler, with Emily Stevens featured, will be the next pro- duction by the Actors’ Theater. The play is now in rehearsal under the di- rection of Dudley Digges. Featuring of Miss Stevens is an unusual departure fot the actors’ group, as it has ben the policy of the organization to feature its companies as a unit and the only ex- ception to this rule thus far was in the special matinees of Pierrot the Prodigal, in which Laurette Taylor appeared. Chamberlain Brown Installs Telautograph for Efficiency New York, Jan. 11.—Chamberlain Brown, Inc., has installed telautograph machines in the new casting offices at 145 West 45th street, where the firm moved the first of this month after e ght years’ tenancy across the street. The installation was made in the interests of efficiency and to save the usually un- appreciated valuable time of actors. When anyone now enters the door of Brown's, he is greeted by an attendant who immediately makes a notation of his name, business with the establishment and other desirable data. This informa- (Continued on page 95) SAT TORN ee Le ee a Se ee ee ——— | a if ae i oo = 1 = —__ _ —— ———=—= TC ——— =e
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The Billboard e Di 2 YEW SSS AC; MeN > A 2D) Sop = BUNS e By M. H. SHAPIRO (Communications to 1560 Broadway, New York, N. Y.) MARY E. COX GERMAN THEATRICAL INDUSTRY IS HEALTHY, SAYS LEO SINGER Producer-Owner of Acts Is Optimistic as to Conditions Abroad Where American Artistes and Attractions Are Desired Above All Others = EW YORK, Jan. 9.—In an exclusive interview yesterday with Leo Singer con- cerning conditions in Germany and Austria, with which he is familiar thru his international associations and which he studied carefully during his recent stay there, the owner of the pretentious Singer Midgets’ offermg told a staff re- porter of The Billboard that while taxes are high in both Germany and Austria, it is only the latter country that is suf- fering to any extent. Germany, Mr. Singer declared, is on the way to a realization of better con- ditions than it had ever dreamed, and American artistes and attractions are desired above all others, including native talent, and will be paid by the better- class theaters a salary eqtal to if not in excess of that paid in this country. The German people are clamoring for any- thing American, according to Mr. Singer. They, like American music, American bands; in fact, anything from this side as long as it is half-way good, he added, pointing out that The Chocolate Kids, a colored show presented in Berlin, was a tremendous hit and moneymaker. Mr. Singer’s Midget production was signed to make a tour of Europe when he was across last summer, and will leave next fall, playing two months in Berlin, two months in Hamburg, two months in Paris, three months in London, one month in Copenhagen and two weeks in Brussels. The offering will receive on its European tour as much as itt makes on this side in vaudeville, its owner stated. Detailing the situation in Germany, re- garded by Mr. Singer as very favorable, he pointed out that the directors of all the important theaters were laying plans for the presentation of many foreign at- tractions. Paul Schultze, one of the lead- ing Berlin agents, and who books the Scala there, Marks’ vaudeville house, writes Mr. Singer that he is in a position to consider any American attraction as long as it is up to standard and will pay top salaries. Schultze wants Power's Elephants, Malinda and Dade and others, for which he had already opened negotia- tions. In the meantime the stage of the Scala is being enlarged to accommodate the big attractions that are expected to be booked, and an orchestra of 40 mu- Sicians has been installed. The Scala is not the only Berlin house angling for big attractions, however. Hans Reimers, director of the Winter Garden, opposition house to the Scala, is signing up headline acts and attractions at good salaries, and the Ufa Palace, also in Berlin, a theater on the type of the Capitol here, has sent Sam Rachmann, its director, to this country to engage Ameri- can talent for presentations at that thea- ter. Recently Ouimansky and Ernest Rappe appeared at the Ufa Palace at as high a salary, it is reported, as they re- ceive elsewhere. The Hamburg-Hansa is also in a position to engage high- priced American offerings, and thru its director, W. Pohls, is laying plans for several important importations. Director Herman Halles, of the Admiral Palast, in Berlin, who visits America every year to sign up talent for his shows, is expected here some time this month or next to close for the presentation at the Admiral Palast of Rose-Marie. No, No, Nanette, is reported to be making a tremendous hit at the Metropole Theater in Berlin, and Paganini, with music by Franz Lehar, is a tremendous hit at the n-Strauss Theater, Vienna. The Shuberts plan importing Paganini next season Mr. Singer revealed also that Sam Rachman, of the Ufa Palace, bought the German rights to Aesop’s Fables, which are being shown now in several theaters thru ut Germany, making a hit every- where When told of reports that German acts are putting up a howl over the importa- tion of American talent and that there seems to be a large number of German artistes out of work, Mr. Singer said it was somewhat analagous to the situation here, where there are so many vaudeville artistes out of work, but added that in Germany the situation is different from the standpoint that practically all the native acts have been played out. Dur- ing the war, when they were unable to leave the country, they were played time (Continued on page 96) Vaudeville Hit by Film Presentations Vast Building Programs of Movie Men Causing Deep Concern to House Managers Chicago, Jan, 8.—With the big pres- entation programs of the major movie houses already making a serious dent in the neighborhood vaudevile bills, the managers of the vaudevile theaters and even the p'cture house men who use two to four vaudeville acts in connection with their pictures are expressing apprehen- sion. They say that the neighborhood vaudeville theater is doomed if the pres- entaton idea spreads much more. That it~ will spread, and spread enormously, they believe and fear. Ascher Brothers, Lubliner & Trinz. Balaban & Katz, Cooney Brothers, Marks Brothers and the Lynch Circuit all an- nounce building programs that will dwarf the expansion of past years. Further- more, all of the major movie houses that are not already putt’ng on big presenta- tions appears to either be preparing to do so or else are figuring on some other huge entertainment that will draw in the crowd. Some vaudeville managers claim that even the Loop vaudeville houses are being affected by the continued expans on of the presentation idea. This is not edmitted by managers of the big Loop vaudeville houses who were asked about the matter. Several booking agents said the neighborhood vaudev lle business is away off this season and they ascribe it to the programs of the big picture houses. Several neighborhood vaudeville and combination theater managers have said that the only money they make during the week is on Saturdays and Sundays, when the crash is so great at the big movie houses everybody can’t get in. “A Garden Gate” Theater, Loew’s State Angeles Presented at Les A Garden Gate, West Coast Theaters presentation, produced by Fanchon & Marco at Loew’s State Theater, Los Angeles, the week of January 2 to 8, is gne of the best that has been put on for a long time. The presentation opens with an over- ture played by Loew's State Music Masters, Gino Severi conducting, who are seated behind a huge garden gate, the singers being in front of the gate. About the middle of the presentation the gates open disclosing a fantastic garden with good-luck horseshoes in the back- ground with large streamers of roses. Johnny Perkins acts as master of ceremonies. Ruth Waddell does some singing, also Joey Ray Albert Mac- Gillivary and Florence Cleveland are also in the cast. Dewey Barto does some dancing. The finale is very spectacular, the Sunkist Beauties step on the base of the garlands of roses which light up and the girls are raised into the air. Edith Van Cleve To Play In Beverly Bayne Sketch New York, Jan. 11.—Edith Van Cleve, who played for some seasons with Jane Cowl and was last seen in New York In One of the Family, will shortly make her debut in the two-a-day. She will be seen with Beverly Bayne, erstwhile pic- ture star, in a sketch on the Keith-Albee Circuit. E ed One of the Cox Sisters. grotesque comediennes and dancers, featured with Cantor & Brandell’s “Frolics of 1926", now touring the Orpheum Circuit, on which it is booked until next May. The clowning and comedy singing and dancing of Mary and her sister, Maybelle, in this, their first real vaudeville venture, are making a big hit at every stand. Their offering was first known as “A New Revue’, but the title was changed when the act left the East to go out on the Orpheum Time. There are five peo- ple in support of the Cox Sisters. Thomas J. Kennedy Returns To Fold | After Realty Dab New York, Jan. 9.—Thomas J. Ken- nedy, artistes’ representative, who for- merly booked for H. Bart McHugh, Philadelphia producer, and late last sum- mer resigned to enter the real estate business in Camden, N. J., is back with the little black book under his arm. He is booking for Frank Evans, who also has associated with him Paul Dempsey. and formerly had James McKowen. who resigned season before last to enter the employ of the Orpheum Circuit in Los Angeles in a managerial capacity When Kennedy left McHugh last sum- mer he was succeeded by Anthony J. Ferry, who was formerly associated with Morris & Feil for years and prior to that was with the Orpheum Circuit. Lichter’s Record Makers at Strand Theater, Milwaukee Milwaukee, Jan. 9.—A series of stage presentations featuring Jole Lichter’s Record Makers, now in their fourth year at Saxe’s Strand Theater, are credited with having brought about the decided improvement in business at the big down- town picture house during the past month. Six weeks ago the band, consist- ing of 12 musicians, embarked on a “tour of the world” Each week they went on the stage with scenery and cos- tumes symbolic of a different clime and played the tunes popularly identified with the respective nations. The “tour” was a box-office success from the first. Setting Aleen Bronson Right Aleen Bronson writes The Billboard that the item which accompanied a small cut of her in our last issue, under “Vaudeville Notes”, is misleading—in fact all wrong. “I have been doing on act called Bullets with Jack Gordon for some time past and never in any way have T been connected with those whose names are mentioned in the ar- ticle. Jack Curtis of Rose & Curtis handles my act.” The Billboard regrets and gladly corrects the error Miss Bronson is billed as “Aleen Bron- son in Bul'ets, with Jack Gordon". She is this week at the Majestic Theater, Houston, Tex., and next week goes to the Interstate Keith Theater, San Antonio. January 16 1926 Stage Crew Committee Seeks To S Settle Scale Men From Pennsylvania Local Arrive in New York To See J. J. Murdock New York, Jan. 11.—With more than four months elapsed since September 1. when new contracts should have been signed with the stagehands for the Col- onial Theater, Lancaster, Pa., the local union has lost patience with J. J. Mur- dock, of the Keith-Albee Circuit, which operates the stand, with the result that a committee from the local will be in New York Wednesday of this week to meet with Murdock and I. A. officials here in an effort to settle the long-de- layed negotiations, The Colonial, playing split-week vaude- ville, had a crew of three men last year, but this season the local asked that it be increased by one and, pend ng ne- gotiations for a new contract, placed a fourth man at work in the house, paying his salary out of the local’s funds. In the event a strike were called and Mur- dock would not see his way clear .o reimburse the union for the salary of the fourth man the local would be out the money, With no recourse for its collec- tion. The Lancaster house is the last of a string of Keith-Albee theaters in which the signing of new contracts was he'd over from September due to Murdock’'s illness. All others have long since been cleared up, In most instances with sub- stantial raises in the wage, but the Lan- easter matter has pended for weeks as the only one remaining to be settled. Er- forts of Assistant President Harry Sher- man of the I. A, here to bring about a settlement with Murdock have failed. and is was his suggestion that a committee come on from the Lancaster local to thresh out the matter. This was dec ded in face of a request last week from Lan- caster to declare a strike and bring about some action in this manner. At a meeting with Assistant President Sherman last week Murdock agreed to pay the Lancaster local the salary it h» > expended thus far fer the fourth mon providing a contract was signed tht three men, as the crew consisted of lL)» year. would be placed in the house in- stead of four. Murdock is understood to own a « fourth interest in the Colonial. It booked from the Popular-Priced Dep: : ment of the K.-A. Vaudeville Exchanc: here and plays five acts each half with a picture. The committee from the Pennsyl!lv. town arriving here Wednesday is pected to consist among others of \V W. Reading, C. Walter Martin, Os Cramer and John Workman. “Broadway Scandals” To Open At Payret Theater, Havona Havana, Jan. 6.—An American miu ~:! review, known as the Broadway Scaida's will open shortly for four weeks at ‘h Payret Theater. following which i: 1 go to Mexico City. The company ! been secured by Juan Palmer, Mexican impresario, assisted by Mrs. L. Maclean Beers Booking was made thru the Broadway Booking Office of Harry Walker, Inc... of New York. Billie Smith will direct the show, which will have a chorus of 45 girls. Interstate Booker On Inspection Trip New York, Jan. 9.—Charles Freeman general booking manager of the Inter- state Circuit here, left this week for 2 two weeks’ inspection tour of the Texas houses controlled by the circuit, arrang- ing his bookings far ahead before leav- ing Karl Hoblitzelle., who controls the Southwestern Circuit, was in New York recently dickering with Famous-Players. it was rumored, for an affiliation of the theaters of each organization in that territory. He returnec to Texas without vrai the consummation of any aeais. WAGNER TO LAY OUT HARRY LAUDER ROUTE New York, Jan. 11.—Martin Wagner, of the William Morris offices, has been assigned to lay out the route for Sir Harry Lauder, who starts a 38-week tour in thie country late next fall. The tour, which will be the longest and again the farewell engagement, will open in November at the Manhattan Opera House this city. Blossom Seeley Back in Vaude. New York, Jan. 11.—Blossom Seeley, who appeared with Paul Whiteman dur- ing his concert engagement at Carnegie Hall, has returned to the two-a-day and will begin shortly a tour with her former act, playing thru the Middle West. Last week Miss Seeley appeared at St. Louls as an attraction at the National Shoe Show held there. P — ae se ee ry 12 | a _— 2 Raha am ate tr i i A Bi r ee | = , fF : | . , ee ae" : a 7 * . ‘ : 4 ‘= , ¥ . | | q > “S 3 : : r- - | Sg 3 = OO | | | : : —_ a b f, “gy i : ; ? SS ae ) * } = “Ss y . > . =, ie a Se 4 PY aa F a -7 : F a Bic. ka | | % | - | : . 1 | | ' _ | oy a / _ | -— ; ‘ $ ‘ zs —
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January 16 1926 eed The Billboard Fally Markus Denies Losing Houses Thru Arthur Fisher Leaving Him Largest of Independent Bookers Claims His String Intact, Altho Associate Announces Going Into Business on Own, Taking 12 of Best Houses With Him was leaving the Fally Markus Agency, with which he has been connected for | ipa YORK, Jan. 9.—Contrary to an official announcement that Arthur Fisher 10 years, taking with him some of its best stands, Fally Markus told a Bill- board reporter in an exclusive interview that he was handing Fisher a check for $4,400 today at 5 o'clock, buying out his one-third interest in the business. e mimeographed announcement tell- oo Fisher’s resignation frqm_ the Markus Agency was sent out, according to the envelope in which it was mailed, from one of the big vaudeville circuits, but it was reported a member of the publicity department of the circuit in ouestion did the “press job” as a favor for Fisher, who ts his friend. The an- neuneement stated Fisher was going into business for himeelf in the Publicity Building, with 12 large theaters on his books as a starter. The theaters tabulated in the pro- nunclamento are under contract to the Fally Markus Agency, and, according to Markus, he has not received the required two weeks’ notice from any of them if they are considering the removal of their names from his agency's books. It is thought the announcement that the houses were to be taken away by Fisher was somewhat premature in view of Markus’ absorption of Fisher’s interest in his business The theaters tabulated represent less than one-third of the list booked by the Markus Agency, its affable head declared. They are all valuable assets,, and, while no one of them has notified Markus that they are to change their booking connec- tions, it is possible they may do so. A cancellation clause in the contract each has with Markus provides that two weeks’ notice shall be given. In view of the sale of Fisher's interest in the agency, it is regarded as doubtful what will be his course, but it is thought, is the announcement sets forth, that he will set up his own establishment and hook what independent houses he can secure. He is popular in the independent booking field, has a host of managers and owners as friends, and thru his con- nections with Markus {s considered to be well acquainted with the business in general. To the books of the Markus Agency this week was added the Park Theater, Lehighton, Pa., which has been playing | policy of tabloids and pictures, but be- gins today a program of four acts and a film on a split-week basis. In the report, ak yet unsubstantiated, that Michael Glynne, owner of the Patchogue Theater, Patchogue, L. ° which Markus books, is taking over the Regent and Carlton theaters in Bayshore and the Babylon in Babylon to form a cireult of his own, there is seen the pos- sibility of the loss of all these houses by Markus. Rumors have it that thru the friendship of Glynne with Keith-Albee officials, the K.-A. Vaudeville Exchange may book his present Patchogue stand ar well as the other he is said to be ac- quiring, but Markus has had no notifica- tion of such a change and continues to supply vaudeville for the stands. Ed Gallagher’s Troubles; Shean Still With Carson New York, Jan, 9.—Ed Gallagher. erst- While partner of Al Shean, who was re- moved ——— from a sanitarium to his home at Beechhurst, Long Island. where he is recuperating until in condition to re-enter vaudeville, was served this week with a writ attaching his home and household furniture for failure to satisfy a $°.400 judgment obta ned against him by the Edison Company, Inc., a f nance corporation, in the Supreme Court here eenty. ' When the sheriff served Gallacher with the writ he announced that he was gol ‘o Miami shortly, tndicat ng his propose: Vaudeville tour with Shean in the old act was off. The team were to have re-entered the two-a-day this month, but Gallagher's condition was said to be such he would have to postpone it. In the meant me Shean teamed up with James B. Carson, and they are together. y are doing an act John Steel, Tenor, Operation Undergoes Chicago, Jan. 7.—John Steel, the tenor ® reported to have had a very successfu oe ration on his nose this week by a ocal surgeon in which some bony struc- ture was removed from his nose. The “neers wife, Mabel Stapleton, violinist. 's said to have suggested the operation 'n the bellef that it wou'd preclude the Dossibility of her husband developing a tones later =. Mr. Steel is pre- ng to to Europe, e atude’ fe 2 pe, where he will formerly of Company, y, uager Luc:‘en Muratore, Chicago Civic Opera Belmont Quits Plimmer; Joins Linder Agency Signs Five-Year Contract and Brings With Him Several Theaters New York, Jan. 9.—Frank Belmont, m- dependent booker, associated with Walter J. Plimmer for some time, has resigned from this agency and signed a five-year contract with Jack Linder, bringing into the Linder camp several theaters he has been booking personally. Among these are the Strand, Lakewood, N. J.; the Op- era House, Great Neck, L. L; the Ca itol, Haverstraw, N. Y., and the Rivoli, West New York. Coincident with the expansion of the Linder Agency thru bringing Belmont into it, several new houses have been added to the books exclusive of those gained by the new association. Among these are the State Theater, in Beacon. N. Y.. formerly booked by the Dow Agency, and the Capitol, Ilion, N. ¥. The former plays a split-week policy of five acts, while the latter is devoted to vaudeville. four acts, the second half of the week only. Belmont, who is thru with the Plim- mer office today and immediately brings his books over to Linder, increased the Linder staff to four. These are Linder himself, Charles Allen (brother of Edgar Allen, booking manager for the Fox Cir- cuit), Belmont and Sidney Rheingold. Belmont will assist In the booking of acts, but will spend more of his time as a field man, scouting for new houses. He is well known in the independent field and enjoys considerable reputation as @ booker. “RED” GRANGE SUED ON ALLEGED CONTRACT Jobnny Small Claims He Was Engaged as Manager by the Football Star But Ie Didn't Stick Chicago, Jan. 8&—Johnny Small, ex- manager and actor. has brought suit against Harold F. (Red) Grange, famous football star, for $50.000, alleging breach of contract. Harry P. Munns is the at- torney for the plaintiff. In his petition Mr. Small says he was engaged by Grange to act as his manager to obtain vaudeville booking for him, select «@ suitable manuscript for an act, get him into news syndicates and se!l the use of his name to merchantable articles The pla ntiff claims he got 32 weeks’ book'ng for the football man at a salary of $2,000 a week and obtained other con- He said he was then notified by Cc. C. Pyle that he had the sole manage- ment of Mr. Grange The plaintiff says he has reason to believe his agreement with Mr. Grange has been broken and asks judgment for the above amount. Billy Boardman Will Manage Stoll Theater . London, Jan. 9 (Special Cable to The Rillboard).—Billy Boardman, who was dispossessed from the managership of the Hippodrome, Brighton, by Harry Masters when the latter was sacked from the Gulliver tour as booking manager, has been appointed by Sir Oswald Stoll to the position of manager of the Palace, Lzicester, in place of Trueman Towers, deceased, Boardman is most popular with per- formers and Stoll has made a good selection. Frank Keenan Has Vehicle New York, Jan. 11.—Frank Keenan, announced for vaudeville from time to time, will open shortly on the Keith- Albee Circuit in Twilight, a one-act play- let written by an unnamed American newepepennns now living abroad, it Is reporte Keenan's role is that of a colonel in the French army and he will wear a bona fide uniform for which per- mission has been granted by the French Government. Wuxtry! All About the Big Fire 9.—Tenants of the Stanley Company, Mark Luescher, Topics of the Day and many agents’ offices located in the Palace Annex Building received a scare yesterday morning when the West Indian ele- vator operator poked his head in at each door and yelled “Fire.” Then he grabbed the five-gallon bottle of Mark Luescher’s. spring water and poured it dowrm the elevator shaft, from whence came a thin stream of smoke. Next he sent in a fire alarm and disappeared. By the time the firemen arrived someone in the basement had ex- tinguished the smal] bit of grease near the motor that was smoking. The office occupants did not mind the excitement, but the building superintendent did get sore as he made the rounds taking off the signs reading that there would be no more elevator service the rest of the day and tomorrow (Saturday). The two. day holiday was declared a little too quick to suit the superintendent. Incidentally the Palace Annex is right between the Palace and Ambas- sador theaters and it is considered fortunate that the alarm of fire was not sounded later in the day. New York, Jan Women’s Symphony Orchestra To Play Hipp. in February New York, Jan. 11—The New York Women’s Symphony Orchestra, composed of 60 pieces, will play an exclusive vaude- ville engagement at the Hippodrome early in February. after which it is expected to go on a regular concert tour of the coun- try. Captain Paul Henneberg, formerly assistant to Victor Herbert and more re- cently with the New York Police Depart- ment Band, will wield the baton. Complete wood-wind an@ brass choirs with a strong string section and percus- sion division will be in evidence. Be- atrice Oliver organized the band and like herself all of the personne! is strictly pro- fessional. The orchestra had its first public hearing in this city on September 5, 1925, before an audience of several thousand in Central Park. Courtney and Keyes Are Returning to K.-A. Time New York, Jan. 11.—Inez Courtney and Sid Keyes who were out on the road in Mrs. Henry B. Harris’ production of Some Day, which never reached New York, are coming back to vaudeville this week under the direction of Rosalie Stewart, opening the last half at the Royal. They worked in vaudeville to- gether formerly with Stark Patterson a third member of the act. Patterson later teamed up with Laina Cloutier and until recently they have been playing Keith-Albee Time. They are now in Rufus LeMaire’s new show, Sweetheart Time, which arrives in New York at the Imperial Theater next week. Rex Recovers Health Richmond, Va., Jan. 8—Charles W. Rex, manager of the Lyric Theater, who recently passed thru a siege of illness lasting several weeks, is again in his office, having completely recovered his health and strength. Mr. Rex has di- rected the affairs of the Keith-Albee hovse here since it was acquired by Wells, Wilmer & Vincent 10 years ago. This theater enjoys the unique dis- tinctionsof never having been closed, ex- cept for two weeks during the “flu” epidemic of the World War period, and it has never had an unprofitable week during the Rex regime. Britain Likes Aldrich London, Jan. 9 (Special Cable to The Billboard).—The news that Charles T. Aldrich is headed this way for the Victoria Palace and a Stoll tour thru Gus Bauer’s agency recalls pleasant recollections to his numerous British col- leagues. Ford’s Whistler Booked New York, Jan. 11.—Buddy Walker, black-face artiste. who whistled to Mel- lie Dunham's fiddling at the Henry Ford “Old Home” party in Detroit, is opening on the Loew Circuit next week to @r a “single”. He opens at the American the first half of the week. Walker formerly worked for Loew. Fire Destroys Panto. Effects London, Jan. 9 (Special Cable to The Rilboard).—A_ firebug visited South Lincolnshire this week, causing a fire which destroyed all the wardrobe and effects of the Babes in Toyland pan- tomime company. . 13 COMERFORD CHAIN TO REMAIN OPEN Circuit Hit by Strike of Miners To Keep Going at All Costs New York, Jan. 11.—The M. E. Comer- ford chain of theaters, the majority of which play a combination policy of vaudeville and pictures, will carry on and keep all houses open despite the in- roads on the box-office receipts due to the coal strike. Altho the Comerford Circuit has thea- ters in Rochester, N. Y¥.; Providence and Baltimore, the real strength on the or- ganization lies in the many Pennsylvania stands, where there are as many as seven Comerford theaters in one c ty. In and around such cities as Scranton, Pa., the business took a decided leap for- ward at the beginning of the strike when the miners considered it a hol day and went to the theaters in droves. After the novelty wore off and the money be- =e more scarce, business gradually fell off. Acts returning to this city reported that patronage was particularly low of late. About 10 weeks of the Comerford Circuit is booked by the Amalgamated Agency here and the rest from the family department time of the Keith-Albee ex- change. While booking of acts could be dis- continued to close some of the houses, the real problem would arise as to the films booked far in advance, and it was definitely decided by “Mike” Comerford and his associates to keep all the thea- ters going at all costs and quiet the rumors that the circuit would close down. Great hope is pense in the new efforts to settle the coal strike and that it may prove successful. Ultimately the old business is expected to return with the settlement. Whether the present negotia- tions fail or not. it is believed that all of the houses will continue, with the pos- sibility that the cost of the shows will, of course, be kept down. Turek Joins Gerber New York, Jan. 9.—Sol Turek joined forces with Alex Gerber this week, and immediately demonstrated his ability to book acts for the latter by signing on the Loew Circuit Eddie and Burt, who open in their new .act at the Avenue B and Victoria this week; the Paramount Four, who open Thursday at the American: Ross and Edwards, scheduled to go on the time next week. and Forest and Church, who open the second half this week. Turek was formerly with the Loew Circuit in the capacity of booker. Gerber, who has plans under way for several new offerings, has just signed up Eleanor Gay Johnson, singing and dan- cing comedienne, who was in burlesque last season, and Harry Robinson. uke player and Okeh record artiste, who may be seen in Gerber’s forthcoming Tip T Revue. The Welder Sisters Revue, whic the Keith-Albee Circuit wanted but were too late as it had been signed with Loew, opens January 31 in Washington for a tour. Winston a London Visitor London, Jan. 9 (Special Cable to The Billboard).—Winston, of sea lion fame, was a recent caller at the London offices of The Billboard, while in the city on a visit from Vienna. Winston has been on the continent two and a half years and does not return to England until next Christmas. He sends regards to all friends in the States. Palen and Gerard Booked Over Ackerman & Harris Time Chicago, Jan. 11.—Bud Palen and Jay Gerard have been routed over the Acker- man & Harris Time in their offering en- titled Wop-Ology. Sam Roberts handled the booking of the act, which opens January 31 at Superior, Wis, and further dates take it to the Coast. Sea Lion Bites Trainer Spfingfield Ill, Jan. . “human fish”, appearing in Captain Rays Arctic Review at the Majestic Theater here. had the fingers of her right hand bitten by one of the lions during the act. She was feeding the lions fish when the sea lion’s jaws snapped shut with Marina's fingers between them. The wounds consist of lacerations and are not considered serious unless infec- tion develops. V. A. F. in Good Shape London, Jan. 9 (Special Cable to The Billboard) —The Variety Artistes’ Fed- eration will hold its 20th annual meeting January 24, with Monte Bayly presiding. The annual report will show that the federation has, by practicing economy, lost but $3,500 as against $11,000 the previous year. It has a reserve fund of more than $52,000. There were 28 deaths among its last year. 9—Marina, the =—n ee 4] a t >
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14 The Billboard January 16 1926 Big City Vaudeville Reviews by Special Wire B. S. Moss’ Broadway, New York (Reviewed Monday Matinee, January 11) The bill is not quite up to standard and drags in spots. Two dancing acts, Flor- ence Grant and Company and Lee Mar- shall Revue, inject some much-needed pep into the proceedings. Leatrice Joy is starred in the feature film. The Wedding Song. Miss Lindsey opens with an act in which, her beautiful pony demonstrates his remarkable facility in doing mental arithmetic. Sultam, the pony, goes thru his paces with a willingness that wins the audience at once. There are some comedy bits which enliven the act that rather inclines to slowness for an opener. The Lormer Girls, attractively gowned and using a splendid sver drop, present their cycle of songs in the deuce spot and get them over to a nice hand. Their rout ne also includes a few dance num- bers in which the girls do some high kicks and Charleston steps, which also get over neatly. Sab‘ni fo'lows with an act that gets away to a slow start but finishes strong. He is aided by Miss Teddy Sab'ni and another man. Teddy’s opening song is interrupted by Frank, who is placed among the members of the house orches- tra, as is his other assistant. There follows much commotion and arguing, some of which js funny, but much of which is much ado about nothing. Set- tling down to the earnest part of the routine, Sabini proves himself a capable player on the guitar and piano. The girl sells her songs easily, accompanied by Sabini at the piano. Called back for two encores. Florence Gast and Company present a dance revue of more than ordinary ex- cellence. The costumes and settines are also consistent with the high caliber of this offering. The Misses Billie Blake, Mickie Dexter, Blanche Krebs and Helen Conners comprise the chorus, who present some neat turns by themselves. Miss Gast, a demure little blonde, proves her- self to be a capable and graceful dancer, even if her singing is not quite up to the standard of her dancing. Especially well sold were her waltz and toe-dance num- bers as solos, and the traffic cop and military numbers by the company. A neat act, excellently costumed and run off smoothly. Wanzer and Palmer, after an irrita- tinely long wait, put on a comedy skit revolv' ng about the woman’s search at a cheap dance hall for her husband. Altho the act moves slowly, there are some bright spots in the dialog and some comedy bits, the business of drinking and that of the unfortunate cigars, for instance, which make the offering enter- taining and amusing enough to get over to a fair hand. Some singing or dancing ——- would enliven the act @onsider- ably. Lee Marshall Revue offers some® fast and clever dancing, executed by a col- ored company of four men and Mss Bobbie Wilson. Lloyd Mitchell also does some exceptionaly neat stepping. There is also some singing—but it is the danc- ing that matters n th‘s particular revue and it is the dancing that puts the offer- ing over wth a bing There is much of the jnevitable Charleston in evidence, of course. and there are some sensat’onal kneedrops and highkicks among the other difficult combinations that have earned a well-deserved reputation for this revue. PAUL BENOV. Pantages, San Francisco (Reviewed Sunday Matinee, January 10) Numerically it was a short bill with only five acts of vaudev Ile, but in actual running time the longest seen here for nearly a year. Irving’s Imperial Mideets, } ne feature, went over big, wth t our English Madcaps being the other it spot on a good bill. Owing to the eth of the bill the uspal songolog se was omitted. yn the screen, The Broadway Lady, rng Evelyn Brent. Opening act, Harry and Dollv Kelior, in opening like a circus side show iil the usual freak banners. with acting as ticket seller and spieler Do'ly portray ng the bearded lady. e charmer and other wonders. The nee did not know what to expect Notwithstanding this, their athletic well with those out front. Ten pecial, In full; two curtains. ‘ 1 Weston’s violin solo, Jf You Cc Care, was capably rendered and d w hic hand Raymond Wilbert, billed as “That Peculiar Fellow’, was here about a year ago with the same act but some dif- ferent jokes. His goif shots, juggling and hoop rolling were greeted with rounds of aplause. Eighteen m nutes, special, in full; three curtains Four English Madcaps, Of this clever quartet three are girls well costumed, who, with their male partner, put over a series of unique dance steps that met OO 0 e000 oe 0 6 0 0 a ee = 6) == > o~ ay — The Palace @& New York (Reviewed Monday Matinee, January 11) lal joyvable show, comprised of standard talent for the most part. From the enhances ana there a Sidney Biackmer and Grace Moore, the latter scoring an unqualified hit. Ganeral Pisano, assisted by Charlotte Cochrane, presented “At the Gun Club”, a sharp-shooting exhibition, preceded by a film, showing further feats ac- complished a few years ago. The turn was switched around from the other ex- treme end of the bill and proved highly interesting thruout, the Gene ral's efforts including such things as shooting the end of a cigaret held in the lady's mouth and the-use of mirrors, thus aiming at an indirect target. We don’t understand why an undignified method is used in announcing some of the stunts, when it is much better and simple to talk in level tones. Arthur Bryson and Barrett Jones, two fast-stepping colored boys, all but stopped the show with an assortment of eccentric soft-shoe steps, consistent and nifty thruout. Their team work was faultless and attire strictly Beau Brummel. By eliminating the wait for tha Charleston encore they'd most likely salt the pro- ceedings, but until the close they dance continually, however. These recent finds will make good anywhere. a Count Bernie Vici and His American Beauties, featuring Lillian Akers, showed surprising strength as an orchestra offering, due to the novel style of pre- senting it and sheer pretentiousness of setting. As a female orchestra the outfit shines as being able to handle good arrangement of classical and operatic selec- tions and such music that does not require an even tempo. There are several first- rate musicians in the orchestra who stand out as being above the average, not excluding comparison to the stronger sex. Berni Vici has a real clever act of its kind, and great praise is due Harry Charles Greene, credited with having con- ceived and staged the act, while Char'«s Maxwell Smith has to his credit the special arrangements, Greene certainly reveaied a few ideas. For relief there was a toe dancer and a high-kicking specialist. Jack McLallen and “Sarah” and Company arrived with something up their sleeve in the form of the “Company”, and it was a happy thought, to say the least. McLallen did his usual comedy, roller feats and musical bits. “Sarah”, armed with new costumes, contributed her valuable s:lf in aiding with the laughs. The “Com- pany” undoubtedly will merit being billed before long, as his efforts on the xylo- phone put a decided kick into the latter part of the routine, which formerly closed rather weak. Previous to the musical end of it he gathered a few laughs with his comedy dashes across the stage and funny exits. Sidney Blackmer, in “A Modern Garrick”, by Tom Barry (from a story by Karl K. Kitchen), closed the first half in a sketch in which he was supported by Frank McDonald and Jean May. Miss May as a girl of the present-day type of liberated miss, insists on marrying her hero from the movies against her father's wishes. The hero in question arrives in the person of Blackmer, and altho he is really everything that a gentleman should be, fails to win over the father, who sug- gests the sv‘tor do a David Garrick and feign drunkenness. After he does his act the girl still wants to run away with him since she overheard the gag: De- spite daddy’s protest they take the subway for City Hall. Act ran about 15 minutes and did not go over too stronely. There does not seem to be much meat to this offering for a star from the legit. Wé6ll be further reviewed under “New Turns”. Hal Neiman, “One of the Four Horsemen”, opened intermission, doing his tramp single to but fair returns until he took to sing ng. when he fared better. The weak spot seemed to lie in his choice of old material, including the series of song bits telling an old story and the song following which was popular about two sea- sons ago. Good enough for the average house but hardly for this one. With better stuff he should score. ‘ ’ ‘ Grace Moore, late of the “Music Box Revue”, assisted at the piano by Joe Daly, made her debut here a solid hit all the way. Never was vaudeville en- riched by a sweeter feminine personality and a finer lyric soprano voice. @ She | sung an aria from “La Tosca”, “Remember”, “Song of Songs”, “I Never Knew” and “Je T’Aime”. It took three ushers to carry what looked like half of the Bronx Park Botanical Gardens to the stage. All of which was as it should be. Daly handled the accompaniments nicely and for a solo did an excerpt of George Gershwin’s “Rhapsodie in Blue”, orchestrated so that the house orchestra could come in here and there. This might be all right for Paul Whiteman’s Band, but even it had to rehearse plenty before it was anywhere near perfect. How the average house mu- sicians should be expected to play this is beyond us—that is if it is to be played ri weakening an act. ese “Smith ar Crarles Dale, with Avon Comedy Four, appeared for another return engagement on next to closing and did the usual honors. After 5 o'clock the extra song might — Po with and let matters.stand with the . > e which is good enoug or anyboay. eps ne ty Lor and Harry Cregg yen “ — in a novelty ibristic stunts that he em in well routine of aerial and equil M. H. SHAPIRO. , 1. Espec‘ally pleas- chestra in the pit. Eighteen minutes, in a b pl i pallet ae ccamtrie one ; well applauded, three bows ' dances. A refined act, particu'arly well The Volunteers, a quartet singing nov- staged. Fourteen minutes, special, in elty, was_ presented by Hal Pierson, three; three curta'ns. Herman Haynes, Joseph Kilcoyne and Norton and Brower, without any spe- Domenico Rus o After a preliminary cial bfling, are two “nut” comed ans and hokum opening in which one man ‘m- very “nutty” at that. Seen here before ps rsonated a peanut and popcorn ped- with a little dfferent routine. They get diler in the audence, the quartet got a good deal of comedy out of next to cown to business, going over w th a nothing. Sixteen minutes, in one; three =. Eighteen minutes, in one; many bows. : ows. : ‘ ing’ erial Midgets provided 40 Joe Walters and Bill Howland gave a BB cA + See ar entertainment. comedy sketch, The County L'ne, a trav- Twenty-five little men and women, who estay on a crossroad oil station and re- do most everything and do it well. They fre hment stand, with 4 alog between the carry their own leader, too, who is also prosperous tourist and the hick proprietor, quite a comed’an. The act features a affording many humorous _ situations wre tling match. a burlesque of Mr. Twenty minutes, special. in two; three Gallagher and Mr. Shean. a slack-wire bows. art st, singing, dancing and musica! num- Harry Downing and Company, the bers and an athletic act. They were re- “eompany” be'ng a woman dancer not warded with almost continuous applause. named on the program, held the attention Special, in full; three curtains of the audience. Downing in a monolog, E. J. WOOD. singing and impersonation of a prima donna in grand opera was clever. The women dancer was graceful, one number was on the Oriental order. Twenty min- utes In two; three bow The Four Readings, four high-clas« ac- robats, closed the show with a routine of dazzl ng stunts that thrilled the audience woman not named on the program, gave ay, exceptionally showy acrobatl turn, the Palace bill a good start by their going over big. Ten minutes, in four; rollicking gymnastic antics. One man, many bows. a clever tumbler, was assisted by the On the screen, photoplay, The Love other man, on stilts. who also doncéd. Gamble, featuring Lilian Rich and Robert Costumes unique. Nine minutes, in four; Prazer three bows. Dorothy Byton and Company, a danc- Royer West and Ida Van Siclen, in ing act, con isting of Miss Byton, Helen The Masquerade, opened with a trumpet Gorman, Fdna_ Mays, Kathleen Willis, duet, followed by a lively routine of M'ldred Smith, — Walsh and Ev pA solo and duet numbers with banjo, guitar, Dills was not on e proeeram o r cornets and cello, assisted by the or- show. A. HOMER CLARK, Palace, Cincinnati (Reviewed Sunday Matinee, Jan. 10) De Kos Brothers, two men and a Majestic, Chicago (Reviewed Monday Matinee, January 11) Bobbie McGood and Company. two men and a girl, opened the new bill at the Majestic. They are comedy acrobats of finish and style. Eight minutes, in full; two bows. Armstrong and Blondell, man and gir} with piano and songs, also dances. By hard work they bring the act out. Eleven minutes, in one; bows. Porter J. White and Company, two men and a girl, have a dramatic sketch played with much affect Mr. White is at hj best and John Connery, who plays 1) prosecuting attorney, is @ good acti: Che girl assists. Nineteen minutes, in full; three bows, Selbins and Albert, man and girl, hav: a novelty comedy offering. The man wears the skin of a huga@ cat and doves antics. The girl does a specialty. Ten minutes, in one to full and back; two bows. Allan and Norman, two men, have a comedy juggling act that is good. One man starts in the audience. Nimeteen minutes, in two; three bows. Bungle Love has four men and two girls, and is a comedy musical skit. Heavy special settings Good program of com- edy and songs by all. Steve Gillis and Betty Dawn Martin, Chicago actors, are food in the cast. Fifteen minutes, in full; three bows. Sylvester and Vance, man and girl, have a comedy dialog with good material, well played. A nice act. Fifteen min- utes, In one; three bows, Clay Crouch and Company, with two men and three girls, in a revue form of entertainment—songs, comedy and danc- ing. Well dressed and very good talent. Sixteen minutes, in full; three bows FRED HOLLMAN Grand O. H., St. Louis (Reviewed Sunday Evening, January 10) Good bills continue to be the vogue at is theater. Aesop’s Fables, Pathe News and fea- ture photoplay, Camille of the Barbery Coast, with Mae Bush and Owen Moore Roletta Boys, two youthful Italians in Gypsy costumes, are artistes on the ac- cordion and rendered a varied repertoir: of numbers. Seven minutes, in one; two bows. Hall and O’Brien, man and woman. A few remarks concerning the latter's ex- cess avoirdupois get sdéme chuckles, fol- lowing which the twain sing some old fa- vorite songs. Both have good voices and would probably fare better if they would inject a few late song hits in their rou- tine. Eleven minutes, special, in one; two bows Clark and Donnelly, two young fel- lows who team up to perfection. They are chuck full of personality and offer a very neat turn. They joke, sing, yodel and dance and each comes easily and nat- urally. They were the applause hit of the bill. Thirteen minutes, in one; en- core and prolonged applause. J. Bruke Morgan and Company in 4 comedy playlet. Morgan takes a great part in the role of the sleepy tavern pro- rietor, in which part he had them laugh- ng from start to finish with his int- mitable funny action. Four unbilled per- formers assist as father, mother, son and daughter, and while the correct ages for these roles they could improve their act- ing quite a bit. Twenty-five m nutes, hotel lobby interior, in four; two curtains and bows. Clarence E. Wil'ard, follow ng a few ecard tricks, presented his scientific expe: ment of “growing before the eyes of the audience” seemingly naturally, rising '" height about six inches. He held the in- terest of the house while a heavy-s«' “plant” in the audience came astage and furnished the laughs for the turn. Fi! teen minutes, epecial, in one; two bow: Mons. Wania and Company. This is ® crackerjack song and dance vehicle, 1" which Wania ts featured with his diff! cult specialty dancing. Pressing Wana hard for honors are a youthful pair who do some “pippin” soft-shoe double dan ing. Three other girls constitute t others of the company, one of whom does a toe dance exquisitely, while an other syncopates a blues number, The sextet combines to give many modes of dances and was a profound ht. Four teen minutes. specials, in four and two five curtains, Brady and Mahoney, two men, have ® good line of comedy chatter and #°! many laughs. They fnished with “wo comedy songs, each of many vérses, which added to their share of applause, Four: teen minutes, in one; encore and bow Laven and Cross and another unb'll: male have a hokum turn pure an’ simp! Their absurdities had the house w't them from the start. Their burlesque o” a hand-to-hand balancing turn an! & oe Ne act was a masterplece of h ke Sight m nutes. In full stage; everyone staying for the finieh, —e FRANK B. JOERLING. fh | = ee PE eee ; . Tr eC | 7 ] | _ ee Cis | ETE . S : hd ft
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January 16 1926 Orpheum, Ss. Louis d Sunday Matinee, January 10) Lowell Sherman and Mme. Emma Trenuni hare headline honors. The jatter Was slated to appear lust week, but wi too ill to do so and as a result is making her St. Louis debut ths week. ip is a good one, but several lohg caits and a lagging of the show ral tended to slow up the proceed- Nathan and Julia Sully have dance offering in whic they themselves pendidly in ther ind double specialities. The act is ; stumed thruout and the hang- cre attractive. E ght minutes, in bows t Brothers are great pantom me ¢ ns as Well as experts on their ! instruments, Too well k wn to need further comment. Their imita- t of two lov ng birds is always a Seventeen m nutes, in one and pecial, In one; three bows Chase and Charlotte Latour in { ' the Corner, a vehicle de picting a n the tenements and a pais from in their respective manners of k ne love, showing the bie difference between the two classes, The bit ran 11 ninutes and furn'shed just fair entertain- t. Alma Wall and Russell Clark take re of the society role Special, in ree bows. Mme. Emma Trent'ni certainly knows w to sell her stuff The little star | expresson in her numbers and scored decisively today with One Fine dD from Madame Butterfly, Cosi Piange Pierrot and Giannina Mia from The Fire- f Eric. Zardo, her concert pano ac- ‘ panist, wa the recipient of a big ! 1 following several difficult solos. Twenty-five minutes, special. in four and ‘ er re and bows galore, Clark and Bergmon have a new ve- ! sir their last. appearance her his nut stuff, and to hear his clever cracks is a rare treat. Estelle Dudley and Her Four Pance Lords work like a house afire and inti duce a great many new and novel steps and stunts, including some fancy frilis ou the Charleston. FRED HIGH. Opera Singer Bankrupt Chicago, Jan. 9.—Luella Meluis, guest soprano in the Chicago Civic Opera Com- pany, yesterday filed a petition in volun- tary bankruptcy. She is in private life Mrs. William F. Melhiush and made her debut with the Civ c Opera Company in Rigoletto. In her petition the snger al- leges her Habilities are $86,439 and her assets $12,500. Among other debts she states that she owes Pascot, a gown de- signer of Nice. $1,180 for dresses which she obtained from him while in Europe. Mme. Me'uis is now on tour playing con- cert engagements. She is a native of Wiscons n. Begin Work on Loew House In Pittsburgh About May 1 Pittsburgh, Pa., Jan. 9.—An announce- ment this week said construction of the new Marcus Loew theater here, to be patterned after the Capitol in New York, will start about May 1. Costing $2,500,000, the house will seat 4,000 and will be suitable for any type of entertainment. J. H. Lubin To Rest in Cuba New York, Jan. 11.—J. H. Lubin, gen- eral booking manager of the Loew Cir- cuit, is planning to leave here January 23 for Havana, where he will spend a brief vacation. During his absence Moe Schenck, assistant booking manager, will assume charge. Keith’s Hamilton Celebrates New York. Jan. 11.—Keith’s Hamiltos Theater, playing split-week vaudeville, will be 12 vears old this month and in celebration of the event a special pro- gram has been arranged for the week of danuary 25. The Hamilton was originally a B. S. Moss theater, but took the Keith mame when the Moss interests were amalgamated with Keith. Zermain in New Act New York, Jan. 11.—Roy Zermain, dancer, who with his partner, Frances Farrar, have been appearing at the Colony Theater in a picture presenta- tion, closed there Saturday night and open this week in vaudeville under the direction of Lee Stewart in a new act. They featured an apache dance at Colony. 4 ¥ f : 1th : 4 P a : . ' _— ; A v ‘ A . fee | ‘ : es as q ‘a : ta 4 a > = ay = i Ss t Zee iia & SS 77 a ; 1) f }! ee ae 4 E: ee ng 1; 1d a cil rl . 7% { a5 iil } i . \. ze : : - ee ) ; . H E ——_—___ | a a | ee ‘ tO i | ee a Pp
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16 The Billboard LAST HALF REVIEWS Republic Theater, Brook- lyn, N. Y. (Reviewed Thursday Evening, Jan. 7) Walters and Taylor open with some neat turns on the horizontal bars, from whch they also do casting. One of the pair works as a “sap” comedian and gets some hearty laughs with some of his nonsensical bits. There are plenty of backswings and stepoffs, and there is a toe catch onto one of the bars as one of the team bounces up feet first that is as surprising as it is skillful. Smith and O’Connell, a rather young mixed team, fill the deuce spot with some songs, talk and dancing of consid- erable entertainment value. They are neat appearing and willing workers. The girl is especially charming and igs be- comingly gowned. The singing is good and the dancing is even better. The talk is a curious mixture of some very old gags and some new lines, but as a whole it is well sold. The boy’s Farmer Gray song, in which he accompanies himself on a uke, might be eliminated to cut down the running time, as it is the least valuable and original part of the routine. Creighton, Homer and Smiles, two boys and a girl, present a song and dance revue which is featured by a pirate number. In this turn the girl appears in a pretty pirate costume and sings a Captain Kidd song, in which she is joined by her two partners. The three then go into a dance which is the highlight of the offer'ng and redeems it from medi- ocr'ty. The boys’ eccentric dance is also worthy of note, as is the girl’s Charles- ton. In one of the numbers one of the boys crowds the girl so that it becomes obvious some more practice would not be amiss. , Pierce and Arrow, man and woman. work before a special drop representing a roadside gasoline station. There is a good Geal of talk about automobiles, and the suspicion that the chatter would veer around jipto that ambiguous and not par- ticularly edifying sort of talk that is ap- plicable to e'ther a car or a woman, is soon justified. The talk occasionally is clever, and sometimes—just words. The girl's singing helps the act some. The busines of the blowout and the shower of tubes would have been a strong close, but the pair continued thereafter with a song that lacked the proper punch for a clos- ing number. The Goodwin Comedy Four close the show with a comedy and song offering in which the singing is rather good. The funny lines, however, aren't so awfully funny. As a matter of fact, the vehicle is a rather weak one. It is the snging that makes the act worth while. Some of the talk and comedy could easi'y be sacrificed to make room for more songs. PAUL BENOV. Proctor’s 125th St., N. Y. (Reviewed Thursday Evening, Jan. 7) Better than average last half show, well balanced, fast, and comprising a variety of fare. The first two acts were tryouts, and as such were far better than one usually sees. Ardell Brothers opened in a novelty, doing a ring routine and topping with a unique bit in which they are suspended head downward and in this position execute a dance. The act, a good opener, scored a fair hand. Dana and Loehr, a mixed team, with the man at the piano, followed with a rout ne of songs, published and special, which they sell in a fair to middlin’ man- ner, getting across reasonably well. A suggestive bit, closing, in which a whis- per into the girl’s ear results in a sting- ing slap to the man’s face, is not so funny that it can’t be el'minated for the — of “polite vaudeville” without great oss. Hack and Dale, starting the regular bill, sailed thru their spot like a house afire in one of the finest acrobatic nov- elties the writer ever saw. One of the men is attired as a bellhop, the other as a guest in the hotel room which represents their set. and both display excellent form ‘n their hand-to-hand and kindred specialties. They walk on their hands, do head balancing and strength bits among other things. Jack, Jean and Jack, a trio who en- tertain you from the start of their act to the finish in a delightful manner, en- tered themselves a hit of no small pro- portions in their routine of songs and comedy. Further reviewed under New Turns The team of Fuller and Vance ran up a nice hand in the next spot in their h'ck act in which Lew Fuller does a rube politician in grand manner, misusing the King’s English aS no one can. Miss Vance acts a fine foil for his comedy re- marks, and for the finish puts over well a sob bit result’ng from a letter written her husband by another woman. The act has big-time qualities, but lacks some- nastic thing, it is thought, to successfully make this grade. A bolstering of the comedy here and there—it doesn’t need much strenethen'ng—and the act should be itn line for the big stands. Bert Baker and Company, a comedy farce sketch of four people, including Baker, that concerns the efforts of a “tired business man” to patch up things with the militant wife only to have something come up at the psychological moment to spoil all the “f xing”, had the audience verging on tears. Baker. an oldtimer, plays the central part in a competent manner, but should refrain a laughing too much at his own com- edy. _ Larry Comer got over without trouble in a routine of special numbers that carry laughs and has everything in his favor except that his voice doesn’t carry to the back of the house; at least, didn't when he was caught. Because of this much of the funny remarks in his songs are lost to a host of hearers who don’t hear. Ward and Raymond filled the next to closing spot with high moments of com- edy in their well-known turn in “one”. About one of the best things in the act is the dance specialties of each in wind- ing up. _ Jonia and Her Hawaiians closed. This is a_ beautifully staged musical offer ng of three men and three women, all of whom play stringed instruments and make up an orchestra that it is a pleasure to hear. They work as on a lawn before a special drop depicting a hotel piazza of freat length, mounta’ns in the rear and a lake at one side, giving the setting an exotic atmosphere. Among specialties are a cigar-box violin bit by one of the men, a gutar solo by another who most certainly knows how to play his instru- ment and a dance by a sister team, of which, apparently, Jonia was one. The act is a great musical flach for the neighborhood houses of the better class. ROY CHARTIER. B. S. Moss’ Regent, N. Y. (Reviewed Thursday Evening, Jan. 7) Somewhat more class to this show than the average one playing here of late. Wood and Violet started the bill off with their ingenious method of hoop rolling and other bits of novelty. Both the man and woman seemed adept at it and ex- erted remarkable control over their props. The man does a bit of comedy and gets the laughs here and there. Toward the close they did some hat sailing. Jack Ryan, assisted at the piano by Hazel Webster, was handicapped by a severe cold, but he managed to sell his songs in good style after he got warmed up. Miss Webster, as it happens, seems to be an unusually clever accompanist and it is surprising that she is not al- lowed to offer a jazz medley as a solo or something along that line. Ann Lemeau and Elsie Young in A Gabby Gabfest, by Carl McCullough, proved a very entertaining duo, handling their excellent material to good advan- tage. Miss Lemeau did the comedy and her partner played straight. Both sing nice'y and end the offering with a wow finish. Is further reviewed under New Turns. Paul Remos and Wonder Midgets hardly exaggerates in the billing of his partners, for they are extremely ver- satile and clever thruout a_ strenuous routine of hand balancing, perch stunts and other acrobatic novelties, as well as a boxing match for the close. Classy act of its kind. Ashley and Sharplés had little to worry about on next to closing, as the patrons are well acquainted with their sure-fire routine. Herbert Ashley does his usual Hebrew comic part and follows with parodies on the songs sung by Sharples, who is a fine tenor and’ straight man as weil. Will Higgie and Charleston Girls closed the show in a dainty dance revue which is further reviewed in detail under New Turns. M. H. SHAPIRO. Dow Agency Again Adds Two Theaters New York, Jan. 11.—The A. & B. Dow Agency has added two theaters to its books, one of them the new Capitol in Willamantic, Conn., which opens Janu- ary 21 with a policy of five acts on each half. The house was erected at a reported cost of $500,000, has a seating capacity of 1,800 and is without vaude- ville opposition except from the local K.-A. stand, which, however, plays but one day there. The other stand gained by the Dows is the South Broad, Tren- ton, N. J., which they begin booking this week, supplying five acts each half. The house was formerly handled by Jack Linder. Cansino Brother in Act New York, Jan. 11.—Paco Cansino, a member of the Cansino family of Spanish dancers, is opening the second half this week at Loew’s American in a new act supported by two people. Paco was for- merly with the act billed as Marion Wilkens and Casino Brothers. His new offering is being represented by Charles J. Fitzpatrick, ROSE'S MIDGETS LEAVE ST. LOUIS FOR 10 WEEKS’ ENGAGEMENT IN MEXICO St. Louis, Jan. 9.—TIke Rose’s Royal Midgets closed a week's engagement at the Missouri Theater here last night and left this morning for Sedalia, Mo., for a matinee and evening performance there on the same day. From Sedalia they will go direct to Laredo, Mex., where they are to begin a 10 weeks’ consecutive booking of Mexican cities. During a conversation with Mr. Rose, he advised the local Billboard representative that the contract he holds with the Mexican theatrical magnates is the “fastest and most solid’ he has ever had in his pos- session, The Missouri Theater management continues to give its patrons much for their money. In Ike Rose’s Royal Midg- ets the past week they had a strong added attraction. Announcement was made on the screen yesterday that the Fight Victor Record Artists would be the attractiop there two weeks hence The program at the Missouri last week was as follows: Overture by the Missouri Concert Orchestra under the direction of Gene Rodemich; International News- reel; Sixteen Missouri Rockets—Two un- billed pretty misses did a likable song and dance number, following which the chorus, known as the “Missouri Rockets”, danced in exact unison, on the style of the famous Tiller choruses; Rose’s Royal Midgets—This stellar attraction, which ran for 40 minutes (the usual running time of this offering is one hour and five minutes, but was cut because of the length of the bill), is neatly costumed thruout and the various hangings and settings are flashy, all of which tends to set off the mite performers to best ef- fect. The opening number is a grand entry of all the lilliputians. There are ex- actly 21 in the company, and the Parisian Mannequin March was executed by Henry, Paul, Adolph and Bruno Glauer, Prince Pani, Herman Arndt, Paul Walker, Arthur Huhle, Herman Weise, Walter and Alvin Weise, Ivan (Dixie) Turner, Kurt Zwieble, Tonka Blaszek, Hansi Hermann, Friedel Zwie- ble, Elli Popszicke, Zena Beyer, Johanna Mayer, Borsika Viteck and Ida Wirz. Next was Hansi Hermann, diminutive soubret, who sang an Italian song and Brown Eyes, Why Are You Blue. Then tHe minstrel first part in which the en- tire company again took part with the following specialties: Johanna Mayer sang How Would You Like To Spoon With Me, Ivan Turner gave a dandy imitation of Eddie Leonard, and this was followed by ah individual specialty dance by the inimitable Pani. Then in order were Herman Weiser in a xylophone selection, Ilonka Blazek in a “rolling- globe” balancing bit, Paul and Adolph Glauer in a Gallager and Shean im- personation, Frieda Zwieblie (very pretty) in Yes, Sir, That’s My Baby; Ivan Turner (colored) Mm a song and dance specialty, Paul Walker, musical saw, and Henry and Bruno Glauer in a Delhanty and Hengler song and dance specialty that was exceptionally §vell done. The company closed with an en- semble Charleston, which brought them prolonged applause. Manneqin, feature photoplay, followed the midgets. Mr. Rose was quoted in The Billboard ef December 26 as saying that the Mexican engagement was for five weeks in Mexico City, and that the act was booked altogether for 20 weeks in Mexico and Cuba. Apparently a change has been made in the booking contract since that time. Rose and Joe Morache Going Better Than Ever Chicago, Jan. 9—The Music Corpora- tion of America has notified The Bill- board that certain rumors have been cir- culated regarding Rose and Joe Morache, who won The Herald and Exgaminer Charleston contest. The M. C. A. says that it has heard that it is reported that the two dancers have bursted blood vessels in the r legs. The M. C. A. says this is altogether a false rumor and that tose and Joe are under the direction of Hank Linder, tour manager for the M. Cc. A., and are now working on this book- ing. J. C. Stein, of the M. C. A., sub- stantiates this statement, Helen Shipman for Two-a-Day New York, Jan. 11.—Helen Shipman, recent star of Kosher Kitty Kelly anda featured before that in Paradise Alley, The Lady in Ermine and other shows, will be seen in vaudeville shortly under the direction of Alf. T. Wilton, who an- nounces she will do a routine of “re- stricted songs”. Picture Star for Vaudeville New York, Jan. 11.—Reginald Denny, Universal picture star, is reported to be in line for an engagement in vaudeville. He is now on the Pacific Coast, where it is said he plans trying out a comedy sketch with a view to working it east- ward and appearing in the K.-A. houses here early next month, January 16 1926 Miller Elephants Out of Vaudeville Will Be Used To Exploit New Film---Miniature 101 Ranch Wild West Back to Oklahoma New York, Jan. 9.—The Miller Bros’ Elephants (Jeannie, Carrie and Baby Joe), which came into a lot of front-pag: publicity last week when they went out the stage door of Loew's Victoria Thes- ter, where they were playing in yaud: ville, and made a tour of the lower Bronx, driving pedestrians and others to cover, have committed their second of fense, and as punishment will be taken off the vaudeville boards. At the Stat, where they were appearing this week, the pachydermys refused to go on when it came time for them to do their turn, and in the excitement that followed made an effort to start a sight-seeing trip around Times Square. They were prevented from the tour, however, and, being con- sidered unmanageable for vaudeville pur- poses, will discontinue their engagements on the Loew Circuit. The elephants have been signed to as- sist in exploiting a new Marshall Neilan film, called Mike, and produced for Metro Goldwyn-Mayer, and will appear in towns to build up publicity for the picture, it is said, instead of being taken out of the show game for the balance of the season The picture opens tomorrow at the Capitol for its New York showmeg, and the ele- phants will probably be utilized early in the week. New York, Jan. 11.—The Miller Bros.’ Miniature 101 Ranch Wild West Show. which played last week as a part of the Fred Clark's Let's Go burlesque show at the Miner's Empire Theate-, Newark. a stand on the Columbia Wheel, closed Saturday night and will return to Okla homa. It was found the attraction con- sumed too much of the second part of the burlesque show, causing too great a cut in the production's numbers The circus attraction proved: a tremendous drawing card, however, it is reported. Before it joined up witH the Let’s Go Company it appeared in vaudeville, hav- ing played a number of independent dates after its showing at the Hippo- drome, Baltimore, for the Loew Circuit which planned booking it for their houses. Frank Braden, Perry Charles, Terry Turner and others of the Loew publicity staff will aid in doing publicity for the picture mentioned above, out of town as well as in New York. Harry Carrol Show Leaves for Miami To Play Cabaret New York, Jan. 9.—Harry Carrol and show which closes tonight at the new Twin Oaks cabaret is scheduled to leave tomorrow (Sunday) afternoon to fulfill an engagement at Larry Fay’s Silver Slipper night club at Miami, Fla. Carrol has the same show which broke its Keith-Albee contract by doubling fron the Hippodrome to the Twin Oaks de- spite strict orders to the contrary. Busi- ness at the Twin Oaks Is said to be far below that which was expected. The Mi ami salary for the revue is placed at $5,000 per week Ballard MacDonald. lyricist, accompanies the show, which also includes Dottie Wilson, Vera Marsh. Drena Beech, Mary Mulhern, Betty Cha- pin and Maybelle Hill. Jack Brown Revue For Spring Production New York, Jan. 11.—Jack Brown, who has put out a number of flash acts in the past several years, is planning to launch a new offering in the spring which will be known as Jack Brown's Revue, enti- tled Putting It Over. It will consist of 28 people, including 16 girls, 12 princi- pals and specialty artistes, and a jazz band A route in New England has been ar- ranged, with Western time to follow, and the act is expected to be in readiness to start the tour In May. Several new ideas in electrical effects will be carried, as well as special scenery and settings. The act will go in rehearsal at the close of this season, as some of the cast that are signed up are now under contract for the balance of this vaudeville year. Many of the Profession at Luncheon to Mayor Walker New York, Jan. 11.—The theatrical profession is to be well represented at the luncheon tomorrow at the Astor Hotel given in honor of Mayor Walker under the auspices of the Aassdciated Business Movement for a Better New York, of which John Golden is vice- president. KE. F. Albee has reserved two tables at which will be seated 20 ex- ecutives of the Kelith-Albee and af- filiated interests. 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16, 1926 January Presentation Flops At Vaude. Theater Used in Conjunction With Com- bination Policy It Is Taken Off After Third Per- formance York, Jan. 9.—Following close " its successful experiments with tabloids, and a band to present classic music, the Small-Strausberg Circuit this week tried out the policy of running @ ! to the feature motion. picture, a analagous in a way to that in vocue at the high-class New York pic- ture houses. But this time the idea some- how did not live up to its promise. for the prolog fell flat, according to Sigmund Ss. Solomon, managing director. After being presented at three pertormances, the prolog was eliminated. prolog policy an Apache e ill-fated prolog was pe .. : > ‘ — ll d by soloists. There was special scenery to make it consistent with the film, The Masked Bride. The time was about four minutes. running 7 he reaction of the audience was such cat the managers decided to abandon the idea and at Thursday night's show the picture was run off without any prelimi- naries The other two novel ideas inaugurated by the courageous circuit are meetin with better response. A third tabloid wi be presented at the Repues Theater the first haif of next wee The band has been augmented from 27 to 40 men and will probably be at the Premier Theater next week. VAN AND SCHENCK Booked for New York Cabaret-—May Double at Film Houses ,. New York, Jan. 11—Gus Van and Joe Schenck, now playing at Florida resorts, have been booked to open shortly at the Parody Club, this city. They are arranging to double at nearby picture houses, having completed a tour of such theaters before opening at Miami, It will be the first time that the duo will be seen at houses In opposi- tion to their former love, vaudeville. Moss’ Coliseum Damaged; Suit Brought for $380 New York, Jan. 9—The Greater New York Vaudeville Theaters Corporation this week began suit in the Third District Municipal Court against the Joseph Gal- lick Contracting Company for alleged “damages to property owned by the plaintiff caus by blasting operations conducted in a reck'ess and negligent manner by the defendants on property adjoining the plaintiff's Coliseum ea- ter Building.” According to the com- plaint filed by Maurice Goodman, attor- ney for the plaintiff, the is estimated at $380.89. Earl Saunders With Wm. Morris New York, Jan. 9.—The William Mor- ris Agency staff will be augmented Mon- day by the addition of Earl Saunders, who formerly for several years was with the Orpheum Circuit. He will handle the exploitation department. riginally Saunders was with the Chi- cago offices and later came to New York, where he worked under’Frank Vincent, the circuit's local booking head. Re- cently he retired to go into the auto- mobile business. New Song and Dance Revue New York, Jan. 9.—A new song ang dance revue, written and produced by Mayty Brooks, will open on Keith Time at Proctor’s 58th Street Theater January 21. The act, billed as Just the Type, features Jack West and Frank Dufrane. Another of this author-producer’s acts, a comedy-melodrama known as Going Straight, also opened recently and is now playing independent time. The roles of the two ex-Sing Sing men who decide to “go straight” are played by George Taylor and Hal Burton. New Band Opens for Loew New York, Jan. 11.—Chuck Holts- worth, a brother of “Saxi" Holtsworth, has assembled a band and two specialty entertainers for a vaudeville offering that opens on the Loew Circuit at the Willard the last half this week. The specialty artistes are Jean Darling and Frances Oleonseay, while the band itself consists of seven pleces, Al Freeman is booking the attraction on the Loew Time. New Wright Flash in Rehearsal New York, Jan. 11.—Andy Wright, ‘ving launched his Bungle-Love act, is *neaged in rehearsing a new offering cntiied The Doll Shop. It was written and is being staged by by Ben Ross ene Carey. The Billboard UG LAUGH PER PAGE THAN ANY SIMILAR y PUBLICATION IN THE WORLD & —AND THERE ARE 104 PAGES! JAMES J. COGHLAN The keynote of The Jester is originality. logues, Parts, Farce, Titles, Solo Cracks, Poems and Parodies. gag from cover to cover. 93 Wade St., Jersey City, N. J. COGHLAN’S JESTER No. (Where The Big Guns Get Their Roars) Laugh as you never laughed befor@ at gags that you've never heard before. ORIGINAL! ORIGINAL! ORIGINAL! Mono- Minstrel First Act, Burlesque, Comic Song Not an old Price, One Dollar, Double Acts, Single Gags, Quartette Act. Ventriloquist Burlesque Mystery Drama, Night Club Show For Moss’ Colony New York, Jan. 11.—Harry Richman and revue from the Club Richman have been engaged to play at B. S. Moss’ Col-, ony Theater as an added attraction. The revue is now scheduled to open Janua 24. a later date than originally expected. Yvette Rugel and Emil Coleman's orches- tra are some of the names that will ap- pear with the show. Some months ago before the no-dou- bling edict went into effect the Richman show played the Palace two weeks and then the Hippodrome for the same length of time. Due to the picture policy of the Colony it is supposed that the K.-A. offi- cials can make no objections, altho it is understood that they did stop the booking of vaudeville acts into the Colony. Singer Sisters Play Presentation Dates As Per Prior Contract New York Jan. 9—The f§inger Sisters (Charlotte and Viola) were not signed by Florenz Ziegfeld, as reported, aceprding to Benjamin David, who has thém under contract for motion picture presentations and productions. Last night the girls closed an engagement as an added attraction at the Brandford Theater, Newark, and during the week of January 25 will appear in the Stanley Theater, in Philadelphia, one of the big picture houses there, with other dates in Stanley Company theaters to follow, it is expected. The Singers recently played a date at Loew's American, when it was arranged thru David to have the Ziegfeld office catch them. They were said to have been regarded as satisfactory for Ziegfeld, but the new show, A Night at Palm Beach, which they sought, was casted, and no room could be made. In the meantime and before further picture dates are arranged, The Bohemians, Inc. (Jones & Green) are said to be consider- ing them for their Greenwich Village Follies which recently opened. Orpheum Declares $2 Dividend on Common And Preferred Stock New York, Jan. 11.—Directors of the Orpheum Circuit declared a $2 dividend on the common stock of the corporation, placing it on a basis 20 cents higher it has been paying. The usual $2 dividend was also declared on the pre- ferred stock. Dividend will be paid to shareholders of record the 20th of each month preceding the first of February, March and April at the rate of 16 2-3 cents per month on each share. Trading on the New York stock exchange was normal, with little noticeable response to the Orpheum dividend The common stock opened at 29% and closed at 39% on Saturday. LOEW CIRCUIT BOOKS . BEE STARR FOR TOUR New York, Jan. 11.—Bee Starr, in private life Mrs. Frank Braden, and who was the double and triple mid-air somer- eaulter of the Flying Wards troupe with Sells-Floto Circus the past season, is opening on the Loew Circuit next week in an aerial offering. She sings while posing and working and closes her of- fering with a series of one-arm somer- saults hanging by one hand from the roscenium arch. Miss Starr begins her ew engagement at the Delancey Street the first half of the week. Van Hoven To Sail New York, Jan. 11.—Van Hoven, who oompleted a tour of the Orpheum Cir- cult not long ago and is now playing Keith-Albee dates in the East, is re- ported to be returning to London early in February to make a tour of 24 or more weeks in England. Edward 8S. Kel- ler books Van Hoven on this side. Seeks Colton Act New York, Jan. 11.—Dan M. Fretwell, whose address is 2462 Chelsea Place, Santa Monica, Calif., is anxious to locate two brothers in vaudeville, one, William Fretwell, who with his wife did an act billed ag Colton and Darrow, and the other, Frank Fretwell, who with his wife worked in vaudeville as The Coltons. Pantages To Have Cleveland House Vaudeville Will Open at Circle Theater January 16, Playing Three-a-Day Cleveland, O., Jan. 19. — The Circle Theater, first-run picture house here, soon is to join the family of four vaudeville ereuits operating in Cleveland. Nego- tiations have just been closed by Warner Brothers, managers of the theater, with Alexander Pantages, of the Pantages Cir- cuit, to introduce vaudeville January 16. Under this Zoey. which will provide for both vaudeville and pictures, three shows will be given daily. The house will be open from 1 p.m. to 11 p.m. The cities nearest to Cleveland where Pantages acts are shown are Toledo, De- troit and Indianapolis. Running on the unit plan, shows may come directly from any one of these places, but most likely “yo 1e Circle, with a fairly large seating capacity, is located on Euclid avenue in the East 105th street district. “GARRICK GAIETIES” NOT FOR VAUDEVILLE New York, Jan. 11—The Garrick Gaieties, the musical revue that made a good hit at the Garrick here this sea- son, will not be seen in vaudeville in con- densed form with some of its principals, it is announced by the Theater Guild. The Keith-Albee Circuit was angling for it as a two-a-day attraction and planned cutting the revue to an hour’s length. Walter Reade Buys Another Large Stitt Theater in New York New York, Jan. 11.—Walter Reade, Owner of several high-class theaters thruout New Jersey, not a few of which Play vaudeville booked by the Keith- Albee Circuit, has purchased at a*re- geree price of $181,000 the Strand heater in Freehold, N. J., which went bankrupt recently. It formerly played independent vaudeville, booked by the Fally Markus office, but since its addi- tion to the Reade chain it will probably go on the books of the K.-A. Vaudeville Exchange. Before it opens under Beade’s management it will undergo remodeling. Silber’s New Headquarters New York, Jan. 9.—Arthur Silber opened new headquarters, where he will continue to do Pan. and independent booking, on the ninth floor of the Beth- lehem Steel Building, 1560 Broadway, on Monday of this week. For more than threa years he had been conducting his business in the Fitzgerald Building at 1482 Broadway. Associated with Silber, who incorporated recently, are Edmond Joseph and Charles Groh, Fined for Sunday Opening New York, Jan 9—John P. Pilon, manager of the Strand Theater, in Rock- ville Center, L. 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Muscatine, lowa Nothing a January 16, 1926 WWD cc ccc Lk ldcddddddddddddbdbbddddbsbdddaddddddiiicnnn, 2 SX. ic =» Sel = Vaudeville Notes) ARCUS LOEW is on an idigien tour of his theater properties ia Chicago, Cleveland and Pittsburgh, but plans to return to New_York late this week or early next. During his visit in Pittsburgh he will discuss de- tails involved in the construction of the new Loew house in that city. JIMMY SAVO, eccentric comedian, is filling a 10 weeks’ engagement in vaude- ville on the Ke th-Albee Circuit pending the start of rehearsals for a new show in which he will appear. BEE JACKSON, the Charleston expert, is back from a successful London en- fagement at the Kit Kat Klub, appear- ing on the K.-A. Time in a dance act. FERN ADAIR, beauty contest winner from Texas, and formerly in the musical Lady Be Good, is shortly to appear in a new act presented by HARR KRIV- T, entitled Going uth. MISS ADAIR ormerly played vaudeville in Knick- Knacks of 1924 and In a Studio. FRAN KIE (FRANCES) RICE has returned to Keith-Albee vaude- ville in a new com- edy act. She is as- sisted by FRED WHEELER, bari- Fern Adair tone, and JERRY McGRATH, a dancer. MASTER GABRIEL opens a tour 2f the Loew New York houses January 25, playing the first half of the week at the Orpheum and the last half at the Ameri- can. He was booked by CHARLES J. FITZPATRICK. and recently played a few dates for DELMAR in the South. ALEXANDER DOBROHOTOFF, Rus- sian Balala ka soloist, and an orchestra of 12, which has been appearing as a holiday feature at the E. F. Albee Thea- ter, Brooklyn, will make a tour of the K.-A. Circuit, it is announced. The CLAVEN SISTERS, EDNA and MARIE, who_ hail from Philadelphia, after a bref sojourn with BILLY JAMES’ Kiss and Hug Company, have been signed by BOBBY HEATH for his 1926 edition of the Hotsy-Totsy Revue. ERBERTA BEESON, wire artiste, H now playing New England dates, threw party at Fay’s Theater, Providence, R. I., Christmas, during his engagement there, which ended in elabo- rate fa-hion at hjs local hotel. MR. and MRS. BEESON entertained among others HART BROTHERS, JOE LA FLEUR, HAROLD CHAPMAN. SPALDING BROTHERS BESSiE DAVIDSON, MARGARET ALIX, PAULINE COL- LINS;and EVELYN WOODS. LADY ODEN-PEARSE, English vio- te, who made her first appearance America last n, Vv Pd. vn at she was Fiven é act hy Lady Oden-Pearse ile . im she uses is said ‘o be a Guernariu and was presented to her by the Shah of Persia. BILLY CLAIR plans to return to New York in May from the Western tour he is now making. for return engagements in the East. He has been playing Michigan territory the last few weeks and will shortly appear for Keith-Albee at the Palace in Cine:nnati. MAUDIE POWERS and VERNON WALLACE, who have been doing an act called From Broadway ta Georgia, have been engaged for the forthcom.ng pro- duction of Stroy Sheep, a new play by CHARLES WASHBURN, formerly with The Chicago Tribune. EDITH MAE CAPES has gone ito Florida to dance in a revue at the Pueblo Feliz, at Arch Creek (Fountain County), Fla., giving up for the time —— her act vities as a vaudeville producer: MISS CAPES calls. herself while <n Florida EDY MA CAPES, NORA BAYES opens a tour of several weeks on the Wesce Coast for the Or- pheum Circuit next week at the Or- pheum, San Francisco. She is_ slated for an engagement abroad on completion of the Orpheum dates. B. S. MOSS has taken control of the Central Theater, at Cedarhurst, L. L, according to report, and at present is playing a policy of straight pictures at the stand. PERCY WENRICH is_ recovering ~rapidly from his recent illness and will return to vaudeville shortly in a new act, a single, doing a song routine. ON TRAINGER, who enjoys some distinction as a sax. player, is mak- ing a tour of the junior stands of the Orpheum Circuit, in what he calls an “amusement novelty”, assisted by GEORGETTE. The offering opened in Sioux City, Ia., the first half last week. The GREAT LEON, who presents the Death Ray Gun, an illusion in which the shooting of a woman thru a solid sheet, of steel armor apparently re 3 TE % pe) Circuit at the Vic- toria, New York. It is planned to heavily feature and exploit the act over the en- tire time, LEON is assisted by LIL- LIAN WHITE, stunt art’ste, who has doubled in mo- tion pictures for a number of stars, and during the past sum- mer made a para- chute drop in At- lantic City. LEON is said to have beey working four years on this, his newest offering. EDDIE BRENNAN and DICK ADAMS, a new combination, doing in Act on the type of that CLAYTON and EDWARDS did but not under cork, opened last week under the direction of CHARLES FITZPATRICK at the Ful- ton and Delancey Street theaters, New York, for the Loew Circuit. Liliian White BOB SCHAEFFER, radio performer, who has broadcast thru WHN, WOR and other stations, has hit the trail for vaudeville. He opened this week at the Premier, Brooklyn, an independent stand, assisted by the Radio Girl. BERT JONAS is handl.ng the act. JOSIE COLLINS will arrive in this country from England late this week or early next to play an engagement in vaudeville on the Keith-A'bee Circuit. She is accompan‘ed by her husband, LORD INNES-KERR, and her pianist, VICTOR MARMONT. CARL FRANCIS is to head a new vaudeville production, called The White Way Revue, which is now in prepara- tion by MAX E, HAYES and will be in readiness for a showing some time this month. The Walters Amusement Agency of Boston has taken over the bookings for United Theaters, Westerly. R. I.; Capi- tol Theater, Arlington. Mass.. and the Majestic Theater at Arctic, R. L Five acts will be supplied each house. _ PETE LARKIN and DICK SEXTON in their offering, Broadway’s Nuttiest Nuts, have signed to play 12 weeks of Famous Players theaters, booked thru the K.-A. Boston office, FRED and AL (SMITH BROS.) played the Capitol Theater, Hartford, Conn., New Year’s week. Hartford ‘s the brothers’ home town and they were entertained daily by friends. ANGELINA CAPPELANO, _ vaude- ville artiste, will become a citizen of the Un ted States at a term of the naturali- zation court to held in Albany, N. Y., this week. She will be appearing at Proctor’s Grand and some sort of ceremony in honor of the event will be staged, possibly the presentation of the naturalization certificate on the stage. MISS CAPPELANO, an Albany girl, came to America from Naples when she was five years old. During the World War she served as a Red Cross nurse in France. The American Theater, the Orpheum’s Chicago west side house, has announced a new Sunday — whereby four com- plete shows will be played. The vaude- — es are as follows: 2:45, 5, President Machade of Honolulu, T. H.. has prohibited, by official decree, the playing of any musical instrument of African characteristics. The decree also bans risque songs and contorted dancing. Al and Eddie Deschamps Meet After 29 Years Chicago, Jan. 7.—Eddie Deschamps, seven years with Happy Harrison's act, and for the past three years a stagehand at the Central Theater, was reunited this week with his brother, Al Deschamps, after a separation of 29 years. Recently Al wrote to Eddie thru Happy Harri on in care of The Billboard. Happy reached Ed and Ed wrote Al, who came on to Chicago. Al is also a showman and started in years ago with the old Lemen Bros,’ Circus. Later he was with the Van Amberg, Howe’s Great London Shows and last with the Sparks Circus, where he worked “cats” and elephants. He was nicknamed “Frenchy”, also Prof. Nemo, on the Sparks Show. The brothers‘ have made repeated efforts to meet in past years, but both were troupers and not all of the letters writ- ten by each got to the other. Al will remain in Chicago and Ed's home is al- ready here, ; Barton Cancels Hipp.; Billing Given as Cause New York, Jan. 9.—James Barton. who was scheduled to appear at the Hippo- drome this week, was among the missing at the big house as a result. it is re- ported, of the importance the manage- ment gave to the Disappearing Ballet, its chief novelty attraction this week. The dancing comedian refused to go on because the same amount of importance in the billing, press matter and lithos was given the diving act as himself. and it is said he suffered no action from the Ke th-Albee Circuit as a resflt, altho another report has it that Barton's re- fusal constitutes a breach of contract and he will be dealt with accordingly. New Albee To Celebrate Its First Anniversary New York, Jan. 9.—Preparations ere now under way for the celebration of the first anniversary of the FE. F. Albee Thea- ter in Brooklyn. The new playhouse will be one year old on Tuesday, January 1%. 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16, 1926 January The Billboard | NEW TURNS AND RETURNS Ritz Serenaders Reviewed at Proctor’s 125th Streost +) ater, New York. Style—Female_or- ; . Setting—Special, in full. Time Sirteen minutes. \ seven-plece woman orchestra, di- ‘ed by a young lady of good appear- : who plays the violin and displays 4 all tmes a good vaudev le spirit. A ‘oar of specialty performers (man and yoman) ts earried in augmentation of They specialize in high-kick- Russian and other dances, do- ng qu.te well in all their numbers. The band is somewhat above the aver- age in its playing, and has a good deal of novelty to offset the monotony of straight playing, there being various bits for which the members double, One »f the cirls doubles on the cello. The set- the act’s rout ne ‘s a nice and ting for tasteful one. and for the Bowery dance done by the spec lalty team the crc. parts to reveal a drop re presenting the front to of a restaurant. Near the finish two of the girls do a violin solo that is fairly good, while for the direct con- cluson the inevitable Charleston 1s brought into play. When reviewed the offering closed the show, ho'ding the patrons without dif- ficulty and registering a fair hand. It makes an adequate flash for the_neigh- borhood stands. RB. C. “ BECQME A LIGHTNING ba MRICK CARTOONIST™ Write for on Big Lists of Chak Tall BrEvie and Supplies ALDA ART VICE. 0-2, Oshkesh, Wiscomasia wUST OUT McNally’s NTI Bulletin PRICE, ONE DOLLAR PER COPY GIGANTIC COLLECTION of NEW, BRIGHT AND ORIGINAL COMEDY MATERIAL for vauderille stage use embracing everything that can be of use to the performer, no matter what sort of an act, monologue, parody ¢ fill-in bits be may require. Notwith- standing that MeNally's Bulletin Ne. if ts bigger in quantity « better in quality than ever rox — price remains as slways, $1.00 copy. It contains the following gilt- etn up-to-dete Comedy Material: 13 SCREAMING MONOLOGUES Rach one @ positive bit. All kinds including Wop, Ki Hebrew, Irish, Temperance. Black and’ Whitetene, .— Dutch Bach act om applause winner. 11 Original Asts tor Male and Fomele They'll make cood om aay bill. 8 SURE-FIRE PARODIES on all of Broadway's latest song bite to * ts full of pep GREAT VENTRILOQUIST ACT entitled “The Quarrelsome Dummies’. ROOF-LIFTING ACT FOR TWO FEMALES This act ts «© 24-karet sure-fire hit. RATTLING = QUARTETTE DANCE SPECIALTY ACT Comical, bumorouws and rib-tickling. A COMICAL COMEDY SKETCH entitled “Room 13°. I's @ ecream from start to finish A TABLOID COMEDY AND BU entilied "The Decesse of Henry’’. It's bright, breezy and bubbles over with wit. 12 MINSTREL FIRST-PARTS are certiains jokes and bot-ahot crose- McNALLY'S MINSTREL OVERTURES ~mplete with opening and closing choruses r the minstrel. GRAND MINSTREL FINALE ‘o\Ced “Bootleg Sam". It will keep the iiience yelling for more. Wes MONOBITS Brerrome « sure-dre hit, ¥ which oT = Cross. Fire ue, oe aad for two males and cad male end tome > “Aner comety matertag wale ie useful to the Taudeville r \emnomaber mma erie of McNALLY'S BULL TIN NO. 11 te only One Dollar per Aes f of will send you Bulletins Nos. 7. 8 é “oc 1) for $3.00, with momey-back WM. MeNALLY 81 East 125th Street, New YorR Copeland and Cato Reviews d Tuesday evening, January 5, ai Keeney’s Bedford Theater, Brooklyn, N. Y. Style—Comedy and dance. Setting ——In two. Time Twelve minutes. Before a drop representing the entrance to an apartment und woman make their anpearance, the woman begging for “just one more”. It evo'ves that the “one more” she wants is Just one glass more of the man’s boot- leg. This, together with the man’s open- ing trip down the property stairs, are about the best bts in the routine. as subsequent events prove, ; fter some not brilliant nor very funny dialog there follows a comic so nme by both, in which each verse is supposed to end with a joke to give it a punch. But the punch was lacking, for the jokes are rather ancient * The man tells a joke which fa'ls to register, and instead of letting it go at that he repeats it once and then again, raising his voice louder each time. If he had spoken more dist nctly he might have met with more success. This re- viewer was one of the many who didn't know what he was talking about. The girl is pretty and prettily, cos- tumed and does some pretty good danc- ing. The man’s dance, in closing, had more wisely been accompaned by her dancing rather than her whistling. front house a man Dana and Loehr Reviewed Thursday evening, January 7, at Proctor’s 125th Street Theater, New York. Style—Singing and talking’ nove elty. Setting—In one, Time—Eleven minutes. Mixed team that offers a routine of songs, published and special. The man opens, announcing he is a _ songwriter, and sitting at the piano, where he re- mains thruout the greater part of the act, he plays the accompaniment for the opening number, done by himself and his partner. a rather nice-appearing young lady with a voice of the vaudeville type that lends itself admirably to the class of songs offered. The first number is a double;version special tune. It is fol- lowed by a solo by the woman of Boys, Boys, Boys, which she does quite well, and, in turn, by a solo by the man of a published number. He gets across favor- ably. Another double-version number and the team tops with a tap dance. Stopping short their dance, they close with a somewhat suggestive bit in which a couple of meaning whispers to the girl result in a severe slap to the young fel- low’s face. A fair hand was recorded when reviewed. For the deuce spot in the family-time houses the act shapes up as adequate entertainment. R. G Alphonse and Company Reviewed Tuesday evening, January 5, at Keeney’s Bedford Theater, Brooklun, N. Y. Style—Marionets. Setting—Full stage. Time—Nine minutes, A fairly amusing opening act, but not much more The antics and perform- ances of the various marionets .reveal a marvelous dexterity on the part of the members of the company who do the string pulling. But dexter'ty in itse'f is not especially entertaining nor amus- ing. However, the juggler, the tango dancer and the bucking horse do gather in the laughs from those who like that sort of thing. The dancing and prancing of the puppet horse were part cularly pleas ing to the children. Incidentally the man pu- lation of the strings in the tango dance was not quite so careful nor clever As in the other numbers, for in doing the back-k'cks the leg of the wooden doll stopped several inches short of the head. and, in short, seemed to be exhbt a dilocation rather than a back-kiv ‘k. The movements of the marionet audi- ence in the miniature bexes also con- tributed to the not very hilarious com- edy Pr. B. = Ray Rogers and Company Reviewed Tuesday cveninga, Janvary 5, at Keenew's Bedford Theater, Brooklyn, VY. ¥. Stule—Dancing, comedy and cialties. Setting In two and full Time—Eighteen minutes Here is a novelty act of big-time cali- ber Rov Rogers is the bulwark of the act, as the company—two comely gir's —serve only as foils for his comedv and do some dancing while he gets bis breath Rogers opens with a song. reveal ng a spe- stagc. good yoice and a good bit of knowledg: as to how to sell a sone. He plays the part of a drunk Continuing in char- acter, he proceeds to do some acrobatic and contortionistic dancing of the back- bending and perilous fall type Amaz- nely agile and supp'e, he almost stops the show with his two dance number The act also includes some specialties, Rogers proving himself an extremely versatile entertainer. He does some jug- gling, magic and general clown'nge that win h'm a deservedly bie hand. The act concludes with a dance by all three, the girls doing some fast and clever stepping and justifying their retention in & east. : Frasor and pany's Maundrell Production Com- Presentation of the Disappearing Water Ballet —W ‘th— MISS LOTTIE —and— Eugene Randow and Mickey Roscoe Reviewed Monday matinee, January 4, MAYER at the Hippodrome, New York. Style— Aquatic presentation. Setting—Svecial, in full stage. Time—Twenty-five min- utes. Memories of the old H ppodrome when it was under the C. B. Dillingham mane agement were brought back in the pres- entation of Frasor and Maundrell of the Disappearing Water Balet in which the girls go out of sight in the water. All the old -hows at the H pp. before vaude- ville came in had this as one of their features, and to accommodate the pro- duction a six-ton girder had to be re- moved from underneath the stage to pro- vide sufficient traps for the tank and apparatus. The Frasor and Maundrell show appeared recently at the Col-seum, in Chicago, and more recently ‘n Detroit. There is some doubt concerning further vaudeville engagements because of. the necessity for a large stage. Known as The Legend of the Nile, tho this may have little if anything to do with the nature of the aquatic perform- ance, the product on is laid in a setting of Egyptian atmosphere, and the girls, on the opening. are dressed in their bathing suits with “King Tut" touches added. There are 32 gir'’s in the in- troductory number, a w den soldier dance, but a few of thesc are members of the H ppodrome’s dance troupe. When it comes time to descend the ladder and disappe ar in the water, these Hipp. girls ive Guana elsewhere, taking no ances. Six scenes, of which the open- ing just mentioned is one, compr se the presentation, which has as its feature Lottie Mayer, American aquatic cham- pon, a person who despite her rather husky build is a very graceful and com- petent d.ver. She executes in the scene she has to herself a drop from a trapeze nung in the flies at a height of about 25 feet. making a turn before she strikes the water. Dives at lower heights are also offered by Miss Mayer. The clowns, Eugene Randow and Mickey Roscoe, appear in three of the scenes, One they have entirely to them- selves when they do a fishing burlesque, wh le the others in which they dispense tomfooleries are with the diving girls in their number and in the escape trick. This latter is done by the Misses Lewin and Wood (one do'ng the tying). It is billed as the Monte Cristo Sack Escape. One of the girls is tied shut in the huge sack and thrown into the water where she effects her release. The fancy and acrobatic diving num- ber, with the majority of the 20 or more gris in the presentation. proved a rare treat. Dives of every description were executed in a professiona!l-like manner, but none was done from any great height, all being from a board about 1° feet from the water. Two boards, one on each side of the tank. are used. In bringing the offering to a clese the girls reappear from the tank, as they went in on the opening, and march up the steps to take their posit‘ons for the finale—a thing of scenic splendor a la Ziegfeld The gi-ls of the water ballet are Leona Windes. Mary Porter. Ruth Wood, Eva Lewin, Mabel McAdoo, Elen Gordon Loretta Mack, June Epperson. Jean Kraft. Alice Eldridge. Constance Marv n, Virginia Sheridan. 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4 20 Ernest R. Ball Assisted by Genevieve Davis, Gretchen Brendel, Olive Jcceina Vanderende and Mildred Carroll icwed Monday matinee, aft € Hippodrome, New : jing and xcial drop, in tiree minutes, Ernest R. Ball, composer song hits, among them Mother When Irish Eyes Are Smiling, Reot of the World Go By etc, in the East for the first time in what he calls A Cameo Musicale. It is an entertaining offering of song and musical specialties in which Ball is aby as- sisted by the Misses Davis and Brendel, sopranos; Miss Grey, violinst; Miss Vanderende, cellist, and Mildred Carroll, pianiste and soprano. A sixth member in his support is billed as Marion Lor- ra’ne, page, but no such person or part was in evidence when reviewed. The Ball offering has played a few dates in the West, having worked east- ward from the Pacific Coast. At the Hippodrome, when caught, it was spotted fourth, fol'owing three acts of the “dumb” type. Bad position, but the most was made of the allotment, and the au- dience voted the act a real hit. The composer is seated at one of the Pianos on the stage, while Miss Carroll is at the other. He does a couple num- bers to his own accompaniment, among them a new one from his pen, announced as All the Luck in the World to You. It was well put over, has a nice swing and should make a fair hit. The mem- bers in Ball’s support display their tal- ents individually and together. Each of the sopranos has a solo, Miss Davis do- urey, January 4, York, Style— musical novelty. Setting— two. Time—Twenty- of many Machree, Let the appears ing a waltz number from La Boheme, Miss Brendel a_ lighter published nun- ber. Both registered with ease. The violinist and cellist, also given an oppor- tunity to face the spotli ght, are fea- tured alternately in a musical specialty. They play nicely. In topping off the musicale, a medley of Ball’s hits, old and new, is offered, with himself and the company taking part. R. C. Larry Comer Reviewed Thursday evening, January 7, at Proctor’s 125th Street Theater, New York. Style—Singing. Settin g—Spec ial drop, in one. Time—Thirteen minutes. -ardon the pun, Larry’s a comer. Having personality, good appearance, an easy stage presence, an attractive drop and a style of delivery that helps him score, he has only to improve his voice, which did not carry very well when re- viewed. Beyond the first few rows it was only a trifle above a whisper, and consequently many of the words of a comical nature in his special numbers were entirely lost except to those away up front. Musically, Comer’s voice is what might be called pretty good for vaudeville purposes. His routine is made up chiefly of spe- cial numbers designed to create laughter. One about McCarty at a party, with a bit of incidental brogue, registered nicely, while two others, one announced as for the men, in which he takes you from the parlor where the clock ticks away the time to the wee hours of morning after the taxi clock has also done a bit of ticking and the young swain finally ar- rives home, scored outstanding hands. The number for the girls was much ado about the “scandal of Lizzie For’, the . le in this case being none other than the well-known “tin. lizzie” Altho the opport y presented itself, Comer re- frains ‘from being’ suggestive in these songs. R. C. Walters and Taylor Reviewed Thursday evening, January 7 at the Republic Theater, Brooklyn, N. Y. Style—Gymiuastics, Setting—Full_ stage. Time—Seve minutes, This act is a combination of work on three horizontal bars and casting, and the amalg ation might be said to have r ned the best features of each. One of the two men works as a “sap” ‘ dian and get laugh after laugh t his pantomimic comedy. ‘The bar and the bits wherein he° steps I ( bar into space, only to catch I f e second bar, were particularly to this audience, re is a good deal of casting from I which got across nicely. The of the comie as he bounces up flops were exceedingly amus- lose strong with some somer- eceded and followed by some ng, each holding the other verti- alternately doing the bouncing. PE The Billboard No Hospital. No Chloroform. —CROSS Boe STRAIGHTENED— Special Method. FRANKLIN O. CARTER, M. D. 177 NORTH STATE STREET (27 Years on State Street) (Write for Free Book), 6,000 Cases. Time Payments. EYE, EAR, NOSE AND THROAT CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. —leather lined, faction guaranteed outline Patent Leather, Widths, A-E. THE New TILLER SHOE DANCING FLATS FOR STAGE AND STREET WEAR hand turned, This special Dancing Flat ms $6 o' heels—now y obtainable for general AIL on ran oe ancing Write for Catalogue B. B. 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By making this early part a little more explicit, or if possible, giving it a bit of action, the act would improve greatly. Allowances must be m lade, of course, for the fact that a “name” is as- sociated with the offering, and this also goes toward mitigating the faults of the opening talk. Insofar as Mrs. Valentino is concerned, she handles her role nicely and is attractive both personally and as to her clothes. The set is that of a private dining room, arranged so that a full view of the room is given as well as that of a window. The corner of the room is in the center of the stage, thus making a sort Of triangle out of it. General Gregoff arrives and gives an order to the waiter that they are not to be disturbed, and from his manner it is plain that he is a villain whether or not his motives are of patri- otic origin. He evidently intends to play a certain lady dirty and has a vial of mysterious poison which he intends to place in her wine. It is an old habit of iis. When the his past lady arrives he tells her of successes in bringing his ene- mies to terms and how he has ruined this or that one. She is particularly in- terested in the fate of a certain woman. He shows her from the window two or three men standing on the street corner whom.he declares are detectives always trailing him so that no harm will befall him, and states that his victims would pass out to the tune of the Marseillaise. Apparently he wins his visitor over and she agrees to accede to his wishes. But first she would have some wine. She places the contents of a vial into his glass, thus turning the table on him. He throws a sort of epileptic fit and seems to be slowly strangling His work is along contortionistic lines and the effect is star- tling. He gasps for mercy but she re- minds him that one of his victims was her sister. The waiter-arrives and would detain her until the police arrive. One comes from the street corner and it turns out that he is in league with the woman, and he helps her make a get- away. The concluding action ought to be strong enough to put the offering over altho it is of a type hardly being revived at present. Outside of the “name” its value to the big time is doubtful, but it may do for one trip*around. Mrs. Valen- tino was stunning in her dark clothes, small turban hat and pale saahooun. M. H. S. Ardell Brothers Reviewed or ursday evening, January 7, at Proctor’s 125th Street Theater, New York. phe Re ymnastic novelty. Set- ting—Special drop, in three. Time— Seven minutes. Two men who do a routine somewhat removed from the and topped by a novel bit in on rings usual order which they are suspended head down, and in thi position execute a few dance steps The apparatus on which they do their tap work has two round blocks that look like the seats of chairs and hung from the armpits of the man second up, the bottom man holding onto handles. The dance is a sort of march clog and, when reviewed, drew a fair hand. On the rings in the fore part of the offering the Ardells prove themselves gymnasts of a caliber above the average. A good opener for most any bill. R. C. Smith and O'Connell , Reviewed Thursday evening, January 7, t the Republic Theater, Brookl un, NY. Style—Comedy, singing, dancing. Set- ting—In two. Time—Twelve minutes. A youthful boy very and girl who make a pleasing appearance, entertain with patter, songs and dancing. All got across in pretty good style. They open offstage, singing a popular song, and at the close they round off the act by again singing the same melody. but with words appropriate for a leave- taking. In attempting vw explain the action of a melodramatic play the bo gets excellent lines across, but somehow they all did not register at this showing, his humor being somewhat too subtle for the audience. The girl co-operates in this comedy explanatory bit by making oppor- tune appearances and adding to the hilarity with her comedy roles. , Accompanying himself on a 0y some uke, the sings one of those songs with the cc Ss ‘ Not a new verse among them, altho some of them did score at this house. In the duet which follows the girl re- veals a rather persistent tendency toward occasional gruffness of voice, which might be all right for character songs of the Bowery, but not quite suitabl for straight singing. Withal, the singing is pleasing and gets over to a good hand. There follows some comedy business in which the boy is rather roughly han- died by his fair colleague, and he. inci- dentally, gives evidence of an abundance of talent for comedy. The varied routine is then topped off with some dancing of a character consistent with the rest of the offering. Both are young, person- able and careful workers. They give promise of developing into more than merely first-rate small-time performers. P. Ann Lemeau and Elsie Young In A Gabby Gabfest, by Carl McCullough Reviewed Thursday evening, January 7, at B. 8. Moss’ Regent Theater, New York. Style—Comedy, talk, songs. Setting—In one. Time—Seventeen minutes. This is a well-written routine of com- edy talk, burlesque dancing and sorne songs. One of the girls handles the straight end and sings well Itho she does not seem to be p artic ilarly talented in any one direction. he othe (Miss Lemeau) does the comedy and gives every indication of developing into a big- time comedienne. It is entertaining for the most part, and for the finish there is a decided wow in the form of a bur- lesque Russian dance, with tl! com hopping into the etl the invisible wir er with the aid 0 This is*a reminder of the days when the author of the act did such stuff in burlesque, and it surely was when done by a woman, as in this instance As billed, the “Two Girls From Broad- way” started with a ong about them- elve and then confined the talk to various things done by a friend named Laura They re ve their flashy wr wrapped ound as in a real cold day, and the funny one is revealed a 1 slen- der person d her partner stocky in comparison Subsequently there i t running fire of gags of the clever type one would expect f ‘Se MeCullougt not a few going over.the heads of many tron After more ti KE nd ‘ chang of ume they rk their dance antics, wl 1 prove to be ore or ik n opportunity for U a lienne to do ome funn high kicl With ‘her thin leg Toward the close he Russian travesty i done, nding with Miss Lemeau doing the leaps with the aid of th wire Coming so unexpectedly and being iddenly elevated high ‘in the air, the wow came easily The worl of Mi Lemeau grows upon the average patron and she gets to be real clever as the act proceeds, not only on account of the material but her ability to handle it as well. There is no doubt but that the duo deserves a big-time showing, for in all probability it will make good. . H. 8. January 16, 1926 Ruth Chaterton Vaudeville Debut in The Conflict. By Vincent Laurence With Minor Watson Reviewed Monday Matinee, January 4, at the Palace Theater, New York. Style —Sketch, Setting—Full stage (interior). Time—Twenty Minutes Altho it is the usual thing to find a good star from the legitimate stage mak- ing a vaudeville debut in an impossible vehicle, the offering selected by Miss Chatterton is a happy surprise and a first-rate two-a-day proposition from ev- ery angle While it is different from anything she has yet attempted, she is seen at her best. Coupled with the excellent support given by Minor Watson and a clever piece of writing from the pen of Vincent Lau- rence there is hardly an opportunity for the act to miss with any audience, par- ticularly an intelligent one The author has taken a very common- place occurrence and theme, that of man and wife who have apparently lost inter- est in each other and the ensuing show- down and quarrel. In this case both real- ize it and take it in a matter-of-fact man- ner But they agree to pretend that nothing has happened and by staging a homecoming with old-time enthusiasm, see if the lost divine spark cannot be re- kindled. It seems that jealousy crops it at a most opportune moment and the ‘“eonflict between them is aroused, and favorable interest in each other is born anew. Thruout chere is a superb touch, al- ways in good taste, no undue effort at either comedy or dramatics, yet both ar: achieved nicely. Well staged, acted, and the material is great. Miss Chatterton was charming in a becoming gown and close cropped boyish bobbed ha'r. Equally was Minor Watson, never adequate at all who gave a smooth pesformance overdoing the part but maintaining an even tempo. An enjoyable sketch, not too talky and not too much forced action. M. H. S. Alexander Sisters Reviewed Tuesday Evening, December 31, 1925, at B. F. Keith’s Jeffers Thea- ter, New York. Style—Song and dance revue. Setting—One and full stage, spe- cial. Time Twenty-two minutes, The Alexander Sisters are assisted by five other cirls and present a song-and- dance revue that is one of the best we have seen in any a moon. It is won- well routined and preser ited and gorgeously mounted The closest atten- tion has been paid to detail in the direc- tion and presentation of this offering, & fact which is quite noticeable and makes it stand out. 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Con Man Making Rounds Of Orchestra Bookers Orchestra booking warned to beware of a dividual, not over five height and plain in dress, who has been making the rounds of some of the agencies posing as E. F. Fisher, an alleged brother of Carl Fisher, of the Carl Fisher Development Com- pany, a Florida realty project. This faker poses as a promoter seeking a large band and ready to pay fabulous prices. In hearing of the orchestra folk, he ‘phones rail- road companies, reserving berths and ears and calls banks to further en- hance hig standing. *The conversa- tion winds up with the check-cash- ing gag, the oldest of a'!, and yet, as worked by this conman, liable to make even the wisest bite. offices are fidgety in- feet seven in NIGHT CLUBS AWAIT “DRASTIC ACTION” So Far New Year Fails To Bring Any Definite Changes New York, Jan. 9.—Night club pro- prietors expected that there would be considerable ado about thg when the new administration came last week, but thus far nothing drastic has oce curred. True, friends of Mayor Walker have sounded him as to his closing policy which, from present indications, leans toward a three a.m. shut down of all night places. In general, it was con- fidently predicted that the aspect of New York’s night life will be obliged to shortly take on a less lurid view in deference to orders soon to issue from City Hall. Post-midnight rendezvous, it was said by friends of the mayor, will be “advised” to make three o’clock in the morning their closing hour. From United States Attorney Emory R. Buckner came the news that, at a luncheon with the new police commis- sioner, George V. McLaughlin, he had been authorized by the new chief to announce that the police department would co-operate fully in the enforce- ment of the prohibition law. This, said Mr. Buckner, coupled with the abolition of the notorious special service squad, meant that instead of 300 speciai ser- vice men there would be 10,000 patrolmen constantly on the lookout for violations of the Volstead act. Ends Long Hotel Service Spokane, Wash., Jan. 9.—After direct- ing the Davenport Hotel Orchestra in this city for the past 14 years, Leonardo Brill resigned January 3 to devote his time to teaching the violin. Mr. Brill established a record for long. service unsurpassed in the Pacific Northwest. For years he directed all music in the hotel as well as the dance orchestra. Three years ago he sublet the dance contract to Mel Butler, but has played for the dinners and teas. He organized the Spokane Symphony Orchestra, after coming here in 1908 from New York where he was a member of the symphony there He is a graduate of the con- servatory of music at Bucharest and studied later at Vienna. Newark’s First Club Has Disastrous Ending 9.—Newark’s first night Newark, Jan elub, the Biltmore, has gone into re- ceivership. bankruptcy proceedings be- ing started by ereditors whose claims total $25,000 Albert C. Anders, sponsor for the place has disappeared, and Saxi Holtsworth’s Orchestra is out of a job, altho the boys are suing for seven weeks’ salary. Marburger at Roseland New York, Jan. 9.—Harvey Marburg- Orchestra, late of the L’Aigion, phia, started a three-week en- ent at Roseland Ballroom this College Bans Charleston And now the colleges are at it! The College of William and Mary, at Williamsburg. Va., this week placed an official ban on Charleston dancing, “Dance, after all,” it was held, “should emphasize grace and beauty, and as the latest fad preserves neither of these qualities it should hold no place on the dances.”’ It’s a good thing football is left, the students declare, otherwise there’d be no good reason for going to college at all, at all. programs of college The Billboard a\ ee ee _— an 2 | Meal feet Mew PHOTORLAT. TAO® DAN: a | rr Bi | —___i (zara i
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January 16, 1926 Jimmy Long Opens 18 Months’ : Engagement in Philadelphia York. Jan. 9.—The Jimmy Long lew 0 tra. an outfit of six men who play struments, has been sgned thru ‘ M Kraus, agent, for an 18 ; neagerment at the El Patio room ‘ Hotel Benjamin Franklin, Phila- d The orchestra's last engage~ 1s at the Richmond Hotel, Rich- d, Va. Joseph Knecht Returns to Radio 9.—Joseph Knecht's <'yertown Cord Orchestra returned to Thursday night after an absence eral months, during which time the le had been appearing in concert in p.cture theaters thruout the V New Revue at Hartford Resort New York, Jan \ Hartford, Conn. Jan. 9.—A new re- nened last night at the Bal Tabar'n, inced by Frank Montgomery, and d Jingle Bells Revue The engace- is for one week only Billy But- ier's Orchestra furnishes the dance music, T. M. @ R. M. A. Meet New York, Jan. 9%.—The Talking i.chine and Radio Men's Association, met this week at the Cafe Boulevard liscuss the evils and remedies of the j business Many manufacturers, bers and dealers attended. Mt Wynn at Club Montrouge New York. Jan. $.—Billy Wynn’s Or- opened this week at the Club Montrouge, a new night club on West Sith street. Wynn was formerly at the Greenwich Village Inn. Howard Lanin Goes South %.—Howard Lanin’s Orchestra leaves to- morrow for Palm Beach, to open a 12- engagement at the Whitehall, the igier hotel in that resort. chestra Philadelphia, Jan. R imin Franklin Hyson and Peggy at Lido New York. Jan. 9—Carl Hyson and Peegy Harris opened this week at the Lido with a dancing specialty. The team succeeded Billy Reardon and Bar- bara Bennett. Kessler in Miami Miami, Fla., Jan. 9.—Irwin Kessler’s Orchestra opened this week at the Mc- All ster Hotel here. Melody Mart Notes (Continued from page 21) lee songs and modern ensembles are ided in the programs. Together with li-plece syncopated symphony orches- tr the following artists are featured: Abbie Mitchell, Tom Fletcher, Jackie Mabley, Hann’s Four Emperors of Song, Van Cleave, Alberta Hunter, and many others, Clarence Stout, who wrote the famous O Death Where Is Thy Stinag?, for Bert W ims, and other song successes, has I d with the Handy Music Company of New York a new number, called Brother, You Win. This is another ditty Rert Williams type, and is of the type that has a splendid chance to register, Sam Melinson, formerly with the Phila- Clphia office of Waterson, Berlin & Snyder, has been made Quaker City rep- reeentative for Sherman, Clay & Com- t Melinson was with the W.-B.-8. t h for seven years Bernard Pol- ick, Eastern manacer for Sherman-Clay, made a trip to Philadelphia this week to ko over the situation with the new rep- resentative, ‘tto Jordan arises to declare that the Harms hit, Show Me the Way To Go was sung more often thruout the country on New Year's Eve than any contemporary song “We got a that holiday night.’ Mr. Jordan said, t couldn't be bought at any price.” ~_— W. 2. Harrison of Creenwood, S. C., — ices the publication of OA! You B ~ by W. Z Harrison and L, Florin Mlaborate plans are being drawn up committee handling the 1926 radio «ww for the Radio Manufacturers’ Asso- » On. The show will occupy two entire re in the New Madiso jar- deo ten, Goa n Square Gar P A new “popular-concert” orchestra, r ed by Waiter, Haenschen, an exeeu- eof the Brunswick-Balke-Collender som ‘ny s recording laboratories, has ni ts bow. Its first releases are When ec Away, from The Only Girl, and hey Love Song, from The Fortune '" Somebody's Heart a new number The Billboard by Arthur Tallman and Lotus F. Brown, is being published by the Arthur Tallman Company, on West Glst street New York. Mre. Meredith Chambers, who conducts a schoel in voc; truction in Seuthern Pines. N. C., came p Nort | t_week to visit .Frank Harding, veteran music publisher of New York, who ic her father. A tour of the Central States will be made by “4ez Confrey, writer of Kitten on the Keys. with his Vietor ree ding orchestra during February and March for the Music Corporation of America. New Turns and Peturns (Continued from pang way of loads of applause. The are quite excellent This offering travel in the best company and click The act opens ‘ violinist Playing in front of a four-section drop which serves as an entrance, vy for four more girls who represent Beauty, Youth, Love and Personality, and sing a song about he who dances having to pay the fiddler This number is followed by the Sisters themselves in selections. Then four of the girls appear with grips and do a song and dance, two of them doing specialties. Following this we are transported to Paris and find our- selves before the Black Cat Cafe and be- hold the Alexander Sisters doing an apache dance, one of the girls, of course, Alexander being made up as a man and wearing male apparel. Five of the girls in a Rus- sian dance follow this number, and then the Alexander Sisters sing a song in Rus- sian. Follow'ng this one of the girls does an acrobatic specialty, then the four girls and the female fiddler appear and pick up the “pay the fiddler” theme for a number The act closes with a fast Charleston being Gone by all seven of the girls, the Alexander Sisters appearing in a sort.of Oriental costume. When reviewed this act stopped the show cold, and why not? They served up to the customers something quite unique, something that appealed to their taste because of its differentness. All of the girls are lovely, shapely ladies, particu- larly the Alexander Sisters themselves. seven of them sing and dance well and know how to wear costumes and put stuff across. The act certainly carries a b autiful collection of scenery and drapes. We like the front proscenium lighted pieces. This act can't be recomme nded too highly. J. F. M. Fuller and Vance Reviewed Thursday evening, January 7, at Proctor’s 125th Street Theater, New York. Style—Comedy. Setiing—In one. Time—Seventeen minutes. Here’s an act that’s on the verge of being great big-time material and, seem- ingly, needs but a few touches here and there to accomplish this end. These few touches would concern chiefly the elime- ination of a slight. drag here and there in the routine and, mayhap, the provision of a little stronger close. The latter could be achieved easily, it is thought, by giving the “tag line” a different and possibly a surprise twist, as will be pointed out. Fuller does a sort of hick politician of the burlesque brand, with all its con- comitant bragging and misuse of the King’s English. His partner is a young lady, also doing a hick character as his wife, and much of the crossfire has to do with hubby's idea that woman should net vote but stay in the kitchen, often bawling out the defenseless wife for her stupidity. For the most part the comedy is highly lauch-provoking and it is well sold, part'cularly insofar as the Bowery gab is concerned. There are a few good gags anent the war, but the bit in which the woman ex- plains how she orders meat from her deaf-and-dumb butcher is not exactly polite vaudeville, altho it’s a great 1926 parlor gag. The closing scene between the two, eminently well done, concerns a letter which the wife has opened not addressed to herself. She sings one of those semi-dolorous songs to the culpable hubby. who nearly comes to tears On the finish of the number the suggestion that it develops the letter is from a sis- ter or other relative might provide for a better “catch” finish than the gag used. The act as is, however, makes decidedly good entertainment for the neighborhood or near big-time stands, but it has the makings of a good next-to-closing turn for the there in hetter full houses. The ability is force. x ¢ Creighton, Homer and Smiles Reviewed Thursday evening, Janua 7, at the Republic Theater. Brooklyn, Nv Y. Styule—Song and dance revue. Sete ting—In two. Time—Ter minutes. Two young men and a comely, red- headed girl comprise the cast of this re- vur The singing is just average, the girl's voice, in some measure, compensat- ing for the singing of her partners. The dancing. however, gets the act across. The act opens with an introduction in song and does not aucur well for the rest of the offering. The boys invite the young lady to the ‘theater and she de- clines. Not a very interesting or amus- ing opener However subsequent dances and songs redeem the act. : The feature of the act is the pirate number The girl, in be- witching pirate costume, sings a song about the rovers of the Spanish Main. She is joined by the two boys in bure- lesque pirate costume. The three carry on the theme of the song a bit further and then go into an interesting pirate dance. The cir? does some dancing, in one, which ‘s well sold, and the two boys do an eccentric dance which also enhances the value of the act. The girl’s tap Charleston gets over nicely, and they close strong with the regulation Charles- ton. P. B. Jack, Jean and Jack Reviewed Tiursday evening, January _ - at Proctor’s 125th Street Theaier, New York. Style—sSingivng and comedy. Sete ting—Special drop, in one. Time—Eight- een v ex. Th irst Jack of this trio is the come- dian and enters the stage from th® audi- ence, where he’s “looking for 4 seat for Minnie”; the other Jack plays tl piano and Jean is a girl with a nice personality who bears the largest burden of the sing- ing. Routined after novel lines, Jean does an introductory bit presenting via the song Me and the Boy Friend, her- self and the Jack at the piano, when finally the disturbance out front is caused by Jack No. 2. A crossfire between this Jack and Jean ensues and a lot of laughs are developed. Finally the comedian takes the stage and the patter continues to provoke guffaws. only that one about asking the skunk “what's the big idea”, if it were possible to converse with ani- mals, is somewhat worn by now. How- ever, the material is far above the average. Jean makes three changes of costumes and, incidentally, they are all knockouts, g ving tke two Jacks an opportunity to do specialites. They offer That Certain Party, putting it over nicely, and on an- other occasion the pianist does a solo. It Was not above fair. In a love ballad d rected to the comic Jack, Jean accome panies it with a lot of vamping business, bringing out a few laughs. Closing, the trio engages in harmony of a not bad sort, Jean fingering the uke and one of the Jacks the ivories for ac- companiment, while the other Jack throws in a few dance steps. The audi- ence, when revewed, was slow in award- ing a good hand, but finally decided to come thru with its applause, with the re- sult that an encore was almost de- manded. The best that can be said about this or any other act is that it_entere tains, R. Cc ‘Wright and Detrich Reviewed Friday evening, January 1, at Keeney’s Bedford Theater, Brooklyn, N. Y. Style—Singing. Setting—In one. Time—Twelve minutes. This mixed team opens with what at frst seems destined to be du'l operatic routine. But the operatic prelude, with words devised to serve as introduction, soon gives way to a cycle of popular songs that in general are pleasingly rendered. Incidentally, the early part of the routine is an admirable veh cle to exhibit the range of both voices, the girl handling the high C’s with ease. The girl also does some good work at the piano, and later in the act on a ukelele, Her ukelele solo was abont the best sold part of the offering and drew a deservedly big hand. 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The Billboard = ar = co op Enea oF = “as, By DON CARLE GILLETTE (Communications to 1560 Broadway, New York, N. Y.) Schenectady Theater Starts Popular Scale Van Curler Plays “Show-Off’ at $1.50 Top---Wiil Do Same With Other High-Class Attractions Schenectady, N. Y., Jan. 9.—Begin- ning with the engagement of The Show- Off, the popular American comedy by George Keliy, which is spending the last half of the week here, the management of the Van Curler Theater is starting a popular scale of prices at this play- house. At all evening performances the entire lower floor will now sell ‘for $1.50, while at the Saturday matinee the best seats can be had for the small price of $1. The Van Curler Theater management plans to continue these reduced prices in connection with other high-class at- tractions that call here, and in spite of the lower charge for admission the legitimate attractions booked for show- ing at this playhouse will be kept up to former standards. In taking this step the people had in mind that legitimate fie d have come to the point where it means that the only way to reclaim the spoken form of entertain- ment from playing second fiddle to the motion pictures is by putting if on a basis where it will be within the means of a larger number of the theater-going public. Van Curler affairs in the Marjorie Rambeau’s Plans New York, Jan. 9.—Marjorie Rambeau, who is now appearing under the man- agement of M. G. Michaels and H. C. Jacoby in her former Frohman starring vehicle, Antonia, at Daly’s 63d Street Theater for a limited return engage- ment, has agreed to appear with the stock company at the Majestic Theater in Los Angeles immediately folowing the fulfillment of her obli- gations here, according to Richard Pitman, who is Miss Rambeau’s repre- sentative. The star is under contract to the Mac- Gregor-Kilborn Corporation to appear in its forthcoming production of The Night Duel, the drama by Daniel Rubin which has been in the offering for many months. Felix Krembs and John Marston have been engaged to head the cast in her support and rehearsals have been ealled several times, but so far little progress has been made. Miss Rambeau would like to cancel her contract for The Night Duel and leave at once for Los Angeles, it is reported from sources other than Pitman but close to the star. After Miss Rambeau’s appearance in Los Angeles stock she will go to Aus- lia, where she plans to remain for some time Edmund Breese To Replace Trevor in “Young Blood” New York, Jan. 9.—Edmund Breese, who closed last week in Chivalry, has signed a contract with the Dramatists’ Theater, In and will shortly replace Norman Trevor in the cast of Young F ? at tl Ritz Theater. Trevor, ac- ¢ to report, is being called to nd on business and he will sail wit s Gaughter, Doris, early in Feb- “The Dove’ Extends Stay at Blackstone Cl >, Jan. 7.—The Dove has heen r its third extension at the Black- nd wil iti] February 1 enga 1 November 9 now show which fourteen weeks. The Dor llent show and has sus following here. Mark Linder Writes Play New York, Jan. 9.—Mark Linder, in collaboration with Dr. Martin A. Somers, has just completed a comedy dramatic episode in @ prolog and three acts, en- titled Nine Months Later, and he plans to give the play a tryout in Los Angeles in the near future. Linder is appearing this week at the Hippodrome, Portland, Ore. ERIC DRESSLER —Photo by White Studio. Talented young juvenile, now appear- ing in “‘Young Blood’, at the Ritz Theater, New York. Dressler began his stage career about eight years ago with Emanuel Reicher, the famous di- rector, at the Neighborhood Playhouse, New York. The following season he went into vaudeville, and this was fol- lowed by a tour in a revival of “Charley’s Aunt’’, two seasons in stock in Albany and New Haven, a short tour in “The Evergreen Lady’’ and a season with Mr. and Mrs. Coburn in “So This Is London’. He was then engaged by his present management, The Dra- matists’ Theater,~Inc., to create the tole of gBradley in “The Goose Hangs High’’, which kept him working for about two years in New York and on the road. Dressler’s tast appearance be- fore his present engagement was in “Out of Step”. He is gaining fast in popu- larity and a bright future is predicted for him. “Antonia” Cast Reduced New York, Jan. 9.—The cast of the Marjorie Rambeau_ vehicle, Antonia, which eontained 21 people when the show was produced by the Frohmans at the Empire Theater, was reduced to 15 in the return engagement which opened this week under the management of M. G. Michaels, in Association with H. C Jacoby, at Daly’s 63d Street Theater. The present lineup is as follows: Juli, Constance Howard; Vince Fanesy, An- drew Leigh; George Tamassy, George Baxter; Antonia, Marjorie Rambeau: Jancsi, Gregory Verdimont: Piri, Ethel Tavior: Bela Kovacsy, Boyd Davis; Pista, George Greenberg; Richard. Har- ry Plimmer: Rudi, Alexander Szallay; a broker, Louis Zorin; his wife. Anne 3rody; Lia, Haleyon Hargrove; Marcsa, Mabel Colcord; Capt. Pierre Marceau, Louis Turner. Hermann Lieb II New York, Jan. 9.—Hermann Lieb, who opened Monday afternoon at the 48th Street Theater in a series of spe- cial matinee performances of his own play, Dope, with himself as star, was taken suddenly ill about the middle of the week and as a consequence the Thursday and Friday afternoon perform- ances had to be called off. It is ex- pected, however, that the special matinees will be resumed next week. State Directors Will Speak at Theater Forum New York, Jan. 9.—Well-known stage directors will speak tomorrow afternoon at the second Theatrical Grievance Forum, held under the auspices of the Stagers, at the 52d Street Theater. FEd- ward Goodman wil! preside. The speak- ers include Philip Moeller, Dudley Dieges, Forrest, Robert Milton, James Light and James Gleason. Sam Brady, Jr., and Wiman Offer Ibsen Matinees at Guild New York, Jan. 9.—William A. Brady, Jr., and Dwight Deere Wiman will of- fer a series of special matinees of Henrik Isben’s drama, Little Eyolf, at the Theater beginning January 29. The will include Clare Eames, M: more, Mme. Ospenskaya, of thé can Laboratory Theater; John Crom- =~ r well, Reginald Owen and Alfred Little. Roland Young is directing rehearsals, which are already under way, and Jo iner is designing the setting The matinees will be presented on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays of succeeding weeks until eight perform- ances have been given. “Is Zat So?” Celebrates Its First Anniversary New York, Jan. 9.—Is Zat So?, the popular comedy by James Gleason and Richard Taber, produced by Earle Booth in association with the Shuberts, cele- brated its first anniversary last Tuesday night at the Central Theater. In the year that it has already played on Broadway this show has had practically no changes in cast. The comedy was first presented at the 39th Street Thea- ter, From there it was moved to Chanin’s 46th Street Theater as the opening attraction for that néwly built house, and several weeks ago it was transferred to the Central. “Potash’”’ Delayed New York, Jan. 9.—The new Potash and Perlmutter comedy, which A. H. Woods expected to place in rehearsal this week, and which was originally scheduled to open in Chicago within six weeks, may have to wait until Ludwig Satz, the Yiddish star, can be released from his present contract. Woods recently engaged Satz’s serv- ices for the next five years, with the intention of placing him in this latest Jules Eckert Goodman-Montague Glass offering, but Satz is at present under contract to one of the downtown foreign language theaters. Harvard Prize Play To Open in February New York, Jan. 9.—Up the Line, the drama by Henry Fisk Carlton which was the final play selected for the Harvard prize just before that univer- sity gave up its play-writing courses and which has been announced for produc- tion by Richard Herndon, will opep on Broadway February 8 It will receive a preliminary workout in the provinces, the premiere being scheduled for Stam- ford January 29 with a split-week book- ing to follow in Springfield and Hart- ford. Mary Duncan To Play Opposite Hayakawa New York, Jan. 9.—Mary Duncan has been engaged thru Richard Pitman, of the Jenie Jacobs office, to play opposite Sessue Hayakawa in his production of The Love City, the Japanese drama which he is now testing out in the prov- inces Miss Duncan will join the cast just before the play comes into New York, an event which is scheduled to take place within the next few weeks The piece has been directed by Stuart Walker and is being booked over Shu- bert Time by Hayakawa who is sponsor- ing the production himself. Puts on “The Derelict” New York, Jan. 9.—Edith M. who for four years was a member of the ZieVfeld Follies, is the producer of The Derelict, a play which she wrote in collaboration with Allan Lieber, and which is scheduled to open at Dals’s 63d Street Theater February 8, after a week’s tryout at Cort’s Windsor Thea- ter. Kessler, Charles K. Gordon’s Next New York, Jan. 9.—Charles K. Gor- don’s next production will be a new melodrama, titled No Que stiones Asked, by Mann Page and Alfred Jackson. He is now casting the piece and will put it into rehearsal next week. January 16, 1926 “Wild Duck”, With Miss Yurka, Repeated by Boston Repertory Boston, Jan. 9.—The Wild Duck wa repeated this week at the Repertory Theater The return engagement of th: Ibsen classic was decided upon afte: hundreds of people were turned away during the final performance given dur- ing the week of December 7. jlanche Yurka, ‘“‘guest star” of th: company, again acted the role of Gina and Peg Entwhistle was seen as Hedy This is Miss Yurka’s last appeare: with the company, as she wil] return ¢t New York after tonight to appear in The Goat Song, the next production by the Theater Guild. The new leading lady will be an- nounced next week. Recent addition to the Repertory cast includes Chark Meridith, Carlotta Irwin and Georg St well. Matthew C O'Brien, formerly press agent for Poppy and other pro- ductions, is now permanently with the Repertory Theater. Cyril Maude, B. H. Sothern and Louis Mann were guests of the Repertory The- ater last week and all were unanimou in their approval of the new enterpris of Henry Jewett. connected Jed Harris Completes Cast Of ‘Love "Em and Leave ’Em”’ New York, Jan. 9.—Jed Harris ha completed the cast for his forthcoming production of Love ’Em and Leave ’Em the new comedy by John V. A. Weave and George Abbott in which Floren Johns is to appear in the leading 1 The company, now in rehearsal for premiere in Easton, Pa., J: a., nuary 22, in cludes Miss Johns, Donald Meek, Dona Macdonald, Katherine Wilson, Josep! Bell, The ; Imers, G. Albert Smith Harold Camilla Crun Elmer Corns Vincent Mallory, Eda Heineman, Frances Lynch and Nelli Leach. The authors are co-operating with Harris o } tion of the piece After three performances in Easton, the production will be taken to Atlanti City for a week and will then be brought directly into New York for a Broadway premiere February 1 in a theater whi has already been booked but, cannot b announced at this date in deference to the production which now occupies its stage. Engagements New York, Jan. 9.—Diantha Pattison and Ernest Stallard, engaged thru the office of Murray Phillips, have been d east of Henry Baron's orthecoming production of A Weak Woman in which Estelle Winwood, Frank Morgan and Ralph Morgan are to be featured Norval Keedwell has been added to the cast of Jules Hurtig's production of The Voice of the Vilderness, play by Arthur Corning White and Louis Benni- son, which is now in rehearsal with Bennison, Phyllis Povah, Lee Baker, Bertha Mann, John Ralph and John large company Daly Murphy. Jessie Sharkey heading the Richard Pitman, of the Jenie Jacobs office, has cast the piece. E. F. Hast has been engaged. thru the office of Helen Robinson, for a role in The House of Ussher which opens next week at the 66 Fifth Avenue Thea- ter. George Gaul has cast of The Goat ter Guild now has in rehearsal Edward Nannary has been engaged, thru Richard Pitman, of the Jenie Jacobs office, for David Belasco’s next offering, Lulu Belle Daniel Wolf and William J. Kim have been added to the cast of The Maelstrom been added to the Song which the Thea- which Henry Miller now has in re- hearsal, Hope Sutherland has been signed by A. H,.. Woods for an important role in Potash and Perimutter, Detectives, which is shortly to go into production, Changes in Casts New York, Jan. 9.—Susanne Freeman has replaced Margaret Fitch in the cast of The Poor Nut at the 48th Street The- ater Edwin Taylor has succeeded James Spelvane in support of Ina Claire in The Last of Mrs, Cheyney at the Fulton The “ater Charles Allais, Ludlow Delancey Cleveland, Arthur Jacobs and Paul Foreman have dropped out the cast of Androcles and the Lion at the Klaw Theater Albert Boyd, Cond: G. Brewer, T. Brewster Board, Bas Tuckermat Talbot, Charles Wagenheitm and Joseph Downing have been added to the con pany Eugene Redding has replaced Marc Rousselle and Betty Murray has su ceeded Evelyn Gosnell In the cast 0! Naughty Cinderela at the Lyceum Thee ter Harry Mestayer has handed in his tw notice to Arch Selwyn and wi! retire from the cast of The Monkey Talks at the Sam H. 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1926 January 16, WILLIAM HODGE WINS DETROIT AUDIENCES — Detroit, Jan. 9.—William Hodge, W ‘ popularity as an actor-play- wright-manager thruout the country has very few rivals, appeared at the La- foyette Theater this week in his latest The Judge's Husband, and had no ible winning his audience at every l rmance. The play is a_ typical AY rican piece with a wide appeal, and the very fine company assembled by Hodge includes Minnie Milne, Mattie Keene, Charles E. Verner, Ruth Lyons, Gladya Hanson, Alexander Clark, Jr. ; Reynolds Denniston, Marie Haynes, Mari Worth and Charlotte Acheson, Gribble Revising “Balcony Walkers” New York, Jan. 9.—Harry Wagstaff Gribble is revising Christine Norman’s original seript of The Balcony Walkers, the play which Henry W. Savage re- ! ed from tryout a few weeks ago because of a disagreement with Flora Le Breton, whom he was starring in the ading role. The new version will be idvy in about a fortnight and Savage will place the piece in rehearsal again with a star other than Miss Le Breton heading the cast. The producer is_re- ported to be in negotiation with Con- tance Binney for the role. “The Half-Caste’’ Again New York, Jan. 9.—The the play by Jack McClellan and Walter Scanlan which the Ace Productions wild- catted around the provincial stands last November and finally removed from try- about to go into production again. Half-Caste, out, is The piece has been revised and Richard Pitman, of the Jenie Jacobs office, has recast it with a ce epeny of metropolitan the Ace organization, which layers for ; ducing group is headed by McClellan The cast will be announced days. Definite bookings and Broadway will see shortly, it is said. Scanlan within a few being made the play very George Jessel in Films New York, Jan, 9.—George Jessel, star of The Jazz Singer at the Cort Theater, will become a motion picture star as well in the near future. He has signed a contract with Al Lichtman to play the stellar role in a film version of The Cherry Tree, which was orginally a vaudeville sketch written by the late Aaron Hoffman, who later turned the skit into a three-act play, which was never produced. The making of the pic- ture will start about the first of Feb- ruary. Morgan Farley in “Borkman” New York, Jan. 9.—Morgan Farley, last seen here in the Actors’ Theater re- vival of Candida, has been engaged to ' play the part of the student son in Ibsen's John Gabriel Borkman, which Eva LeGallienne is rehearsing for spe- cial matinees, the Egon Brecher will have leading role. Rehearsals are being held at the Princess Theater, where Miss LeGallienne and Brecher are appearing in The Master Builder. Drama Course at Penn State State College, course, devoted Pa., entirely Jan. 9—A new to the present- day theater and contemporary _play- Wrights, has been added to the English courses offered at the Pennsylvania State College. The course will be given by Professor A. C. Cloetingh, director of the Penn State Players, student dramatic organization, who is also president of the Pennsylvania Intercollegiate Dra- matic Association. Miss Foster Returns to Cast New York, Jan. 9—Phoebe Foster, who plays the leading feminine role opposite George Jessel in The Jaze Singer at the Cort Theater, has returned to the cast ifter a week's absence due to a severe ittack of grippe. While Miss Foster was il her role was played by Mildred Leaf. Promptness of Curtain Checked in Baltimore Baltimore, Jan. &—A “tit for tat” = response to the frequent complaint ‘ainst persons who never reach the th ater on time is being employed by ba e dramatic reviewers on The Balti- ore Evening Sun, At the top of rach review two lines are inserted in talles, one giving the time that the ¢ rb is advertised to rise, and the ther showing the time when the cur- tain actually did rise on the night when it was reviewed. In most cases the curtain is right on the dot. The Billboard 25 Four Jones Brothers In “Great God Brown” New York, Jan. %—The four Brothers, Starr, Tupper, Paul and Teddy, members of Brodway’s most prolific theatrical] family—with head- quarters at the Times Square Hotel, for convenience—have been engaged to appear in the latest Eugene O'Neill play, The Great God Brow) which opens at the Greenwich Village Theater the last week in Januar’ William Harrigan, Robert Keith, Leona Hogarth and Anne Shoemaker will play the four principal parts, and the p'ay is being directed by Robert Edmond Jones, who has also designed the settings. FIVE COMPANIES OF “THE ENEMY” New York, Jan. 9.—Five companies of Channing Pollock's play, The Enemy, will be sent on tour next fall by Crosby Gaige, the producer of the piece, which is now playing at the Times Square The- ater here. Opening dates for three of the com- panies have already oe en routed. One will open in Boston ptember 27; one in Paterson, N. J., Oct ober 11, and the third in Norfolk, Va., October’ 18. Daniel Frohman Thanks Press Agents for Offer Chicago, Jan. 7.—Members of the The- atrical Press Representatives of America now in Chicago have received a good- luck letter from Daniei Frohman, thank- ing them for the proffer of 10 per cent of the net earnings of their forthcoming ball for the benefit of the Actors’ Fund. The press men's ball, banquet and fete, to be held in the Grand Ballroom of the Hotel Sherman the night of January 14, promises to be a mammoth affair. At a meeting this week of the members now on duty in Chicago it was decided to send invitations to all dramatic critics on local newspapers and to Jeanne Eagels, Mary Garden, Al Jolson, Eddie Cantor, Mary Eaton, Jobyna Howland, W. C. Fields, Johnny Dooley, George Arliss, Mrs. Samuel Insull, Holbrook Blinn, Judith Anderson and other prominent profes- sionals. Guild Making Records With Shaw Productions New York, Jan. 9.—The Theater Guild is piling up one record after another with its various productions of plays by Bernard Shaw. Among the latest of these events to come to light is the fact that Arms and the Man, instead of suf- fering the usual holiday slump, actually experienced an increase in patronage. The show is now in its fifth month, which is regarded as a surprising state of affairs in view of the frequent revivals of this comedy by Mansfield and Daly, not to mention its adaptation into The Chocolate Soldier. Androcles and the Lion, the other cur- rent Shaw piece put on by the Guild, also has picked up nicely in the last few weeks and shows promise of enjoy- ing a good run, B. S. Schubert May Have Two Plays on B’way Soon New York, Jan. 9.—Bernard S. Schu- bert, new to the play-writing ranks, whose comedy The Kid Himself is now being tried out by Dowling & Anhalt in Washington and is dae for a Broadway showing within the next fortnight with William T. Tilden fI, Marjorie Daw and William Quinn featured at the head of the cast, may shortly have two produc- tions playing in New York. He has just disposed of a piece titled Soft Coal which he wrote prior to the comedy which is now under way. Hugh W. Romberg Nas acquired the rights to Soft Coat and will immediately place it in production, . George Kelly Writes Another New York, Jan. 9.—George Kelly has written another play for production by Rosalie Stewart, entitled Philip Goes Forth. It will go into production almost immediately Miss Stewart produced Kelly’s former successes, The Torch- bearers, The Show-O/ff and Craig’s Wife, the last named of which is playing at the Morosco Theater. “ ” Accused” Pleases Hartford Hartford, Conn. Jan. 9.—E. H. Soth- ern and his new play, Accused, pleased large audiences and loca! critics during the showing at Parson's Theater here. ——— aC Look thru the Hotel Directory in this issue. Just the kind of a hotel you want may be of the Tree Major, president of the school, to present the Bed Chambers and Michael and of this work affe Chong cast a ances, Thus far | Dramatic Notes Ralph Cu llinan’s play. which Whitford Kane is about to produce, has been re- titled The Uniform. It Was origmally called You Cant Win. Curtis Cooksey, who recently closed in The Fountain, is the author of a modern comedy, titled The Hardy Perennial, which he states is to be produced shortly. Louise Closser Hale has written another of nee delightful stories, entitled Home Talen hich Henry Holt & Company will < ib! h next month. William Harrigan, who recently left the cast of The Dove, at the Blackstone, Chicago, is to be in Eugene O'Neill's The Creat God Brown, according to report. Edith Van Cleve, v who appeared for several seasons with Jane Cowl] and was last seen on Broadway in The New Gal- lantry, is about to go into vaudeville in a sketch with Beverly Bayne. Rachel Crothers will talk on the thea- ter at a dinner of the New York branch the League of American Pen Women, to, be held at the Town Hall Club, New York, January 26. Stanley Howlett is directing The Only Way for The School of the Theater at Princess Theater, New York. Clare plans for special matinees piece for New York High School students. Jane Meredith will be in the cast of and Board, the play by Barbara Kalleser, which was tried out in the provinces early this season and is soon to be revived for a Broadway showing. Few of the many admirers of Bruce McRae know that he has a son old enough to be an actor. In Old English, at the Adelphi, Chicago, this week, is Gordon McRae, son of the famous mat- inee idol. N. Rubin has returned to New attend rehearsals of his drama, ght Duel, which is to be produced by the MacGregor-Kilborn Corporation, another of his plays, titled Devils, which William A. Brady is to offer soon. Robert Middlemas, who plays with Gregory Kelly in The Butter*and Egg Man at the Longacre Theater, New York, has been asked to address the Dramatic Club at Harvard. Middlemas, who is a Harvard graduate, will deliver the talk some Sunday next month. Daniel York to The N Mary and Florence A Lady's Virtue, now playing at the Bijou Theater, New York, have been signed on three-year contracts by the Shuberts, who produced this play. One in the contract stipulates that the are to continue to appear together in later plays. Crosby Gaige has issued a booklet con- taiming photographic reproductions from the original manuscript of Channing Pollock's The Enemy, now running at the Times Square Theater, New York. The manuscript itself is the property of the Sutro Public Library, of San Fran- cisco. Nash, co-stars in , ciause sisters suffered a breakdown recently, is recuperating at her apartment Irene Rich, who : in the Hotel Ambassador, New York. Miss Rich returned from Europe a short time ago and embarked on a tour of the United States and Canada. The strain ected her health and re- sulted in the breakdown. Martin Flavin, author of Children of the Moon, The Lady of the Rose and Service for Two, the first two of which is to be offered next fall by A. L. Er- langer, has brought out a book of his short plays and another containing his full-tength fantasy, The Lady of the vose. Sidney Blackmer’s forthcoming vaude- ville vehicle will not be a tabloid version of his former Broadway success, The Mountain Man. as originally planned. Lewis & Gordon, who are booking Charles Wagner's star in the two-a-day, have de- cided to present him in a new skit by Tom Barry, titled The Modern Garrick. Mildred Florence, Irma Bertrand, John Westley, Albert Hackett, Saul Martell, Alfred A, Hesse, Charles La Torre, Peter Goe and Gilbert Girard, of the Miles Out Company, now playing at Playhouse, New York, will broad- program next Monday afternoon from Station WOR. 12 the Ruth Draper's engagement at the Har- ris Theater, Chicago, is for six appear- Four successive Sundays (the en- gagement started Sunday, January 10) and two Thursdays, January 21 and 28. nothing authoritative is booked for the Harris to succeed Rain,- which will leave January 2: June Walker has not been engaged for the cast of William Anthony McGuire's forthcoming production, A Great Little Long Run Dramatic Play Recerds Number of consecutive performances up to and including Saturday, January 9. IN NEW YORK trade papers recently carried the had Laurie, Jr., in Guire Walker’s manager, deny the report. Sullivan, and Eva Condon have the principal roles in Charles Move Cort-Windsor Theater in the Bronx, New York. by PLAY. oognine & me oF “ ERFS. Abie’s Irish Rose.......... Bho p gage Androcles and the Lion...Nov. 23..... 5 Antonia (Ret. Eng.)......Jan. fiicce, Arms and the Man ie dua 14....-842 seware of Widows..... Dec ere bi Butter and Egg Man, 7* Sep / Cradle Snatchers........ Sp Gunes 150 a Se Oet 22... WONGE, “TR sakccccscesces Nov »4 .. 56 Dope (Spec. Mats.) . 1 2 DyBBek, The. ccc. .ccce: -. Dee écees ae Easy Come, Easy Go.....-Qct. 26..... 90 Mate VRCEO .cccceccsace: Dec. ; ee 41 ee | Oct. 20..... 97 Green Hat, Wi cess 139 Head First e q 1 | PO Im @ GardeR..c.cccccceece: Nov. 16..... 65 eer Jan 416 Jazz Singer, The... coc Sep ,” Soe 146 Lady's Virtue, A......... Nov 23. 57 Laff That Off........ «oe NOV eee a2 Last of Mrs. Cheyney..... Nov. 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Several of the dailies and (not The Billboard) have statement that she been signed to play opposite Joe the piece. Both the Me- office and Richard Pitman, Miss personal representative and Claude Cooper, Hope Brown, John M. George Neville, Frances Pitt 3amfield Hoyt’s new comedy, On, playing this week at the new The piece, which was directed by Augustin Duncan and is being sponsored Edward A. Miller, will be brought into a Broadway house within the next fortnight, it is said. Dramatic Art MERICAN ACADEMY OF DRAMATIC ARTS Founded 1884 by Franklin H. Sargent America’s Leading Institution for Dramatic Art and Expression Prepares for 2 : Acting Teaching Directing Develops Poise and Personality for use in any vocation in life Winter Class still open for January 15. Spring Class ferming for April ft. Extension Dramatic Courses in Co-operation with COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY Pree Catalog describing all Courses from Room 145 CARNEGIE HALL, New York FEU STU UCSC UU TCU TT Pere Under the Direction o! 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: t - . 4 bs] | ' The Billboard By ROBERT FE. MOORE (Communications to 25-27 Opera Place, Cincinnati, O.), PELLETIER CO. REOPENS IN ARK. Elizabethan Players. on Sixth An- nual Tour, Play College of Ozarks in Clarkesville Clarkesville, Ark., Jan. 9.—After spend- ing the hol days at Fort Smith, members of Mr..and Mrs. Pierre Pelletier’s Eliza- bethan Players opened at the College of the Ozarks here in Macbeth. Th's is the sixth annual tour of the company, and, according to reports, business is excep- tiona'ly good. The company, composed of Mr. and Mrs. Perre Pelletier, Robert T. Dag- gett, Lawrence C. Cloe, John Forest and Dorothy Major, is 100 per cent Equity. When the company appeared at Bona- venture, N. Y., recently, a review of the offering was as follows: “Tak ng two capacity audiences by storm the Peiletier Elizabethan Players gave two splendid performances of Shakespeare's plays at Alumni Hall yesterday. Both Macbeth and The Merchant of Venice were pre- sented in the Elizabethan manner. No scenery was used, and all the scenes had the same background, tapestry hang- ings. The costumes were true to the period of the action of the play and were very effective. Pierre Pelletier as Pe- truchio was superb. There was nothing lacking in his splendid portrayal of the w tty and humorously inclined husband. The supporting cast also deserves praise for its unusually fine work. “The work of the entire company sur- passed expectations. It was so far above the class of the average productions brought here.” Guy Hickman’s Comedians Playing Thru Northwest The Billboard has learned that mem- bers of the Guy Hickman’s Comedians Company, now touring thru the north- west territory, on Christmas Day enter- tained the inmates of the Washington State Prison, presenting the three-act comedy drama, Shanghaied, in the prison chapel. The two newspapers at Walla Walla, where the prison is located, used a re- view of the offering written by one of the inmates. This, in part, follows: “Guy Hickman’s Comedians, the stock company now playing at the Keylor Grand Theater . . . presented in the Penitentiary auditorium for the benefit of the inmates a comedy drama, entitled Shanghaied. The auditorium was packed » and never in the history of the institu- tion has a play been put over with more success. . . And it goes without say- ing that the prisoners at least were made a little bit happier and little bit brighter for having seen Shanghaied. — sum it up from the standpoint of the inmates they are unanimous in saying ‘we laughed until our sides were sore and we've been laughing ever since. - - + it was a knockout.’ ” In the company at the present time are Virginia Stanton, Carroll Sturgeon, Myrtle Sturgeon, C. L. Southern, Bruce MacDonald, Lou Harkness and Guy Hickman. ' Ice Begins To Break Up On Monongahela River Pittsburgh, Jan. 9.—The ice which roze the Monongahela River over for the first time since 1918 began to break 1» Thursday, huge blocks moving down é toward the Obio. The Allegheny also frozen over, did not begin up until Friday, according to W. S. Brotzman. government r forecaster here, said today there little danger of a tieup 5 vboats moored for the winter long the Ohio, Kanawha and ngahela rivers weathered the heavy ‘e floes of last week without damage, Itt i packet steamer, the New Han- er. well known to river residents and v-boat owners, was crushed by the ice at Utica, Ind., and sunk. In addition a number of smaller craft were crushed when the ice gorge broke there. M. M. Dubinsky Stock Company Sour Lake, Tex., Jan. 9.—The M. M. Dubinsky Stock Company, upon complet- ing a week's engagement here tonight, will jump to Lake Charles, La., for its 41st week. In the cast are Elsie and Jack Smith, Hal Barber, Al and Hazel ark a Dale, Jimmie Ye Pe n, Manager Arnold Gould and Mrs. izrma Gould, CARL C. REPLOGLE —" A comedian during the past season tour- ing the Southern States with the Jack Norman Players. Unusually Bad Weather Hampers Miller Tent Theater Company on Tour Thru South Georgia—Business Better in Florida Malone Fla., Jan. 9.—The W. T. Mil- ler Tent Theater Company exper enced -an unusual amount of cold and wet weather on its annual tour thru South Georgia; according to reports, but de- spite this busine s held up exceptionally well, and since entering the “Sunshine State” bus ness has been very good. This is the 14th year for this show thru the Same territory. The company is down to “winter size” and is carrying 10 people. Bookings in Florida will keep the outft busy until March, when, according to present plans, Mr. Miller will send out a No. 2 com- pany, a new outfit having been pur- chased. Company members are enjoy- ing the wonderful fishing, James C. Beard, of the company, reports. Paul Brown Players Add 6 Houses to Rotary Stock Newark, O., Jan. 9.—Paul Brown, owner and manager of Brownie’s Come- dans, under canvas during the summer season, and manager of the rotary stock company with headquarters in the Rex Theater Building here during the winter —months, announces that the company will play six additional houses until the open- ing of the tent season about May 1. Headquarters will be moved to New a, O., the center of the terri- ory. Since opening in October but one change in the personne! has been made, Helen Scott and Walter Alderson jo n- ing. Business is good, Mr. Brown says. Mason Bros.’ “Ten Nights In a Barroom” Company Mason Bros.’ Ten Nights in a Barroom Company opened Christmas Day to fin- ish out the season p'aying thru Missouri, Kan as, Nebraska and M nnesota. In the company are Blilie Blythe, manager; Thomas Edwards, agent; Fred Nelson, carpenter; Jack Sampson, props.; Nellie Nelson, Charlotte Wilson, Phoebe Car- rington, Lttle Peggy Thomas, Ed Car- rington, Scott Wilson, Bill Mason, Dave Mason, Ed Ellicott, Fred Young, Albert Schofield, Bill Phillips and Jack Woods. Crabtree in Chicago ee - Chicago, Jan. 7.—H. J. Crabtree, agent for Stetson’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin show. and who has closed with that organiza- tion, was a Bilboard caller this week. He said the show will close the season in St. Paul this week. Leon W. Wash- burn is the owner and manager, REP. RIPPLES FROM K. C. Kansas City, Jan. 9.—The Walters- Inglish Players closed recently for the season, The Musical Grays Stock Company has been playing dates in Arkansas for several weeks and reports excellent busi- ness. It recently played a two weeks’ engagement in Paragould, Ark. Fred Flood left here December 30 for Flor'da. Joe Aredo closed with the Roy Whorall Show December 19 at Sewell, Ia., and was in the city for Christmas. Stewart Cash, agent of Schnitz Sey- mour’s Black and White Revue, is in the city organizing the Stewart Bros.’ Ackley and Clarence’ Leigh, owners of the Ackley and Leigh Come- dians, returned to Greenville, Tex., after spending the holidays in K. C. Fred Stein, Blanche Cook and Dor- othy Ray, members of the Wallace Bruce Players, spent the Christmas layoff in this city. Jack Cortland closed with the Neil Schaffner Players at Ft. Dodge, la., last week and is in the city for a short visit. Wallace Bruce was in the city last week, transacting business. Looked well and said all was well with the show. James Hamilton, agent for the Wessel- man Stock Company, closed his engage- ment with this company December 19, when it commenced its Christmas layoff at Angleton, Tex., and arrived here December 31 for a few days’ stay. The Wesselman Stock Company reopened at Freeport, Tex., January 4. Hugh Ettinger, late of one of the Jack Hoskins Mutt and Jeff shows, has writ- ten from Tallahassee, Fla., that after he left K. C. he was in Donaldsonville, Ga. and helped Ernest Latimore close his long season of Mutt and Jeff to a packed tent and then went into Florida and is headed for Miami. Thos, Aiton, a pioneer in the “Tom” business, is in the oity this week ar- ranging the route for! his Mason Bros.’ Uncle Tom’s Cabin Company. Mr. Aiton was ident fied with “Tom” shows for several years before launching his own show. H. R. Brandt. president of the Gprdon- Howard (candy ) Company, manu- facturers of prize candy packages, re- turned to K. C. last week after a two weeks’ holiday vacation in Minneapolis, Minn., his old home. Mrs. Brandt and the two children accompanied him on his short vacation period. John W. Harp.trute writes from Los Angeles that he is feeling much improved in health and is again able to get around the city after a siege of illness, Walter Arington spent his yuletide vacation in Denver. He wil resume his tour at Thermopolis, Wyo., January 19 and will play a circle stock engagement in several towns in Wyoming. Vern Curtis came in from St. Joseph, Mo., last week and after spending a few days in the city visiting returned to his home. He will take out a feature picture in a few days and play a route thru Kansas and Nebraska. K. Vetter, well-known and popular agent, returned just before the new year from a two weeks’ visit with his mother in Ohio. Shermans in Michigan Orleans, Mich., Jan. 8.—Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Sherman were the Christmas guests of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd T. Gould at the winter quarters and home of the Gould Players here. Mr. and Mrs. Gould motored back to Chicago with the Sher- mans and spent New Year's as their guests at the Raleigh Hotel. Before return ng to his home Mr. Gould bought some electrical effects, engaged a cast and leased his plays for the com- ing summer season. A number of im- provements in the outfit also will be made before the opening under canvas, Wilson % Grady Shows Aberdeen, Miss., Jan. 9.—The Wilson & Grady Shows have been doing a nice business thru Louisiana and Mississippi, according to reports. The show is now in its 18th week, losing but one day because of a rainstorm. John Grady, manager, left the company in Stewart to spend a few weeks at his home tn Hugo, Ok. He expects to return abcut February 1. The show will go under canvas as soon as house dates are com- pleted.» Maroni Olsen Players Moscow, Id., Jan., 9.—The Maroni Ol- ren Players presented The Ship at the New Kenworthy Theater here January a to a pegt-enet audience. This was e second appearance of the playe here this season. ore January 16, 1926 Mae Edwards Players Open in Halifax “The Girl From Childs’ Is Opening Ar- traction at Strand Theater—Troupe Al- ready Popular Halifax, Jan. 9.—After having played around Halifax for 14 years, the Ma: Fdwards Players arr ved at the Strand Theater here on Christmas Day. Th: opening vehicle was The Gir From Childs, wth Little Miss Light Fina: and The Moth to follow. While the co: pany has been here too short a time to judge ts actual drawing power as yet at present t is laying to capacity ond turning hundreds away every n echt If this bus‘ness keeps up Halifax will be a gold mine for Mae and her troune, it is said. The b egest avset is Miss Edwards her- self. a very clever little actress with « wealth of personality. She has made a big hit already and her entrances ar cues for a generous hand everv tim, Next to the star the jazz band is the bie gest drawing card, the audiences just can’t get enough of them. The band is under the leadership of Lawrence Haves, violinist, and includes Fred Bemis, pian- ist; Walter Sanville, trumpet; Roy Mit- chell, saxophone; Chas. T. Smith, banjo, and Chas. Downes, drums. Miss Edwards is supported by Mabel Grand, Anita Webb, Peggy Downes, Charlie Downes, Walter Sanville, Paul Linton, Carleton Pinckney, Billy Webb and Lawrence Hayes. Praises Beach Stock Company The repertoire edtor has received a letter from Herman L. Brown, a circus man wintering in La Crosse, Wis., who attended a performance of the Guy and Eloda Beach Stock Company at the Ma- jestic Theater there during the week of December 37-January 2. The company was presenting The Girl From Childs and according to Mr. Brown a wonderfu! bus ness was done. The letter reads as follows: “Having read the article referring to the Beach Stock Company under the date of Janu- ary 2, I can not help but mention the fact that The Billboard is certainly in touch with the conditions in this terri- tory. “La Crosse believes in Mr. and Mrs. Beach and the entire company. They are a cred t to the amusement game, and nothing but the highest praise is heard when or wherever they are mentioned, and that covers entertainment value and personal value. ¥ “I am not a critic, but I must say that I enjoyed their pertormanes very much on the evening of January 1. Personally I liked Miss Stzer’s (Mrs. Beach) and Cc. James’ work the best, but all were good. When the curtain went up there Was not a vacant seat in the house and from what I learn every night is the same. “I have not met any of the company personally, but expect to spend a pleas- ant evening each week looking them over.” Arrangements have been made by Mr. Beach with the management of the La Crosse Street Railway Co. whereby Street cars are waiting in front of the theater at the conclusion of the eve- ning performance, Every Monday eve- ning special cars ror Onalaska patrons are waiting. This, it is understood, has increased the patronage from th s suburb. In the company at the present time are Ruth Friend, Verna Warde Marie David- son, Frank Brooks, Tom Post, C. James, Roy Harrington, Jack Martin and Mr. and Mrs, Guy Beach. The Al Pierce Show Kansas City, Jan. 9.—The local office of The Billboard is in receipt of a clip- ping from The Lawton (Ok.) Constity- tion, dated December 30, giving the Al Pierce Show, “the show with a millien friends”, a very favorable notice on its appearance in that city. The item reads as follows: “The Al Pierce Show,a dri- matic stock company now filling a week's engagement at the Dome Theater, has proven a treat for loca! theatergoers and the management of the Dome Theater is to be congratulated tn booking ths class of attraction In the house The opening play, Polecat Perkins, which ran Monday and Tuesday. gave Mr. Pierce an exceptional opportunity for dis- play ng his talent as a character come- dian The play registers laugh after laugh for an hour and a half. Mr. Pleres this week received a letter from the Sioux Cty Teachers’ Agency of Sioux City. Ia., requesting a copy of this p'ay to be used for readin purposes in Iowa ublic schools. The company also carties a six-plece red-hot jazz orchestra and a change of specialties with each change of bill.” T. I. and ¢. S. Fahl write that they will close with Stetson’s Unele Tom's Cabin Company in St. Paul, Minn. January 9%. They plan to «pend a few weeks in Michigan and Ohio visit ne relatives before motoring to Oklahome City. They will be connected with George Blandin’s Jesse James Company th'* coming season. C= o*~-sd a oo» iff rms -#) 1 26 a a oe Pee ee ee ae oe re ry D PY, e S Soe ~ aX . epertoire a Ya S . ; ee (CAR i CS Co) as (aS scianinaciieneneasiea? 7 po = —“C;CSSCSCsCSCisiés | es ES —— = a casein ee | ; | | " ’ . : seo | —- s 4 | Sd . = = ~ | : x : . | = — é v- —2 .- > , _ eo — Fi “= : Su Res ae Se - - } _ f Bee Senet 5 E a ; ae | 7 aa . ; | ee a es ——_ J | _ a ci | a — $ . : 2 ; / a | | ee | ) | ; 7 ee ee a |
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16, 1926 January _ MUSICIANS AT LIBERTY The Bil ' vont an and wife Youns. eon- j Tromponta. man and vate, Nore oes | REP. TATTLES | . oO Rep preferr d. Troupe ur ovate, LUCIUS 3 IENKINS, Box 291, Tifton, Georgta. ’ . Mr. and Mrs. D. E. (Gabe) Pence are spending the winter with ther son, 7 § om | ¢ Pence, and fam ly .n Sarasota, Fla. Pence’s :on is working with the Merle Young | General Business Team with Spectalties, Dan- Jovans Band. ef ) oy Others write Long season. wont a as to February, oe Gum, wee. 50 Mr. and Mrs. Billy Cummings closed SI UNDERS, Clearwa b a 60 weeks’ engagement wth the Gabe — Garrett Comedians on January 2 at WILL BUY DRAMATIC Thalia, Tex., motoring from there to Waco, where they plan to spend a short TENT OUTFIT vacation Let's have your lowest cash price. The St. Elmos, accordionist and so- w. J. GILMAN, Falls City, Nebraska WANTED Ingenue and Light Comedian. Must be young, refined . sa Long engagement playing Chac- sat 1 Ly’ eum. Give full description and send ' ter. Rehearsal January 25. L. VERNE Auditorium Bidg., Chicago, HL. AT LIBERTY GAVIN DOROTHY Juvenile Leading Man. Appearance, wardrobe and — ity. Repertoire or Stock. Can join on wire. 120 Maple St., North Baltimore, Ohio. WANTED for CIRCUIT STOCK atic People in all lines. Must be A-l, with Specialties preferred. Send late photo ge pro- grams Name lowest salary PAUL HILLIS, Park Theatre, Pitman, N. J. FOR SALE—Tent Truck Dramatic Outfit, consisting { j k T nt mplete with Proseeniur uM Stage and Scenery; five one-ton Ford Truck All have nice and * a nearly all new tires. One truck has 1 hand-carved body, in which ‘ ' Una-Fon wiht lay attachment mi 2 roll sony i A r I = Pi it This is in good alr and ready m- plete, and will sell cheap, So a the und look “tt ‘over. ADA M. DICKEY, Cole Car Mo. HARRY CANSDALE AT LIBERTY , For Stock, Rep. Musical, Tab. 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AVAILABLE FOR REPERTOIRE All Been Successful Road Productions Proven Money Getters Grea’ for Your Audiences “THE UNMARRIED MOTHER.” PLAYERS, January 14, 15, Four-act play. me set, ordinary living room. Five men and three women Good, clean story, lets of comedy, including ereat “Toby” part. Special printing, including her- . flashlights, available , HER UNBORN CHILD.” Ry Howard MecKent . lonably ome of the best popular-priced er writ nae Two ordinary interior settings. en and four women (one woman part bit) ques Three me Flashlights avatlable 2 “THE UNWANTED CHILD.” An unusual four- act play. Two simple intertor sets. three men (Toby part) and four women. Complete line of printing, in- hernide, flashlights, avallable ilCARoeD Wives. ‘ad By Edward FE. Rose, shor of “The Rosary’’, ete. An exceptionally in- . esting medy-drama * ‘Two sets, cne exterior, one ntertor Five men and four women. : ting. Including heralds, available. Pe REVE LATIONS OF aA WIFE.” An exceptionally e he play with mystery element, based on news- Paper fal syndicated ta over two hundred dally pa- One interior setting Four men and three Special line of Lithegraphed printing every r'yle, Mashlighte, ‘ quotation, herald, ete. Also catalog Complete line «omen = oho. aa UNITY PLAY . co. ome 712-8, 1482 Broadway, NEW YORK CITY. SAY “I SAW IT IN THE BILLBOARD.” prano prima donna with the W. L Swain Show No, 1 during the past season. which closed December 19, were in Cincinnati last week to play a number of vaudeville dates. Dad Zelno, agent, and Louise Zelno, prima donna, with Leslie E. Kell’s Co- medians, closed with the company at Troy, Ala., recently, and in a letter to the repertoire editor advies that they will take a rest Mr. and Mrs. ery Ra ndall | have joined John Huftle's Uncle Tom's pany after a visit to frends in Baltimore New York Billy is playing Tom Randall is the musical d rect * com] erritory is Maryland. The Will Krieg-Lola Painter Players are sie ite d to” open the Labor Tem, le. } January 9%, in Love and This. is a new com pany. which edu'ed _ _ seen in the Kentucky circuit of six towns a th idiana also will in Lousiana. abin Com- many see a n Kentur ky the players. Jimmie Heffner and his company, at present playing the,Garden Theater, Key West, ria. writes that business in Florida continues to be good. Heffner a'so advises that a new tent, 65x140. is being built, Which will be used when the company opens the summer season early in March. According to reports current in Colum- bus, O.. Mar'e Hayes is planning to take out a one-night dramatic show th's com- ing sea On, carrying about 12 people, a band and a call ope, p’aying thru New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio, her old ter- ritory. A new outfit, new scenery and electrical effects will be included. E. Cc. Beckford was home off ce of The E and advised that he had clo a caller at the Rillboard last week ed with the Harry Shannen Stock Company and would leave for New Mexico, where he will enter into a partnership with Allen MecDill of Matoka, W. Va., on a 1.000- acre ranch near Lumberton. Frank (Booze) Bales, who was with the Ricton Show under canvas thru Kentucky for the past few years, died at hs home in Jackson, O., last week. ticton. in comment ne on his friend's Ceath, said that Ba'es could do almost anything on a show and will be missed by many. Bales at one time had a tab- loid show out over the Sun Time. This {s the time of the year when showboat owners and managers begin sen ng performers for the c ing season on the river It is the intent on of The iUbeard to publish a correct list of the peop’e on each and every boat during the coming season In ordef to do this, co- operation is necessary If vou hear of anv of vour friends s ening why not send a littl news item in to the repertoire editor? ; New Incorporations California West Coast Peninsula Theaters, Sacra- ento, $1,000,000; E. J. Arkush,. Doretta M. Arkush. Burlingame; May K. Giffen, Redwood City; Jacob Samuels, San Francisco. Delaware Ascher Theatrical Enterprises, Wil- mington, motion pictures, $3,000,000 (Corporation Trust Company of Ameri- ca.) Outdoor Amusements, Inc. Philadel- phia. Pa., $500,000. (Capital Trust Com- pany of Delaware.) Illinois University Theater Company, Evanston, to own and operate theaters, opera houses, moving pictures, ete., $400,000; Clyde E. Elliott, Ralph R. Obenchain and Charles P. Harvey. Aristo Theater, Chicago, to display lboard moving pictures and give theatrical per- formances, $1,000; Carston W. Soenuth, John B. Mussatto and Philip Levy. The Powers Amusement Company, Chicago, to own and operate theaters, opera houses and other places of amuse- ment, $1,000; Helmer E. Brandell, Law- rence C. Traegerm and Wallace E. Shir- ra. New Jersey Boardwalk Art Galleries, Atlantic City, $100000; George M. Rosin, Arthur L. Rosin, Louis Friedberg, Evelyn Fried- bere. Drafalk Amusement Corporation, Cald- well, theaters. 500 shares, no par; Wil- liam M. Drake, Newark; C. A. Hinck, Doris Bryan, Montclair. Polish Arjsusement Co., Newark, $125,- O09; Jos eh We “kov sky, Car - t Veskowsk I irdy; Edward B. Twar- tus Nev K Shady (rev Skooter Ocean City, a’ a $15,500 David Pars, William Brody, Benjamin Lerch, Bb < New York Fifth Avenue Circle Theaters and Fiestaurants, Manhattan, $25,000; J. J. Vignesux, B. Rove, W. Heid Meriboro Pictures Corporation, Man- hattun, $75,000; O. A. Peters, E. G. 3S. Powell H. J. Plavin. \ heltu Theater Corporation. Man- } bi, moving mictures, 200 common, no pou } L. Celler,-J. A. Hirsch, J. J. Re nt hial. ‘ » Treve Amusement Corporation, M 1itun, theatrical, 50% shares, $100 ery ou , m, no par; J. J. Hahn, A. McNamara, O. S&S. Moreen Ct iren’ Plavtous M a ton, the- atrical, $5,900; M. and S. Jagendorf, p. Pinchot Albion Attractions Manhattan mov- ing pictures, $iv,000; E. Spiegel, M. aud A. Be r man. bh ] iis Musical Supplies Corp., Man- bintten, $25,000; M. and M. M. Simon, F. M chton. Laconia Amusement Corp.. Bronx, mo- tion pictures, $10,000; S. W. Solifrey, M. Fruitstone. Tismer Theater Corp., Rochester, $100,000; Lk P. and J. Iuppa, J. Paulen. South Carolina The County of Barnwell Fair, Barn- well, to operate a county fair, $500; W. D. Harley, J. B. Morris, W. H. Dun- ean, J. M. Caldwell, J. M. Diamond and J. By Black WANTED For aa ae k (€o.. Novelty Act or Sketch Tean = L, ef season and next summer. 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The Billboard ane —— - a . Dramatic Stock, By ALFRED NELSON (Communications to 1560 Broadway, New York, N. Y.) MAYLON PLAYERS Premier Presentation of “The Lit- tle Tin God” by Wilbur W. Hindley, Veteran Dramatic Editor of The Spokes- man-Review Spokane, Wash., Jan. 9.—The Little Tin God, a drama of modern life in the show world, written by Wilbur W. Hind- ley, veteran dramatic editor of The Spokesman-Review, was given its premier here the week of December 21 by the Maylon Players at the historic old Auditorium Theater. Presented with the assistance of Will Maylon, leading man and head of the or- ganization in this city, and Lou J. Foote, director, the play caught on from the first night and received the broadest praise from the local newspapers. Open- ing to a capacity house on Sunday, the Auditorium did a splendid business re- gardless of the Christmas lull. The Little~Tin God as Hindley has created it presents a splendid character, that of a self-admiring evangelist, Capt. “Gypsy” John Clude. Crawford Eagle drew an interesting role in this char- acter, who, in the story, is the son of a gypsy. war hero and at present a pop- ular figure in the newspapers. The action opens at a studio party when Eleanora, musical comedy star, hears the evangelist defame her char- acter in an address over the radio, Two other principals are introduced here, Benny V. Deeds, played by Will Maylon, and as a mveuthy press agent he gives the laughs to the piece. Kelly Gordon, a chorus girl, was portrayed by Louise Miller. Grace Van Winkle, as Eleanora, picks up the story and carries it to the apart- ments of the evangelist, from where she lures her critic to her own rooms, but drops her plan of exposing his base in- sinuations when she recognizes him as a sweetheart of eight years previous. The evangelist renounces his followers, his God and his high-salaried position in an attempt to prove his love for the girl, but it takes a third act and a charge of murder against the evangelist to bring a true reconciliation. The play is in three acts, the second of which is in two scenes. Its main bid for recognition is its original theme and its effect when produced to disprove the popular conception of stage morals and ethics There are seven in the cast and the stage requirements are for but two sets. The Maylon Players gave their best to the play and the Maylon house staff is also deserving of particular credit for the success the new play attained .in its first showing. Murray-Harolde Players Return to Columbus, O. Omaha. Neb. Jan. 9.—The Murray- Harolde Players, under the management of Robert Bruce Murray, who transferred their activities from the Hartman Thea- ter, Col bu ©., during the early part of November, ter 23 weeks of success- ntations, to the Burwood city, have closed their en- here and returned to their ; ene of triumphs, opening an etinite engagement at the Hartman j er on January 18. Stock at Calumet Theater Will Close January 16 Chicago, Jan. 8.—-The stock started by Andy Wright at the Calumet Theater, South Chicago, some weeks ago, and s taken over by Gourfain & gers of the house, a few days lose January 16, according to inceme..t yesterday. Gourfain & il it al show in the l fa fain was formerly pl r Lubliner & Trinz and kdd Trinz is manager of the Pan- theon Theater, on the north side. Mr. Gourfa is managing the Calumet. Ione Magrane in St. Louis New York, Jan. 9.—Tone Magrane, well-known leading) woman and formerly of the Auditorium Players, Malden, Mass. and the Alhambra Players, Brooklyn, N. Y., will open an engagement tomor- row ag leadmg woman at the Empress Theater, St. Louis, SYLVA: FARNESE Miss City, Utah, a graduate of the high school in that city and of the Utah University. Farnese, a native of Salt Lake studied singing and dancing in St. Louis and at the Chorus Equity School. She entered theatricals as a _ vaude- artiste as leading lady for Willard Mack in an act entitled Kick In’, later entering dramatic stock with the F. James Carroll Players at St.: John and Bangor, Me.; O. D. Woodward Players, St. Louis, Mo., and at present is lead ing lady with Sam Taylor’s Warburton Players, Warburton Theater, Yonkers, N. PLACEMENTS Helen Robinson New York, Jan. 9—Helen Robinson, artistes representative, has placed Eileene Douglas as second woman and Gray as ingenue with the Majestic Players, Hamilton, Ont., Can.. opening January 11. with Arthur Ritchie as di- rector of productions and Gladys Gillon and William Naughton playing the leads. Pauline Boyle Pauline Boyle, artiste’ representative, has placed Mary Mead, leading woman; Edith Harcourt, characters, and Mar- garet Arnold, ingenue. with the Maxon & Rafter dramatic stock company, Union Hill Theater, Gloucester, Mass., opening January 11. > one Nellie Lewis Seeks Atmosphere By Self-Confinement in Jail for a Day oe Memphis, Tenn., Jan. 9.—Silence, the current week's attraction by the Gene Lewis-Olga Worth Players at the Lyceum Theater. is a story that relates some- what to prison life and in order to get the necessary atmosphere and feeling to play the leading role Gene Lewis spent a day in the city jail, mingling with the prisoners confined therein This week’s presentation introduces Thomas McKnight to local theatergoers as a member of the company. Add “Evening and You” to Blocki’s ““Too Many Thrills” Chicago, Jan. 7.—When Fritz Blocki’s Too Many Thrills has its special premiere at the Warrington Theater stock com- pany, in Oak Park, the week ofgJar lary 18, the play will have as an added fra- ture the song, Evening and You The ballad was written by Richard Dean Tall- man and will be sung by Richard Morgan, leading man in the play. Allen Players Rotate Edmonton, Alta., Can., Jan 7.—The P ‘R. Allen Stock Company at the Empire Theater, now in the fifth month of its regular season, is scheduled to close its engagement here at the end of this month and transfer its activities to Regina, Can., alternating with Saskatoon when the contracts of road shows neces- sitate its doing so. CLARA JOEL Guest Star at Brockton. Appearing in ‘“‘My cer 3rockton, Mass. Jan. 9.—Manager James J. Hayden scored a ten-strike when 1e secured Clara Joel as guest star for his Brockton Players to play the role : > mother, Ana Silva, in My Son, the current attraction at the City Theater, iss Joel is a former dramatic stock leading woman who has appeared in New Orleans, Albany, Buffalo, Atlanta and Washington. D. C., and who graduated into productions in Madame X, later ap- pearing in Common Clay and during the past year in Mismates. 3ernard 3urke has the leading masculine role, which was created in the original New York production by Her- bert Clark, a former juvenile with the Brockton Players. Myrtle Clark, versa- tile second woman, was right at home do- ng the part of the New York flapper. Assisting the aforementioned in the presentation are Ivan Miller, Leona Beutelle, Arthur Holman, May B. Hurst, Walter Bedell and Frank MacDonald Director of Productions Carroll Daly deserves considerable credit for the nished and faithful reproduction of My n, for he was untiring in his efforts for an excellent presentation. Saenger Players Dined New Orleans, La., Jan. 9.—In appre- ciation of the co-operation they are get- ting from their stock company at the St. Charles Theater, the managers of the Saenger Players tendered their entire company a New Year dinner at one of the leading hotels of the city. The entire company, as well as the house attaches, took part in the feast that included everything from soup to nuts. Among those present were Leon Grandjean, Mr. and Mrs. William Gueringer, Lee Sterrett, Mr. and Mrs, Walter P. Richardson, Miss Kay Ham- mond, Wilbur Dinkel, Dillon Deasy, Mr. and Mrs. Guy Forbes, Vincent Dennis, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Echezabal, Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Wilson, Martha’ Morton, Marion White, Elizabeth Ross, Tony Alloy, Mr. and Mrs. O. Wegner, Morris Hickey, Raymond Hughes, Miss Fern Houghland and Harry Oswald. The Saenger Amusement Company will present The Song and Dance Man, Mis- mates, Little Miss Bluebeard, The Fall of Eve. The St. Charles is the only stock house in the city and has played to an ever- increasing patronage during the current season. Elmer J. Walters Honored New York, Jan. 9.—The Uptown News, a local newspaper of the Bronx, published om Saturday last from a survey of its news reports of the past vear a list of 10 men and women 2s having personally exemplified during the year the finest spirit of public and humane and who deserve honorable their civic achievements According to The News, among the 10 was Elmer J. Walters, resident manager of the Seventh Avenue Players at Loew's Seventh Avenue Theater, from where his philanthrophy extended into many and varied channels and to unusual corners of the neighborhood The fine non- quality of his generosity was past service mention for sectarian manifested in the recent Christmas party which he gave to hundreds of orphans of every race, color and creed selected from the various institutions in this city Mr. Walters’ successful management of the Loew’s Seventh Avenue Theater and his attainments in civie affairs in the locality are a credit to the theatrical pro- fession generally and dramatic stock in particular, and what he has done in this city toward clevating dramatic stock and placing it on a profitable and pleasant standing as legitimate family entertain- ment can be done in other cities by other astute and discerning house man- agers who are on the alert and ever ready and willing to co-operate with the various societies and fraternal organiza- tions for mutual benefit. Gwynne New Leading Man Dallas, Tex., Jan. %.—Coates Gwynne is the new leading man with KF. H. Hul- ey’s Dallas Resident Players, making is initfal appearance in Captain Apple- ack at the Circle Theater week of December 28. Daddies, with Coats Gwynne and Edith Luckett in the leadigg roles, was the current week’s attraction. during the January 16, 1926 H. R. SEEMAN’S EMPRESS PLAYERS Omaha, Neb., Jan. 9.—As a Christmas week attraction H. R. Seeman, directing manager of the Greater Empress Player at the Empress Theater, presented Nearly Varried, a farce of matrimonial entangle- ments, with musical arrangements The company is now in its 13th week and is scheduled at this theater until late in June, with the management of the house holding an option for another season. The company at present Includes: Seeman, owner and directing James Spencer, stage H. R. manager; director; Chark Wilkinson, musical director; Fann Stephens and Verna Watson, ensemble directors; James Blaine, leading man Helen Huntington (Mrs. H. R. Seeman) leading woman; Tim Ryan, Paul Y; Bert Evans, Lloyd Connelly, Irene No) litt, Dot Davidson, Lola Radcliffe, the Empress Theater chorus, includ Julia Bell Thompson, Ruth Meek, Ve; Watson, Maybelle Mellon, Lorraine Syn Lenore McFarland, Hazel Grant, Mild: Wilson, Fann Stephens and Betty Smith Thus far the company has present Oh, You Wildcat; Nightie Night, Ca Ricks, The Hottentot, Getting Gert CG ter, Night in a Tourist Camp, Bows!) and Paid For, Her Temporary Husband Another Man’s Wife, Mary’s Ankle, ani Oh, Oh, Doctor. Quite a real old-fashioned Christ was had at the home of Mr. Seen who had a large Christmas tree for t! entire company, suitably decorated \y many valuable, costly and useful gifts 1 each and every member of the com; as well as the attaches of the h which were distributed by Mr. Blain: ’ full regalia of old Santa. Lloyd Connelly has returned to after a week's sojourn in Florid where he disposed of some of his real estate holdings at a handsome profi During the current week the company is presenting The Lingerie Shoppe. cast Stock for Gloucester Salem, Mass., Jan. 9.—Two local sh. Edward A. (“Bud”) Rafter and n, former manager of t! Salem Theater, organized a stock « , Gloucester, opening tonic! with The Best People at the old Union Hill Theater. Stock has had one disastrous ex) ence in Gloucester thie season, financial difficulties being encountered the night the other company opened. M ! Rafter and Maxon, however, have amp! backing, nd prespects are good for t company’s stay there indefinitely. Former players at the Empire T! here are in the cast of the Glouc company. Bob Fay, who makes his per manent home in Salem, but has p! 1 mostly in other cities, is the leadins and Mary Mead, a newcomer to tl North Shore, leading woman. Kennet Fleming, second business favorite in this city for three seas ns the Empire Owen Coll, the cha man, closed here in December with ti F. James Carroll Players when th ad after a four weeks’ seas this city Bird Bruce (Mrs. Kenn “leming j second woman; Ma Arnold,® ingenue; Edith Harcourt acters, and Frank Nelson, the ju. William Worswick, stage maneger at t! Empire in this city last season, wil! ( the productions The company will present six e\ nances weekly and three m —Tuesday, Thursday and Saturda) Stock evidently dead for this in this city, the F. James Carroll Pla cloring early in December after weeks of half-hearted business Con in as they did just before the Chri season, the company did not hay even chance to make a showing. D* ing over rental of the house at the of the season prevented the usual La! Day opening. Tommy Martelle a Hit In “Some Gir!’ New York, Jan. 9.—Under the direct- ing management of George M. Gatte, Tommy Martelle, female impersonator, is in his 11th consecutive week as stock tar in the presentation of Some Girl and during the current week played the Ly- ceum Theater. Paterson, N, During several weeks past Martell has been guest star at the Warburton Thea- ter, Yonkers, N. Y¥.; City Theater, Brock- ton, Mars.; Rialto Theater, Hoboken, N. J.: New tedford Theater, New Bed- ford, Mass. Ken. w Fulton Players Score Heavily Lancaster, Pa., Jan. 9.—The Fulton Players, under the directing management of A. B. Seott, are now firmly established at the Fulton Opera House. 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January 16, 1926 Comments stock and companies Brockton, their Malden success of Bedford, . a has evidently inspired Messrs c and Hayden to bran h out further Ni tiations are now under way which, if con pleted, will necessitate the organ- iz nex of a fourth company for stock presentation in Duluth, Minn., for next summer Miss Bluebird . littl The Goldfish and e Demy for Henry have been secured by duction at Pe President Theater, Si cattle , Wash. Michael Corper, managing director of the Majestic Theater, Los Angeles, Calif., tired The Crooked Friday for pro- 18 St duction at an early date. ¢7.000-in 25 Hours, the comedy which ran for four months in New York and for 15 weeks in Boston, has been recently stock. released for The Unseen Way, recently presented at the Calumet Theater, Chicago, playe -d to sufficient business to warrant Fred Weber booking it for his Warrington Theater, Oak Park, for the current week. The Mi 1lcolm Fassett Players will open their fifth season of dramatic stock pres ntations in Louisville, Ky., opening \pril 4 at the New Brown The: ater. Kathleen Comegys, who formerly ap- ed with the Malcolm Fassett Players, returned to Louisville, Ky.. on Decem- ber 28 with the W. H. Wright Players, t the Strand Theater, in the presentation of Just ppose. Albert and Rent Amsdell, children of William I nsdell, stage manager of the _a = Players, Detroit, and Mrs. Amsdell, known professionally as Martha Car, and themselves juvenile ac- tors. who have been appearing with the Woodward Players, posed for the Christ- mas posters of the Buick Motor Company. Ruth Hall. former leading woman of the Permanent Players, Regina, Sask., Can.. is now playing the Tondelyeo role in the Eastern company of White Cargo, en tour the South. During the past week Mae Desmond and Her Players presented The Haunted House at the Desmond Theater, Philadel- phia The different members of the Morgan Wallace Players, even in the midst of all their work at the Princess Theater, were well represented at the different social functions during the holidays in and about Des Moines. They were guests at dinner parties and many of the midnight celebra- tions. The Bridal Suite, a recent release, will be produced by Bayonne, N. the Saenger Manager Latendorf at J.. and Walter Baldwin for Players, St. Charles Theater, New Orleanss, La. Managing Director George Ebey. of the Fulton Playhouse, Oakland, Calif... is making preparations for the erection of a new theater in that city for a dramatio stock policy. Three Live Ghosts will be presented by Paul Hansell at the Academy Theater, Northampton, Mass. Arms and the Man, the famous comedy by George Bernard Shaw, now in its sixth Lo at the Garrick Theater in New York, will be released for produc- tion by stock companies at once. The ‘ Slipper, another Theater Guild suc- cess, by Fere ne Molnar, author of Liliom, rhe Devil and The Swan, is aleo avail- able for stock. The Times Square Players, under the directing management of C. O. Sac their season of dramatic sto¢k presentations at the Academy of Music, Fall River, Mass... January 9 with Fair ul Warmer. The Bainbridge Players are now in their 15th consecutive season at the Shu- bert Theater, Minneapolis, Minn., with © exe eption of 1917-1918, when A. G Bainbridge, Jr., directing manager of the npany, Was in the army. During the urrent week the company is presenting Chicken Feed, with My Son underlined or next week and Quarantine scheduled t week following. The Shame Woman _ s He Up have been secured for early production, Garry McGarry Convalescent Leases Majestic Theater for Fourth Season Buffalo, N. Y¥., Jan. 9—Garry Mc- Garry, well-known directing manager of the MeGarry Players, is gradually re- eolning his health, after a long siege of \liness that for @ long time was more than ordinarily serlous. Mr. MeGarry has completed negotia- t for the forthcoming appearance of h _ players at the Majestic Theater, — ne his fourth consecutive season in this city, ' Dantel Frawley, director of pro- I ‘ions, who was responsible for much the spendid stagecraft produc ed last ‘son, is in the city at present con- ferring with Mr. McGarry regarding his Pians and the gelection of plays and players, The Billboard STOCK MANAGERS!!! When in need of a Scenic Artist for Stock call Bryant 6858, or write 161 West 44th Street, New York City. UNITED SCENIC ARTISTS Cloninger Players Salt Lake City, Utah, Jan. 9.—Christ- mas week wap fittingly observed by the Ralph Cloninger Stock Company at the Wilkes Theater by the presentation of The Holy City. In point of elaborate staging and costuming, this production stands out as one of Cloninger’s best, as no expense was spared The play followed closely the story of Christ and his mission, and, with novel stage effects, including the ascension, on the is largely which left everlasting impression patrons, as the population here inclined Mr. religiously Cloninger played Marius; Mary Newton, Salome, her dance being one of the features. Bad luck played into the hands of Victor Jory, who took the part of John the Baptist, and sickness Overcame him after a night's acting. Joseph Leggitt, a former member of the company of several seasons past, jumped into the part with- out a rehearsal and played the dual rok of John the Baptist and Judas. The Goose Hanos High, the current week's attraction, also had a mishap, as Mr. Jory, only appearing in the first night’s performance, was called to take the lead with the Cloninger Com- pany on the road, and Harry Allen, a University of Utah boy, substituted for him in The Goose Hangs High. Huntley Barry, leading man of the Cloninger traveling stock company, playing 12 Utah towns, was stricken ill and taken to the hospital. A Christmas Eve party was held on the stage at the Wilkes Theater, with Mr. Cfinger playing Santa Claus to his company A lighted Christmas tree held the center of the stage and the company like happy school children exchanged gifts. The actors were also guests at several local house parties. Vaughan Glaser Players Toronto, Can., Jan. 7.—Babes in Toy- land, the holiday pantomime attraction of the Vaughan Glaser Players, ran for three consecutive weeks to capacity busi- ness at the Uptown Theater. Basil Loughrane, a former member of the company, who joined the original company of Kosher Kitty Kelly when it opened early last June at the Times Square Theater, New York, has rejoined the “company and opens Monday in Charley's Aunt The members of the company recently presented Mr, Glaser with an electric reading lamp and library table as a token of their esteem for his use in the new home which he recently on Russell Hill road, in the hill district of this city. Mr. Glaser left this city on New Year's Eve for Atlantic City, N. J.. where his sister, Mrs. Fay Baugh, of Cleveland, O., lies seriously ill at the St. Charles Hotel, purchased fashionable where she has been for the past four months. Another sister, Mrs. J. V. Mer- riam, has been in constant attendance at her bedside since her illness. Hamilton, Can., Jan. 9.—The Vaughan Glaser Players. under the management of Maxwell Morrison, closed a 14-week en- gagement at the Capitol Theater last Saturday with the final performance ¢’* the English pantomime. Mother Goese in which William Naughton and Corrinne Farrell played the leads. Miss Farrell has returned to Vaughan Glaser Players in Toronto. Henry Duffy Players the San Francisco, Jan. 9.—The local Bulletin of December 29 ran a one- column review and a one-quarter page photo of one of the telling scenes in Thank-U, the Christmas holiday attrac- tion at the President Theater, presented by the Henry Duffy Players. The presentation, staged and directed by Edwin H. Curtis, included in the cast May Nannary, Olive Cooper, John D. O'Hara, Francis Fraunie, Helen Gilmore, Harrtet MacGibbon, Robert Reid, Leneta Lane, Kenneth Daigneau, William Abram, Karl Lee, George Webster, Frank Darien, Charles Edler and John Mac- kenzie. Burton-Garrett Players Racine, Wis., Jan. 9.—The Burton-Gar- rett Players, under the management of Robert Burton, are now in the 13th week of their second season at the Or- pheum Theater and during New Year's week presented a revival of §5 Minutes From Broadway, company with a local cliorus, Tho Monster is holding the boards dur- ing the current week and playing to good business at each performance. augmenting the regular, The Century Players Chester, Pa, Jan. 9.—The Century ay rs, under the directing management of John M,. Carson, are now firmly estab- ished at the Washburn Theater. Dur- com the current week they are presenting The Old Homestead with a cast includ- ing Sue Higgins, Virginia Richmond, Maurice Penfold, Aileen Booth, Lester Howard, W. Francis Clark, W. Clifford, Leonard Lord, Claire Maslin, Al Hyatt, Mr. Wolford, Claude Mr. Penfold, L. Jump, Louis Wolford, James MacIntyre, John Traub, Frank Schofield. Louis Wolford is stage man- ager, Dallas Packard, scenic artist, and Claude Miller, director of productions. Since its opening several weeks ago the company has presented The Cat and Miller, Jack Bently, the Canary, Cheating Husbands. Turn tu the Right, The Girl From Childs and during the coming week will present /t’s a Boy. The Haunted House and The Famiy Upstairs are scheduled for early production at the Washburn. A London Letter Treating of the Legitimate By “COCKAIGNE” The Gate Theater Salon ONDON, Dec. 23.—Molly Veness and Peter Godfrey, two young players, are prime movers of an original theatrical venture. Premises have been acquired in an old warehouse, 28 Floral street, Covent Garden, in the middle of the market and storehouse quarter in the heart of London and there they have established a small experimental theater to which they hope to attract all sorts of people interested in the technique of the stage. Subscriptions entitle members not only to visit performances but to participate in the work of the salon. Four productions have already been given, the current one consisting of a triple bill, Schnitzlier’s The Wedding Morning; De Musset’s A Door Must Either Be Open or Shut, and a medieval mystery play from the “Coventry Cycle” The artists appearing are all profes- sionals and are mostly young West End players who hope to establish their move- ment along the lines of _ successful pioneers in America, such as_ the Provincetown Players. George Dandin is to be the next offering of the Gate Theater Salon. Garden Plans Opera looms large in press and public discussion at the moment, for there is lively criticism and support of the scheme for a national opera trust, of which I have given particulars from time to time and which Lord Londonderry is backing so wholeheartedly. Those who are committed to the furtherance of British opera and par- ticularly to aiding the British National Opera Company are sharply criticizing the international seasons and the policy of those who direct them, the Covent Garden Syndicate. As a matter of fact it must be remembered that the inter- national seasons are to a great extent privately financed and so long as patrons like spending money in this way the generai public has little reason to com- plain. The London Opera Syndicate has re- cently issued a preliminary prospectus of a projected eight-week season for May and June next. There will be no matinees or Saturday performances as this system was found to work satisfactorily last vear. This of course means that thou- sands of operagoers who can only get to Covent Garden on Saturdays will be absolutely debarred from enjoying any performances and it shows very clearly that the international season is run by the rich for the rich and that the great bulk of operagoers (who also contribute by no means inconsiderably to the revenue) are only permitted to par- ticipate on sufferance. Bruno Walter will again conduct sev- eral of the operas and a conspicuously notable engagement is that of Chaliapin, who is tg appear in several roles. It is also said Dame Nellie Melba will make her farewell performance on the operatic stage during this season. The whole of The Ring is to be performed and also Wagner's Meistersinger, and _ Tristan. Altho Strauss’ operas, especially Der Rosenkavalier, proved so successful last year it has not yet been decided to re- vive any of the <Austrian maestro’s Works, Figaro, Don Giovanni, Il Seraglio, Otello, Falstaff, Mefistofele, La Boheme, Rigoletto and The Barber of Seville are mong the more popular operas listed d there is to be a revival of L’Heure Covent 29 Espagnole, and Gianni The Jewels of the Madonna Schicchi. Christmas Changes The whole atmosphere of Christmas amusement has undergone a complete change during the past few years. The old family parties with the simple Christ- mas cheer, family games and dancing which used to be the typical yuletide relaxation, have given place to readv- made fare in some big hotel with LZ% bands rapping out syncopation in place of old sentimental waltzes, Sir Roger de Coverleys and so forth. Instead of seek- ing the familiar we seek the novel. Pleasure among friends at home gives place to excitement outside among strangers. Yet something of the Christ- mas spirit still prevails. In the theater an equally definite change is to be noted. A few years ago most of the London theaters staged pantomime at Christmas time, merry shows of which the plot and main in- cidents were quite familiar to everybody who went to see them. They vied with one another in the extravagance and theatricality of ‘their “transformation scenes”, in the drollery of their dames, their murderers, their wicked uncles and so forth, or in the superb nonchalance of their principal boys and the scarcely less nonchalant beauty and _ stateliness of their principal girls. Sinbad the Sator, Jack and the Bean- talk, Blue Beard, Puss in Boots, Cinderella and above a don legend Dick Aladdin, Il the popular Lon- Whittington, these were the subjects of innumerable pantomimes and were as inseparable from Christmas time as the very plum puddings, Christ- mas ecards and waits themselves. A unique feature of the pantomime of other days was the harlequinade which formed an essential part of this once popular entertainment. The sfars of the harlequinade enjoyed a fame of their own and their respective excellences formed the subject of countless heated arguments. When the variety artist became para- mount in pantomime this entertainment began to lose its essential character and gradually we have seen pantomime, stripped of its old glories of theatricality and simplicity as one or two star per- formers supported by steadily weaken- ing and less competent colleagues, less highly skilled dancers, less capable sing- ers, decline in public favor. The books of the old pantomimes were very sound pieces of craftsmanship, quaint and witty, written by men who knew their job and, equally important, knew its traditions. The modern pantomime book seems to be a witless joining up of in- congruoug song material (most of it already thoroly hackneyed by music hall, wireless, gramophone and even barrel- organ transmission) and the patter of the leading comedian. The stranglehold of the variety artiste killed the old type of pantomime and the w aning popularity of vaudeville in this country has caused the decline of the later type of Christ- mas entertainment. Thus this year only two pantomimes are being given in Lon- don and thruout the country this once almost universal Christmas entertain- ment is practically on its last legs. -I wonder what would happen if some enterprising showman set to work to give us a pantomime in the tradition of and as relevant to our times as the shows of 25 years ago. I would back him to make a golden yuletide harvest out of it. Brevities A cast consisting entirely of children of famous actors and actresses is to per- form at a special performance of The Admirable Crichton January 12 at the Savoy. J. B. Fagan will produce and his daughter, Gemma, is in the cast, as is Zena Dare’s girl, Marie Louise Brett Marie Loehr, Mary Jerrold and Mary Clare’s daughter, two of Sybil Thorn- dike’s children, a daughter of Athene Seyler and Gladys Cooper's son are in- cluded. Ivanoff, recently presented by the Stage Society, is to be revived for a run at the Barnes Theater under the prising management of Philip Ride way Ridgeway’s other production, Thomas (Continued on page 95) AT LIBERTY Jack C. Connolly enter A-1 Character Actor rector sentials. Forty weeks Puul Engli aye Equi res Address 825 Tyler St., can Kan. Stock preferred. Theatre Wanted Will lease house suitable for dramatic stock in live town. Send full particulars and photo with terms. Mention all in first letter. Address F. LANGDON MORGAN, Bill- board, 35 S. 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ss The Billboard = Musical Comedy, By DON CARLE GILLETTE (Communications to 1560 Broadway, New York, N. Y.) PRIMA DONNAS” TO ALTERNATE Desiree Ellinger May Play Lead- ing Role in “Song of the Flame’? Every Other Per- formance To Relieve Tessa Kosta’s Voice ed New York, Jan. 9.—Desiree Ellinger, prima donna in Rose-Marie, at the Im- perial Theater, may alternate with Tessa Kosta in the leading role of Arthur Hammerstein’s latest operetta, Song of the Flame, and be cofeatured in the bili- ing in the lights on the 44th Street The- ater. The proposition has been sub- mitted to her by Hammerstein, according to a report from reliable sources, and she is to decide within the next few days. Miss Ellinger attended a performance of Song of the Flame last Thursday night, her role at the Imperial having been turned over to Madeleine Massey, who has headed the Chicago and Boston com- panies and has appeared in the title part in New York several times before. Hammerstein proposes that Tessa Kosta and Desiree Ellinger shall appear at the 44th Street Theater at alternate performances, it is stated. The impresario feels that the burden of the difficult sing- ing role should be divided up between two prima donnas, as the numbers re- quired by the heavy score are considered to be exceedingly taxing on the voice. He wishes to avoid, if possible, a repeti- tion of the case of Mary Ellis, who was forced to retire from the leading role in ?0se-Marie last summer by the order of her physician on the ground that her voice was being seriously injured and dangerously impaired by the strain of continuous performance and difficult singing score. 4 The unusual offering of two prima donnas, featured on a par, appearing in alternate performances in the same role and thus affording close comparison, will undoubtedly bring up some _ interesting discussions. Just how Tessa Kosta feels about sharing her work and her honors with another singer could not be learned at this writing. As Hammerstein’s idea has come up since the opening of the show it is probable that Miss Kosta’s contract will have to be readjusted to cover the new arrangement, and it is predicted by various parties close to the situation that numerous difficulties will therein arise. Another reason for Hammerstein’s unique move is given in the fact that Rose-Marie is scheduled to end its run in New York next Saturday night and the company is booked to tour the subway eireu and then go on the road. Miss objecting strongly for several weeks to leaving Broadway, and her contract is said to call for her pres- entation in New York. Moreover, in Miss Ma ¥, Hammerstein now has a pa prima donna under a Jong-term contract. Frank Crumit Ill Baltimore, obliged to Jan. 9.—Frank Crumit was irop out of the cast of No, No, ( at Ford's Theater, New Year’s Day wl he was taken suddenly ill in the I f the matinee performance. red Manett jumped into Crumit’s role na wen carrying the duties along nors Only the names of Julia Donald Brian and Ona Mun- been featured in the billing this is rapidly getting well and Is expected to be in perfect shape again very shortly. Bernice Mershon Signed For “Cherry Blossoms” New York, St seen Jan. %.—Bernice on Broadway as Lady ld Mershon, Blanche la at the Shubert Theater, engaged by Dowling & Anhalt lef comedienne for their forth- n P CER ha } n eoming operetta, Cherry Blossoms. Miss Mers x well known in the municipal opera field and in vaudeville, as well as on the mate musical ec as a popular medy stage, singing comedienne Edgar MacGregor Will Stage “Sweet William” New York, Jan. §9—Edgar MacGregor has been engaged by Joseph E. Shea and L. H. Bradshaw to stage their forth- coming musical play, Sweet William, by B. C. Hilliam. JOSEPHINE DUVAL One of the clever principals in “May Flowers”, with Joseph Santley and Ivy Sawyer, at the Forrest Theater, New York. Miss Duval plays the part of a Gypsy violinist in accompaniment to the excellent singing of William O'Neal, and she also helps the show along in ot’er respects by her dancing and singing. “Charlot Revue” Revised New York, Jan. 9.—Arch Selwyn an- nounces that beginning next Monday eve- ning he will present a revised edition of the Charlot Revue of 1926, now running at the Selwyn Theater. Beatrice Lillie, Gertrude Lawrence and Jack Buchanan will continue as stars, and in addition to several new songs, skits and dance num- bers, many of the best specialties from the last 10 editions of the Charlot Revue will be shown. Included in the new offerings to be unfolded Monday night are a new num- ber called Early Morning, by Noel Coward; There Are Times, with Jack Buchanan, Gertrude Lawrence, Douglas Furber, Velma Deane and George Pughe; Rough Stuff, a humorous novelty, with Beatrice Lillie and George Pughe; Peace and Quiet, with Jack Buchanan, Betty Stockfield, Douglas Furber, Effie Ather- ton and George Pughe, and a new song spec‘alty by Gertrude Lawrence. Hugh Sinclair. one of the members of the Charlot Revue troupe, was taken suddenly ill at the Wednesday night per- formance and was obliged to drop out of the show for the rest of the evening. George Pughe took Sinclair’s place in the emergency. Eaton’s Role in ‘Kid Boots” Chicago, Jan. 7.—Louise Brown, a Chi- cago girl, last night took over Mary Eaton’s role in Kid Boots at the Woods. Miss Brown was last seen here at the Garrick in Sally, Irene and Mary, where she performed with distinction. Miss Eaton's iliness persists and she has been fighting pneumonia for several days. No announcement has been made from the Woods as to whether Miss Eaton expects to return to Kid Boots when she recov- ers. It is believed she will do so. Robert Emmett Keane Opposite Hope Hampton New York. Jan. 9.—Robert Emmett Keane is to play the leading male role opposite Hope Hampton when William A grady and Jules Brulatour present the star in The Love Boat, the operetta adapted from the Hungarian by Edgar Allan Woolf and Neville Fleeson with a score by Baschy from the pianoforte of Armand Vecsi The production is still ery far in the offing, however. Frazee Back From Bermuda New York, Jan. 9—H. H. Frazee, p ducer of No, No, Nanette, returned t week from a two weeks’ vacation sermuda with Mrs. Frazee and FE. &, Barrow, secretary ball team. of the Yankee base Ierendeen been added to th» cast. RAQUEL MELLER COMING New York, Jan. 9.—Raque! Meller, the Spanish music hall and motion picture Star, is to sail for New York on the Leviathan January 19, according to dis- patches from abroad. Negotiations for her American appearance have been in progress for more than two vears and among the managers who have claimed to hold a contract for her services are Charles B. Cochran, Arch Selwyn, Florenz Ziegfeld and E. Ray Goetz. After having had dealings with the first taree gentle- men Mlle. Meller last summer signed a contract for A six months’ engagement over here under the management of Goetz and her bond for 1,000,000 francs was deposited in a Paris bank as a guar- antee that she would really come over this time. Goetz is booked to sail for Europe today on the Leviathan to com- plete final arrangements for the Ameri- can appearance of the Spanish star. American Artists To Play In London “Student Prince”’ New York, Jan. 9.—Ten American are tists. all former members of various com- panies of The Student Prince, have al- ready been lined up by the Shuberts to appear in the London production of this operetta, which will be presented at His Majesty’s Theater the latter part of this month. Eight of the principals, Herbert Waterous, Violet Carlson, Raymond Mar- lowe, O. A. Olson, Paul Kleeman, *Flor- ence Morrison, Lucyenne Herval and John Coast, are sailing today orf the Leviathan, while Ilse Marvenga and Allan Prior, who are to sing the two principal roles, leave a week later. Oscar Bradley, who has been conduct- ing the orchestra at the Winter Garden, also is on his way to London to train the chorus for the English production of The Student Prince. The foreign presentation of the oper- etta comes as a fitting climax to its eventful career. Special companies are now presenting the piece in Chicago, Boston, Pittsburgh, Los Angeles, Cleve- land, Kansas City, thru the South and thru the Middle West. The Broadway company, headed by Hrward Marsh, will continue at the Am,assador Theater, where it is grossing more money than the box office of that house has ever be- fore taken in. Hazel Gandreau’s Dancing Makes Hit in “Rose-Marie”’ Baltimore, Jan. 9. — The dancing of Hazel Gandreau proved the _ principal feature of the Rose-Marie Company that played at the Academy of Music this week. This is the second troupe of this Arthur Hammerstein operetta to visit Baltimore, and the large amount of busi- ness that it attracted fully justified the second call. Dorothy Seegar sings the title role in this popular company and she has re- ceived some fine notices on her work. Others who have come in for special mention are Harry Koler, as Hard-Boiled Herman; Charles Meakins, as Sergeant Malone; Bessie Gross, as Lady Jane, and George Anderson, as the villain. Laura Lee in “Vanities” New York. Jan. 9.—Laura Lee, who re- cently closed an engagement on the Keith-Albee Vaudeville Circuit. has been added to the already large cast of the new edition of the Earl Carroll Vanities at the Carroll Theater Miss Lee assists Frank Tinney in several comedy sketches and also leads in the song numbers not already pre-empted by Madelyn Killeen. Hammerstein Buys Building New York, Jan. 9—Arthur Hammer- stein, theatrical producer, has bought, thru J. P. and L. A. Kissling from the estate of Jacob Mattern, 215-219 West 53d street, a six-story building. The property will be altered and turned into a rehearsal hall and general offices for the various organizations controlled by the producer. The property wag held at $350,000. Cliff Edwards Featured In “Palm Beach Nights” New “York, Jan. 9.—Cliff Edwards Ukulele Ike) has been engaged as a ature for Florenz Ziegfeld’s Pa'm Beach ights, which is to open at the Florida resort January 14 Bobby Storey, Helen and Sonia Ivanoff have also January 16, 1926 Ned Wayburn Very Busy With Many Productions New York, exceedingly Jan busy *.—Ned Wayburn i these days with th: many presentations he is staging. Wit! Fiorenz Ziegfeld, he left today for Pat Beach, Fla., to attend to the final de- tails in arrangement for the premier: there January 14 of Ziegfeld’s new show. Pa’m Beach Nights. They were accom panied by Ziegfeld’s wife and star, Billi Burke, who is to vacation at the resort for a few weeks, Wayburn, who staged the revue, was corgpelled to take the time from the rou- tines of his own productions, The Maide, Voyage, formerly Honeymoon Cruise which opens in Philadelphia next Mon day for a three weeks’ engagement prior to a showing on Broadway, and Fez. a second musical comedy which he now has in preliminary rehearsals. The fa- mous director will return to New York in time for the Broadway opening of Th, Maiden Voyage, the leading role in which, incidentally, has been taken over by John Price Jones, who has replaced Francis X. Donegan. In addition to the Ziegfeld show and his own two productions, Wayburn has been busy staging the entertainment fo: the farthcoming Red and Gold Ball of the New York Junior League which is to be held at the Hotel Astor next Fri day night. Among the professionals to appear are Moss and Fontana, Beatric Lillie, Gertrude Lawrence, Jack Buchan- an, Marilyn Miller and Jack Donahu: Wayburn has trained a large group of the Junior League girls for the midnight show which has been written for the oc- casion by Werner Janssen, composer of the Ziegfeld Follies and other musica! productions. Wayburn sti!l has ahead of him the staging of productions for Junior League, of Atlanta, Ga.; the Chatterbox Revue, of Rochester, N. Y., and the an- nual offering of the Cornell University Masque, al] of which are to be presented within the next few weeks. Series of Foreign Revues Planned for Century Roof New York, Jan. 9.—A series of revues based on the customs of various Euro pean capitals is planned by the Shuberts for the Century Roof, now known as the Casino de Paris, where A Night in Paris is now playing. The next two numbers of the series have already been decided upon and they will be A Night in Madrid and A Night in Budapest. The popularity for this intimate typ of entertainment evidenced by the gener- ous attendance at the first several per- ormances this week has influenced the Shuberts to extend the idea. For A Night in Madrid and A Night in Budapest th: producers will enlist Spanish and Hun- garian talent respectively, both in the creative and performing contingents. Tl method, however, employed in A Nii! in Paris of interspersing the foreign ar- tists with American writer and perform- ers will be adhered to. Harold Atteridge will furnish much of the dialog, while the greater part of the score will again be intrusted to J. Fred Coots and Maurie Rubens. Shirley Sherman To Play Lead in “Rainbow Rose’ New York, Jan. %.—Shirley Sherman last seen on Broadway in the prima donna role in The Florida Girl, started rehearsals yesterday for the leading rol in George Macfarlane’s musical comeds production, Rainbow Rose, which is now playing in New Haven. Miss Sherman engaged thru the office of Murray Phi! lips, is to replace Lucille Sears, who wil! be retired from the cast. Other change* in the company are expected next week The Macfarlane show will play Hart ford and Springfield next week, the Apollo Theater in At'antic City the week of January 18, and Werba’s Brooklyn th week of January 25, coming into New York about the first of February Engagements New York, Jan. 9.—Irene Hamblin. specialty dancer, has been engaged bY John Cort, thru the office of Rycrott Perrin, and has been added to the cast of Suzanne, which ts now in rehearsal Marion Lynn, Charlotte McAvoy and Gloria Walton, engaged thru the office of Rycroft-Perrin, have been sent to Balt! more to join Arthur Hammerstein's Ros¢ Marie company, which is holding forth in that city. Changes in Casts New York, Jan. 9.—Herbert Waterou: has rep'aced Carl Formes in the cast of The Student Prince at the Ambassador Theater Richard Bold and Ceorge LeMaire hav: retired from the cast of Gay Paree at the Shubert Theater and Edward Molitor: has been added to the company. En ek tl on km > ‘ei GN, « se sania Se ee ) i | eee) Po ee r H of a | Se / i 7 . H : i é os In ae . FT hd : |} SES Cogg" re ' 4 , 0 See 1 4 | ise te i . : | . pes fl is &e : Pee ee a 4 4 j . : . . ai . : 4 = | A — | Po { ; H . Wo hy Glee i ‘4 ; hy Re a z “Se. — . d B ; Pe .¥ ae — : F ee eee a ir BP Pe ‘ is — da t) o nm K ti ; V Be ; ; fa : in — g) D ee | Pe —_ . Ps : a Po pe T es te . ‘ At b Pe Ez Fe i Pe th : — of ” Ft : ee L ; ee hs Po ta Bo pe —— K - a : bu ; lay th 7 - . = a R :
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January 16, 1926 Rosener To Sponsor New Little Theater New York, Jan. 9.—George Rosener, charat ete + actor, now appearing tn Artists and odels at the Winter Garden, will ¥ ta speakeasy on tah Be 4th street, earmerty known as the Nile Club, but iocked early this season by Attorney Buckner, into an intimate little theater. He has rented the premises and has en- gaged John Sloane, the well-known etcher nd painter and president of the Society of Independent Artists, to design and decorate the building, which is already in state of alteration for the new play- houst So-called “practical plays”, with «4 leaning toward thrillers and mystery ' are announced as a policy for »roductions in the house. Rosener in- ' te direct the offerings himself and he will try out several pieces from his wn pen Sloane will be retained after t nianvhouse has been completed to de- sien the settings and costumes for all presentations The little theater, which ic as vet unnamed, will be ready within a month, it is said. Roxener has been appearing in the editions of Artists and Mode!s for var the past three seasons. He is, in addition to being an actor, an author and an editor He is on the staff of the Street & Smith publications and has_ published 1agazine of his own titled Pan. ALBERTINA RASCH BALLET TO INVADE EUROPE IN MAY an New York. Jan. 9. — Leo de Valery, general anager for Albertina tasch, sailed this week on the De Grasse to mak final arrangements for the Paris earance of the Rasch “American et According to present plans, the dancer and 40 of her girls will leave early in May, and after playing 10 weeks n the French capital the troupe will visit Berlin. Vienna. Budapest. Londen and other rtant cities on the other side. America rz and dancing has become very popular in England and on the Continent in the last few years, and nee her trip abroad last summer Miss Rasch has been formulating plans for introducing the American ballet over ther is well (litho several European managers have made offers to Miss Rasch for the han- dling of her company on the other side, the dan has decided to let her own organ zation look after all bookings. She now has several feature acts touring the Keith-Albee Vaudeville Circuit, in addi- tion to a production unit with George White's . Scandals, Albany Likes “Hello, Lola” Hello, Lola, was well received by press and public at Albany, N. ¥., last week when it played the Capitol Theater. The fa that it glorifies youth and cleann« ss, in contrast to the present run of revues Borifying nudity and vulgar ty. was em- phasized by the critics. The work of Richard Keene in the role of Willie Bax- ter w was nmended, while that of Edythe = in the Lola Pratt part was con- Sdered too “Winter Gardenish”, -altho M s Baker scored in her piano specialty. vay ©. Fl ppen's comedy and songs, Shush K sand Take ’Em to the Door Biues, “re accla med. Wynne Richmond and M rie White came in for their Share ‘ endation Baby-Talk Lady seem 1 to be the outstand ng number of | B. Kernell’s tuneful tho not exe score, Ted Shawn Writes Book On the American Ballet New York, Jan. 9.—Ted Shawn. who i r some months has been touring Japan with Ruth St. Denis and the Denishawn ~ rs, has written a book entitled The : me n an Ballet, dealing with the art of fet dancing in this country, which will > = ed in February by Henry Holt & uny It is an interesting and tative work, with an introduction by H ck Ellis. 81 wn writes his publisher from Japan ; people over there have been very - I 1d cordial to him Excerpts from of Tokyo nost enthusiastic In and other cities are praising the work of the Denishawn company. Louise Brown in “Kid Boots” “Sew York, Jan. 9.—Louise Brown, who ~ d for several seasons with Eddie , ling in Sally, Irene and Mary, and ~ appeared for a short time In Cap- inks at the Martin Beck Theater, _. been sent to Chicago by Florenz — eld to take over the le ading feminine Aes formerly played by Mary Eaton in fs at the Woods Theater Miss : ' was obliged to drop out of the a reeently owing to an attack of oe ne She ts still in the hospital, reported to be recovering rapidly. Jovee LeMan ts to replace Owen How- “in Sweetheart Time, now playing at Majestic Theater, Boston. lay the The Billboard Number of consecutive performances up to and including Saturday, January 9. IN NEW YORK PLAY. onenine NO. og -Ariis'e and Models........ PR Mr Oe We vecdncesccocce eh, Cuptain Jinks..........0. Sep Chariot Revue...cccccccce: Nov. Cocoanuts, The........0.-- Dec bearesi Enemy ....... . Sep ¢may DParee eaeed Aug. _reenwich Village Follles..Dece covce a May Flowers ........... . Nov Si cesn ie Merry Merry......... Rep , rw. Wight im Paria ...........J3an. Daasva 7 No, Ne, Nannette....cc: Sep 16 137 Princess Flavia ......... Nov , 8H Meee-BMarte” ...dccccce Sep .» 673 Song of the Flame.. opee. 3... if eut rince, The.. aduee Dew 2 16S DE cschbweekdcadaans tn Si 131 ance senensdeuése .. De 28 Bh Vagabond King, The.. . 8p 4 | 129 roan Earl Carroil..... Dee us , 16 IN CHICAGO Al Jolson ....... weuséses Bee. Di.ces BH Castles in the Afr.........Nov 22 63 Edd e Cantor ........ 2. 135 £ wdent Prince, oe il4 Ziegfeld Follies 2 . 27 : See | Musical Comedy Notes The cast of The presented Russell Janney, the piece, with uM Vagabond King has producer of Louise Fr returned to the cast of Princess F.cvia, at U Century Thea- ter, New York, after short absence due to an attack of influenza. who is cofeatured with Vay Flowers, at the For- rest Theater, New York, will be the Collie for the Lambs Gambo] on the eve- ning of Sunday, January 17. Joseph Santley, Ivy Sawyer in Velma Deane, member of the chorus in the current Charlot’s Revue, at the Sel- wyn Theater, New York, is the bride of Eddie Dolly, and thus a sister-in-law of the famous Dolly Sisters. Carl Randall, late of the Music Bor Revue, and Jackie Hurlbert, who has also appeared in the Music Bor and in Hassard Short’s Ritz Revue, have been engaged by Charlie Journal to dance at the Club Montmartre. After dinner at the Copley Plaza on the nicht of his inauguration, Mayor Malcolm E. Nichols, of Boston, and a party of 30 friends attended the perform- ance of The Student Prince at the Shu- bert Theater. A. Dorian Otvos, who collaborated with Tom Howard in writing the very humorous sketch called The Spy, being presented in the Greenwich Village Fol- lies, at the 46th Street Theater, New York, is the pianist with this revue. Betty St arbuck. brother and sister, late of the Garrick Gaieties, have been engaged to dance at dinner time and after the theater in the grillroom on the main floor of the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York, beginning January 16. Larry and Murray Queen, stage manager of Dear- est Enemy, at the Knickerbocker Thea- ter, New York, is writing a book on stage etiquette. He is also conducting a danc- ine school from 11 until 1 every morn- ing. Siemund Rombere returned to New York last Tuesday from Montreal, wh he has been working on the score of his new opera. based on the life of Barbara Frietchlie. which the Shuberts are soon to produce. Earl Carroll reports that his latest “night club” Vanities took in receipts of $37.600 the opening week at the Earl Carrol] Theater, New York The record for this apart is £40,000, which was at- tained a y aro bv renson of extra matinees ina Q- * prices Guy Pobertson'’s role in the new Are thur Hammerstein operetta. Song of the Fiame, at the 44 Street Theater, New York, is being ex) led to give this tal- ented young leading man more oppor- tunities to employ his ability Wynne Richmond joined Hello. Lola, at Albany. N. Y last week, jumping into one of the principal roles on short notice and scoring nicely. Miss Rich- mond’s last encacement was as one of the featured principals in The Dream Girl, Yvonne Bacon. a chorus girl in Artists ond Models, at the Winter Garden, New York, has been chosen by Gertrude Hoff- mann to become a member of the Hoff- mann troupe in this revue. Miss Bacon replaces Catherine Gallimore, who is now a principal in A Night t Paris Inci- dentally, Miss Bacon recently won the scholarship offered by Albertine Rasch, the well-known dancing instructor, and is now studying with her. William K. Wells has contributed a new comedy sketch called Suicide to the program of the new Greenwich Village Follies at the 46th Street Theater, New York. Florence Moore, Tom Howard, Renie Riano and Frank McIntyre play the various parts in the playlet and it is giving considerable amusement. Nina Olivette, one of the popular prin- cipals of Captain Jinks, at the Martin Beck Theater, New York, received a wel- come visit last week from her father, an official of the General Motors Corpora- tion, who made a trip to the big city on business connected with the Auto- mobile Show. Max Metz, a celebrated European vi- olinist, and formerly concert master of the Winter Garden Orchestra in New York, has been appointed conductor for Artists and Modeis, the Shubert revue now running at the Winter Garden. Metz replaces Oscar Bradley, who has left for London to train the chorus for the Eng- lish production of The Student Prince. Florence Goldenburg, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Smith Goldenburg, of Cincinnati, made her debut with the Greenwich Village Follies at the Shubert Theater there last Thursday and left with the company Saturday night. Golden- burg is dramatic editor of The Cincinnati Enquirer, while Mrs. Goldenburg is a teacher of dramatic arts. Alexander U. Fine, director of the Rus- sian Art Choir in Arthur Hammerstein’s Song of the Flame, now playing at the 44th Street Theater, New York, will sail for Russia next week, commissioned by the producer to assemble a similar choir. Should he succeed, Hammerstein will or- ganize a second Seng of the Flame com- pany. Joe Cook, Frank Tinney, Julius Tan- nen, Dorothy Knapp. M. de Jari, Harold Yates, Wallace McCutcheon, Laura Lee, Madelyn Killeen, Van Lowe, Charles Sen- na, Isabel Dawn and Earl Carroll him- se'f took part in a big musical show program broadcast last Thursday at mid- night from the grillroom of the Hotel McAlpin, New York. George Wintz’s touring company of the George White Scandals of 1924 continues to make a big hit at the stort stands. The show is now in the South, and news- paper clippings from that section con- tein many nice words about Nyra Brown, the De Nardos, Fred Lightner, and vari- ous other members of the cast, while the beauty of the production itself is also praise Charles Bennington, the peg-leg dancer in Dearest Enemy, at the Knickerbocker Theater, New York, gave a lecture to 1,000 disabled ex-service men last Friday morning on the subject, The Disabled Man Is the Best Man. Bennington has traveled thruout the country, under the supervision of the Veterans’ Bureau, lec- turing and giving persona] demonstra- tions. Oscar Strauss’ three-act operetta, Rund um die Liebe, was given its first per- formance last week in the series of Ger- man musical comedies being presented under the management of Hans Golle at the Irving P’ace Theater, New York, and the piece won hearty approval from the audiences. The music was tuneful and the comedy made the people roar and rock with delight. Viola Graham, Ottie Amber and Golle himself played prin- cipal roles and scored. composer of Castles in musical hit cur- Percy Wenrick, the Air, the outstanding rent in Chicago, has written a Charleston number titled Easy Come, Easy Go, which will be incorporated in the score. Lewis & Gordon, producers of the play of that title which is now running in New York. have given .Wenrick permis- sion to use the catch line. They have also given Otto Kruger, feature player in the offering, permission to autograph the first 5,000 copies of the number when it is published. Ed Wrnn, in his latest show, The Grab Rae, is doing excellent business at every stand along the route of his road tour One of the reasons for this is that Wynn is carrying his original Broadway pro- duction and cast on the road. Among the yrincipals in the company are Albert Shaw and Samuel Lee, Aileen Hamilton. Eva Shirley, Warner R. Gault. Fern Rogers, Wi'liam Earl and Francis Bill, the Ormond Sisters, the LeN@irohs, Flor- ence Parker, the Volga Boys, Joseph Schrode and Ed Fields, Charles Mitchell and Doree Leslie. Among the girls in the show are Vera O’Brien, Kay Annis, Jean Caselton, Edna Terry, Charlotte Mermont, Betty Barclay, Martha Wal- lace, Anna Wallace, Kitty Kane, Jewel Welter, Billie Fisher, Florence Frazier, Hazel Macuire, Evelyn La France, Jean Weber, Madeline Morley, Jean Benton, Agnes Gillen, Gladys Hill, Eileen Wirth, Ruth Moore, Betty Sherman and Lucille Seymour. 31 From London Town The Vaudeville Field By “WESTCENT” Walter Payne Slams Broadcasting ONDON Dec. 23.—Walter Payne | chairman of the West End Managers Association and of the Entertain- ments Protection Association (vaudeville) was in the witness chair before Lord Craw- ford’s Committee on the future of broad- casting and he put forward the objection against this form of entertainment by the majority of showmen. He alleges that $60,000,000 are spent yearly by the thea- ters and vaudeville houses in this coun- try and the latter were responsible for 37,425,000. accounted for as _ follows: Wages, $29,900,000; repairs, $800,000; light and heat, $1,600,000; advertising. $3,125,000; rent, etc., $2,000,000 The ob- jections put forward by him were that unlimited broadcasting would destroy freshness, lessen the value of gesture, makeup and personality and cripple show business in smaller provincial towns. He said there was direct evidence that big broadcast events hurt show business and when Tetrazzini recently broadcast it cost London theaters and vaudeville houses at least $25,000 in admissions. Payne said that listeners-in were poten- tial deadheads and that there is nothing the public likes more than to get its entertainment for nothing. He threw out the suggestion: that not more than 10 per cent of the kind of programs usually given in theaters and vaudeville houses should be broadcast, but if the committee thinks this too small, then the entertain- ment industry asks to be allowed itself to provide an agreed proportion of broadcasting programs and to receive an agreed percentage of the revenue de- rived from the licenses. That British Film Mixup It seems the government will, thru Sir Philip Cunliffe Lister, president of the Board of Trade, subsidize the erection of a national film studio at Brighton, on the understanding that no promotion ex- penses are attached to the project and that some sort of guarantee will be given that the work turned out there will be a vellable article. The government's share may range from one-third to one- half of the capital required, which is around the $1,250,000 mark. Key Picture Theaters and the Quota System As far as London is concerned the “key” houses are the Tivoli, New Gal- (Continued on page 94) STAGE DANCING Souneee BUCK ROUTINE, INCLUDING MUSIC (By Mail), $3.00. Teachers of Step, Eccentric, Buck and Wing, Ball- vom and Ballet Dancing. THE KINSELLA ACADEMY 2530 May Street, CINCINNATI, 0. STAGE DANCING Book Review of ; “Marion’s Musical Comedy Dances” By DON CARLE GILLETTE, Dramatic Editor The Billboard. MARION’S MUSICAL COMEDY DANCES, by avid S. Marion. Published by the author. P. O. Box 872, Stockton, Calif. Or from BAKER & TAYLOR COMPANY, 55 Fifth Avenue, New York. PRICE, $3.00 “Either as a means of self-instruction or as 2 method to be employed by teachers of dancing ir giving instruction to beginners, this book {no sical comedy dances by David S. Ma is t t) interesting and instructive. 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The Billboard ~ American Concert Field ¢_ and American Achievements in the World of Music Sz By IZETTA MAY McHENRY (Communications to 1560 Broadway, New York, N. Y.) Albion To Produce New Cadman Opera Washington, D. CC. Jan. 11.—An- nouncement was made this week that Edouard Albion, founder and _ general director of the Washington Opera Com- pany, is completing plans for production of Daoma, a new American opera, com- posed by Charles Wakefield Cadman. The composition is based on an Indian story written by Francis. La Flesche, chief of the Omaha Indians, now $a resident of Washington. The premiere of the opera is to be a part of the spring musie festival here. Prominent men and women appointed by the commissioners of the District of Columbia are working on the plans for the festival and should the civic festival be postponed or aban- doned the first performance of Daoma will be given early next season. Pro- duction of the opera is in line with the purposes for which the Washington Opera Company was founded, as the first working unit of the National Opera As- sociation, and will mark the second step in the development of the Washington Opera Company, which each year Kas produced one of the popular grand operas sung by an all-star American cast. The same policy was followed this season with the production of Samson and Delilah, ary 19. “The opera is of genuine artistic merit,” Mr. Albion informed The Biill- board correspondent. “The story is an authentic Indian legend and is beauti- fully told. Mr. La Flesche, the author, is an authority on the history and lore of his people and is associated with the bureau of American ethnology and has written several books and papers which which will be sung here Janu- have achieved recognition. There is nothing sordid in the story or in the music and the latter is remarkable for its clarity, portrays the opera.” purity and beauty and amply dramatic story of the Opera in English Given Impetus by Chicago Company That “Opera in English” can be more than just a slogan has been proven by the recent performance of Haensel and Gretel by the Chicago Civic Opera Com- pany. The Humperdinck opera was given for the first time this season at the Auditorium Theater on January 3, with Irene Pavloska in the role of Haensel and Clara Shear as Gretel; Howard E. Preston the Chicago basso, as the father; Augusta Lenska as the mother, Marie-Claessens as the witch and Frank St. Leger as conductor. The audience, which taxed the capacity of the Audi- torium, was exceedingly well pleased with the performance, and so also were the music critics, as Karleton Hackett had the following to say: “A charming per- formance, the music sung with spirit.” Maurice Rosenfeld’ said: “A well- rounded, admirably sung and acted pro- duction.” Ort Series of Chicago Presenting Famous Artists interesting announcements Among the of various events scheduled for music lovers of Chicago by Bertha Ott are piano citals on January 17 by Yo- lando Mero at the Princess Theater and Frank Sheridan at the Studebaker; Fritz Kreisler, eminent violinist, January 24 at the Auditorium, and a two-piano recital by Guy Maier and Lee Pattison that same afternoon in the Studebaker Thea- ter. The violinist, Georges Enesco, is uled for an appearance Sunday aft- ernoon, January 31, and Ossip Gabrilo- witsch will give the fifth.in a series of six historical recitals, a Brahms-Liszt program, on that date. Meredith To Produce “The Prodigal Son” in Phila. Jules E. Meredith, director and pro- ducer of Philadelphia, is in charge of the presentation of The Prodigal Son by the Orpheus Mixed Quartet of Philadelphia. The presentation will be in costume and the date selected is Moncay evening, February 1, in the Bellevue-Stratford Ballroom. The cast includes Edna Har- wood Baugher, Philip Warren Cooke and Donald Redding and special scenery and lighting equipment will be used. The entire production will be ed under the personal direction of Mr. Meredith. sched Lyford Engages Lamont Ralph Lyford, artistic director of the Cincinnati America Opera Foundation, has engaged Forrest Lamont, of the Chi- cago Civic Opera Company, for the principal tenor role in Mr. Lyford’s opera, Castle Agrazant, which is to have two performances in Cincinnati on April 29 and 30.- The other principals will be announced shortly by Mr. Lyford, who is in ful charge of the production of his new opera. The chorus will consist of 60 selected voices. New York Musical Events The first program in the vgseries of musicales at the Hotel Roosevelt was given before an appreciative audience the afternoon of January 2. The soloist, Wanda Landowska, had the assistance of a Chamber Music Orchestra from the New York Philharmonic Orchestra. Under the direction of Willem Mengelberg the group of players gave Mme. Landow- ska’s artistic playing at the harpsichord excellent accompaniment in numbers by Haydn and Bach and one number by Mozart for piano. The exquisite in- terpretations given by this noted player displayed her perfect musicianship and technic It was truly an afternoon of pleasurable music. Valter Damrosch and the New York Symphony gave their ninth Sunday after- noon concert at Mecca Temple Sunday, January 3. Tho two of the members were the ever popular and loved Tschai- kovsky Fifth Symphony and Revel’s Daphne and Chloe, undoubtedly the drawing feature responsible for the filled auditorium and enthusiasm was the re- quested repetition of George Gershwin’s now celebrated Concerto in F, inimitably played by the composer with orchestra Gershwin now is only 27 years old and has already the famous Rhapsody in Blue, many.song hits and reigning light operettas to his credit and withal is an excellent pianistic executionist, des- tined to go far in either field in which he may decide to predominate. He has surely captured New York and verdict is awaited expectantiy from Baltimore, Washington, Philadelphia and _ others. A. , 2! E. soprano, fresh from Europe, gave what is said to be her only recital in New York this season before a large audience in Carnegie Hall, Monday evening, January 4, and there ways satisfaction and also disappointment with her singing. Due doubtless to the strain of knowing that she was on trial as never before in New York, she at times produced tones that were pinched and tight, but, when sing- ing freely, the voice was one of beauti- ful quality, much warmth and richness, and particularly was she heard to best advantage in the operatic selections. We shall want to hear Miss Giannini often. Frank LaForge at the piano gave his usual scholarly accompaniments. Conductor Stokowski and the Philadel- phia Orchestra at Carnegie Hall on the Dusolina Giannini, her triumphs in night of January 5 gave a remarkable feature program. Feature No. 1 was Charles Martin Loeffler’s setting of Canticle of the Sun, after St. Francis of Assisi for voice and orchestra. Mme. Povila Frijsh sang the solo part in Italian and Mr. Loeffer was present to share the splendid reception accorded by New York City. Another feature was the novel manipulation by Thomas Winfred upon his maturing inventions known as the Clavilux. This he used to depict in vivid colors upon a huge screen, sup- posed descriptions of Rimsky-Korsakow’s Scheherazade while the orchestra per- formed the same in its art. While so far but in its experimental stage, there is much evidence to believe in its ul- timate success and further trials will warrant details. Miaskowsky Sth Sym- phony, the other program number, was not in the least overshadowed by the novel features mentioned. A OE. Te After a iengthy absence from the con- cert platform of New York, the Cincin- nati Symphony Orchestra, with Fritz Reiner conducting, gave a concert in Carnegie Hall, Wednesday evening, January 6. Mr. Reiner chose the over- ture Benvenuto Cellini, by 3erloiz, as his opening number and which was given a spirited and capable interpretation. An uneven performance was given of 3rahms’ No. 4 Symphony, in E-minor, as Mr. Reiner had his men take many measures at too rapid a pace, and on the other hand the second movement was played so slow as to make for heaviness and hardness of tone, and due to this the composition was most uninteresting. Bartok’s Dance Suite and Strauss’ Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks completed (Continued on page 95) Helena Lanvin, mezzo-soprano, who will give a recital in New York City on January 25, is well known thru her ap- pearances in opera and as a soloist at Ampico recitals. She has but recently signed @ contract for a large number of guaranteed concerts in addition to being re-engaged for the 1926 season’ by the Knabe Company Operas at Metropolitan: Galli-Curci To Sing Gilda The 11th Metropolitan includes a week of the season at the Opera House, New York, first omben enge ce this season of Thais on Wednesda night, January 13, with Jeritza, Whitehill and Errolle in the principal roles. Madame Butterfly is listed for Thursday night, with Florence: Easton making her first appearance this season, and others in the cast include Gigli and DeLuca. Friday afternoon will bring another performance of The Jewels ef the Madonna, with a cast including Jeritza, Telva, Martinelli and Danise. Galli-Curci rejoins the company for the first performance this season of La Traviata on Friday evening, in which she will sing the role of ‘Gilda, and other principals include Mario Chamlee and DeLuca. Another first-time performance this season will be that of Tristan and Isolde on Saturday afternoon, with Nan- ny Larsen-Todsen and Karin Branzel! opening their Metropolitan season. Thg popular-price opera on Saturday night will be Mefistofele, sung by Alda, Peral- ta, Chamlee and Mardones, Reddick and Spross To Play at Glee Club Festival Kenneth S. Clark, executive secretary of the Associated Glee Clubs of America, has announced that William Reddick and Charles Gilbert Spross will appear in a double role in the Glee Club Festiva] to be given February 6 at the 71st Regi- ment Armory, New York City. These two well-known composers will provide the two-piano accompaniment and will also be represented on the program as arrangers of two numbers sung by the chorus. Mr. Reddick has arranged Swing Low, Sweet Chariot, and Mr. Spross Where E’er You Walk, by Handel As previously announced, Anna Fitziu will be the soloist and Walter Damrosch will conduct the choir of 1,200 voices made up of 25 glee clubs. Double Bill To Be Given by Philadelphia Civic Opera Co. The Civic Opera Company of Philadel- phia will give its next performance at the Metropolitan Opera House in city on Thursday evening, January 14. A double bill will be presented under the direction of Alexander Smaliens opera La Navarraise will be sung in French and Gianni Schicchi in English and it will be the first time these operas have been given by the Civic Opera organization. January 16, 1926 Concert and Opera Notes Reinalad Werrenrath is scheduled for ; New York recital in Carnegie Ha] m.) January 24. A recital is announced for the evening of January 20 by Phyllis Archibald English mezzo-soprano, assisted by Rich (Continued on page 95) Motion Picture Music Notes An elaborate ballet, The Legend of the Pearl, arranged by Chester Hale. j a feature at the New York Capitol thi week, for which the music was compiled from the scores of several Wagnerian operas. In this are Viasta Maslova Doris Niles, Bayard Rauth and the reg ular ballet augmented by the trained dancers of the Capitol Ballet School. Other soloists for the week are Marjorie Harcum and William Robyn, soprano and tenor. The Evolution of the Dance, a pres- entation by the Symphony Orchestra of the Capitol Theater, at St. Paul, is an outstanding number on this week's pro- gram, under the direction of Oscar F Baum. ‘Phere is also an organ novelty, Dirie, by Leonard Leigh Larry Jean Fisher, formerly associated with the Indiana Theater, of Blooming ton, Ind., as organist and now in that capacity at the Strand Theater of Muncie, has recently signed a new long term contract with Messrs. Fitzpatrick and McElroy, new owners of the Strand At the State Theater, Denver, music is a strong feature of the weekly pro grams, with three organists—Harold Lundberg and Funics attractive numbers Loring, Margaret Berky—furnishing On the musical program this week at the New York Rivoli are Eddie Elkin and His Happy-Go-Lucky Mixérs, th orchestra conducted by Joseph Littau Verdi's Force of Harold Ramsay's playing as the feature Destiny overture and organ solos, A stage presentation at the Arcack Theater of Jacksonville, Fla., recently was Oliver Radford’s Midnight Revelers Keith and Grear, A Voice and a Violin were featured at the Palace Theater, Dallas, for the first week of the new 17 With William Klaiss and Lewis White at the organ of the Stanley Theater, Philadelphia. selections from Victor Her- bert’s Bahes in Toyland opened one of the holiday programs. An interesting. unusual given at the Mark Strand Theater of Brooklyn for the week of January 2, th Tamara Utgoff Harp Ensemble of six young ladies In the presentation Man- aging Director Hyman also used Edna Burhans, soprano; Amund Sjovik, bass- baritone, and six members of the ballet corps. Marion Keeler, soprano, and Frances Bowerman, mezzo-soprano, were featured in a Song Scenic, The Lace Surf, at the Eastman Theater, Rochester, last week. number was Directory of Music Teachers CRNDERRT == - Garibaldi A Arrighi TEACHER OF SINGING. 26TH SEASON. Teacher of Albano, Strand Thester; Celli, Rogers, Barbour, Grand Opera, and others aseaadl Broadway, new YORK. Endicott 0554 0554. Carina Mastinelli Italian Method of Instruction fer eed Artists... Res. Hote! Latham, N.Y. Phone, Mad. Sq. 5470, bn Dhiekering “Wall, N.Y. __Votee Trial Free. ! Tuesdays. — iva Krupp pp Bradley HNIQUE OF SINGING 145 West "Soth St., N. . Y. parte, ele 4028 SIGHT SINGING—EAR TRAINING EVA E. 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—_ —> ~ se ie The B By ROBERT E. MOORE (Gpnamntesiens' to 25-27 Opera Place, Cincinnati, O.) ON PAGE 5 OF THIS ISSUE IS_A STORY OF GREAT INTEREST TO ALL IN THE TABLOID FIELD. THE COZY THEATER at Houston, Tex., which has been closed for several months, reopened January 2 with a policy of musical comedy stock. HOYT’S REVUE with Smith and Bag- January 8 from Boston to Scotia. Booked out cof Amusement Agency, the play five weeks at the Sey sailed Halifax, Nova the Brewster company will r Theater. ACCORDING TO REPORTS, the Or- pheum Theater at Lima, O., home of the Sun tabloids, has been sold by Bob Shaw to the owners of the Lyric Theater there. No change in policy is contemplated, it was learned DWIGHT GEORGE has been engaged thru the office of Helen Robinson, New York art sts’ representative, to play juvenile leads with the Raynor’ Lehr Company, now touring Wilmer & Vincent Time Marie Hart has been engaged thru the office of Rycroft-Perrin, New York, for principal roles in the same company. A FEW NOTES FROM the Bert Sm th companies: The Ragtime Wonders, after completing a four weeks’ engage- ment at the Broadway Theater. Colum- bus, O.. will jump to the Pantages Em- press Theater, at Denver, Col., for the balance of the winter. Thirty-five peo- ple are with this company featuring Billy Van Alen and Vi Shaffer. The Of, completed a 25 Empress Deddy, Company has engagement at the Theater, Denver, and is now playing at the H ppodrome Theater, Peoria, DL, where they w ll remain for the next eizht weeks. Joe Marion, Lillian Bessent and Al Declerq are featured with this 30- people organization. Smiling Eves is now playing its 15th week at the Walnut Theater, Lou sville, Ky... and it is be- lieved the company will f nish out the season there. There are 36 people with this attraction, Emmett Lynn, Ruth Mack, Melvin and Curtis and the Lyric Four being featured. LAST TUESDAY the tabloid editor drove thru to Springfield O., where, after visiting one of the largest publishing plants in the world, he met Homer Neer, general manager of the Gus Sun Book- ing Exchange, for the first tme. Mr. Neer advised of the tak’ng over of the Virginia-Carolinas Managers’ Circuit, whereby the Sun office bought 51 per cent of the stock, merging the two into one circuit, to be known as the Gus Sun- Joe Speigelberg Booking Agency. The present Atlanta offices will be retained. with Mr. Speigelberg and Joe Martin, of the Sun office ‘n Sprinefield, in charge. In discussing the merger, Mr. Neer said the Sun office is now than 120 different shows. giving a man- ager two years of consecutive bookings without show ng twice in the same house. This, he said, will tend to help managers to orfanize better companies, and. in the end Satisfy the public. “This office at present is trying to eliminate the two- day layoff for companies playing Cov- ington Ky., and it is hoped in the near fu ture to have these days filled, with an booking more itional week in Cincinnati.” Mr. Seas also advised that a plan is being onsidered whereby any principal or chorister who leaves a show during the son will not be able to join another Sun show unless the company they were with closed or that the manager di:-pensea with theit services. This plan, however Ras not become effective as yet. REPORTS HAVE REACHED the tab- loid editor that Marshall Walker’s Whie Bang Revue is playing to the largest business in its history over the Sun Time. During the holidays the company played three return dates, breaking house records in each place. Christmas week at the State Theater, Huntington, W. Va., all house records were broken, ft is said. New Year's week in Logan busi- ne reports say, was the largest the house has ever enjoyed, and lat week a » Cinderella Theater, Williamson, a house seating 1,700, the S& R. O. sign Wis out all week. Saturday a_ special train was chartered by the theater man- afement to bring patrons in from the coal fields alone Pond Creek to William- Son, posters being sent to more than 10 towns heralding the event. This is be- ‘loved to be first t'me in the h'story of thdom that a epecial train has been Chartered to bring patrons from outlying towns to see a certain production. In the company at the present time are Mar- shall Walker, owner, manager and come- ‘iin: Blanche Walker, characters; Helen Jackson, ngenue ; Johnnie Smeed, iven‘le; Billy (Hank) Kent, general business; Ed G. Jackson, general busi- ‘ess; Claude (Slick) Bason, characters, ‘nd Stanley Crable, tenor r singer. In the shorin are Gaby Bon Jean Me- Dovaid, LiMan St. Clair, eobbin Barlett, Margaret Golden, Stella Kent, and Irene Snead Karl musical director JOSEPH K WATSON and Company, Which played a number of tab. dates the past year, were the “whole show” at Proctor’s Grand in Albany, N. Y., re- cently, filling the bill by five acts of usua!l\ vaudeville. furnished ment was for three days greeted not only by the usual quota of vaudeville patrons but by many Al- banians who formerly laughed at his antics when he played the Empire Thea- ter tn Columbia wheel burlesque attrac- tions. His offering was the old bur- lesque act, The Real Estaters, em- bellished with some mus cal comedy trimmings. The novelty and a sly hit opening number was a at those who rush out of the theater before the show has ended, it being the preséntation of the fina} chorus first. Watson explained that he did this so that the early : € Florence Cook, Norma Blankenhorn, Bonnie Crable Of the Blankenhorn is leavers illboard ferred with the should sing, Be Happy, chorus as to what they also connected. IJ from No, No, Nanette, was the most popular number warb'ed by the choristers. Pretty featured the act AL BARLOW and Marguerite Rainbow Revue was the attra: Hippodrome Theater, first half of last week and after off of two days was seen at three per- formances at the Hippodrome, Né wport, Ky. The show pleasing array of ‘tion at the has a comedy and dancing, the comedy being burlesque variety. w th the one exception—it is clean But the dancing is what counts. There have been more than 30 companies thru Covington since the opening of the season, but the tabloid editor can truthfully say that as far as dane ng is concerned the Rainbow Re Stands head and shoulders above all ethers. In making this not the intention to say that the is the prettiest and shapeliest, chorus because it is not, but the girls surely can dance; in fact, their dancing would compare favorably with any of the Ned Wayburn trained ensembles Al Watson, -the Jewish and nut comedian. garnered many laughs and kept the show moving. He is ably assisted by Joe Rogers, eccentric comedian. Marguerite Howe, prima donna; Florence Joyce, ingenue, and Al Barlow, stra’'ght man, complete the list of principals. Billy Mack and Fred Safford, singing specialty team, “wowed” them with their harmonious renditions of Want To settings and costumes Howe's Covington, Ky the a2 lay- statement, it is RADIO DOLL S' JAZZ BAND In the photograph are Ross Lewi the Grimes Sisters, Pauline and Mary, S$, owner and manager of the company; and Eva LaMont. Since this picture was taken another specialty has been added to the band, Clay G. Cook playing the saxophone and the steel guitar. playing the Sun Time this season. This band is one of the most popular - roing out would not disturb those who wished to stay. In between this and another finale he did a number of bits, including the familiar Slitk n and Slot- kin, with Abe Gore in the role that W. H. Cohan formerly played in burlesque. Watson and Gore handled this for a number of hearty laughs. A _ corking good monolog was another of Watson's offerings. A scene in which a fictitious George M, Cohan and Irving Berlin con- popular songs. In the company are Al Barlow. owner, manager and straights; Al Watson. Jew sh and nut comedian; Joe Rogers, eccentr omedian; Mar- guerite Howe, prima donna; F'orence Joyce, soubret; Bi lly Mack, juvenile and singing specialties; Fred Safford. gen- il business and sing ng oe ialties; the ir ir Personality Girls, Be Howe, Mae Smith, Poppy Rusden and Elsie Kutt- roff, eccentric, buck and wing and toe- CHARACTER organize Open for any good proposition. Now At Liberty—Miss Bert Humphries Have complete Tabloid Outfit—Scenery, Chorus Wardrobe, Scripts. COMEDIENNE Can produce or Hotel America, New York City. 33 dance specialties, and the Sterling Sis- ters, Anna and Annette, high-kicking dancing specialties. The chorus: Miria:mn Potter, Ruth Harmon, Mae Smith + ppy Rusden, Bebe Howe. E'sie Ku f Anna Sterling and Annette Sterli ng, ‘To r Maguire is musical director. The.com- pany played Grafton W. Va., Christmas week, and after the performance Christ- mas night Mr. Bush, manager of the Strand Theater, invited the con a turkey dinner with all the which was enjoyed by all. PLACEMENTS BY MILTON SCHUS- TER recently include the following: Edna Willis, Frances Peterson and Nellie Peterson, with Charles Oiympic Stock Company in Monessen, Pa.: Mr. and Mrs. Billy Parker and Blanche En- sign, with Josselyn & Rumohr, in stock at the Strand Theater. Winnipeg, Can.; y Lorraine, with the Billy Ireland Company, in stock at the Star Theater, Rockford Ill.; Paulette Reid, Jackie Allen and Marie Clarke, with the Gallop- ing Shoes Company; Poli and D’Arto, with I. J. Irving’s Knick Knack Revue; Alicide Payette, with the Rialto Revue; Nell Wright and Joe and Kathryn Mur- ray, with Elmer Wright: Ellen Cameron, with the Gwendolyn Hunt show; Wil- liam Gahegan and Lucille Seymour, with the Hal Hoyt show; Mr. and Mrs. Rusty Williams, with P. A. Phelps’ Derby Win- ers, and Joy Conover, with Maurice La Marr. MR. AND MRS. SLADE (MIKE) TAYLOR were in Kansas City, Mo., De- cember 23 and called at the local office of The Billboard. They informed they were en rotue to Allen, Ok., for the Taylor fam ly reunion there Christmas, following which they wou!d go into Chi- cago. This family reunion of nearly all professional foik included: Lee Morse, of Pany to fixin Geiss’ Perfect Record fame of New York; Mrs. Fred Barrett, the only nonprofessional in attendance, of North Yak’ma, Wash.; Mrs. George Blondin, of the Blondin Show: R. Ferris Taylor and wife, of the Taylor Players; Glen Taylor and wife, of the Taylor Players; E. K, Tay- lor and wife. Mr. Taylor general man- ger of the Northwest Theaters of Mis- <oula, Mont.; Mr. and Mrs. Jack I. Tay- lor, of Slade Mike Taylor’s Bows and Girls Company, and Paul Taylor, of musical comedy fame. The father and mother of this versatile and remark- ible show family are both retired pro- fessionals. WHEN THE TOPSY AND EVA Com- pany, at present touring the South, was in Asheville, N. C., to play an en- gagement recently, Manager and M) Robyns, of the company, learned that Maxime Maxime was ill at a sanitarium (Continued on page 36) Be a Booster for Milt Schuster No commissions charged Chorus Girls. Write, wire, phone. 36 West Randoiph Street, Chicago, Iilinois. HAVE EXPERIENCED GIRLS For Tabs. around East. R. H. CROSS, Globe Thea- tre Bldg.. Philadelphia. UNITED BOOKING AGENCY BILLY WEINBERG, Manager. PRINCIPALS AND CHORUS GIRLS. 505 Delaware Building, CHICAGO, ILL. WANT WALTER ST. CLAIR WIRE. Address GRIFFITH BROS., Rialto Theatre, Oklahoma City, Okla. TABS—$3;20 BIT BOOKS Positively new material. $2.50 Each When you need people wire our agency. ROBERT J. SHERMAN 648 North Dearborn St., CHICAGO, ILL. Wanted MUSICAL DIRECTOR Character Ingenue, Wife for Chorus or Soubrette good General Business Man. Dancers. Other Use ful people write. Join on wire State all y can and will do If you expect answer, state low- No time to dicker. CA SAUNDERS, Lyceun week January 15 Pa. est salary first letter USE Chorus Girls. Theatre, Beaver F Casino Theatre, Van ALEX, lis, Pa.; WANTED for GOLDEN-ORTH & COLEMAN WANTED Four medium Choristers. Wire, don’t write, age, height, previous experience Join immediately. e * Top Tenor for Quartette. featured Blues Singet Dorris Gassaway, Old Bill ¢ nors, get in touct This is a new 2%-people Musical Comedy, presenting royalty script bills wnly. WANT people in all lines; with me. Want to get in . uct wit! Fret r those doing Specialties given preference This is an attraction of merit and must have people with talent Devereaux Week Janu ry Broa way Thea re wardrobe and appearance State lowest salary Also send photos, which will be returned. earse Columbus, ©O.; after that. all commu . apa ue Boston, Mags., January 18; open January 25. Glad to hear from all those who worked for me _ before. Pantages Empress Theatre, Denver, Col _= Address MAX GOLDEN, care Merit Film Ce., 16 Piedmont St., Boston, Mass. 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34 The Billboard ‘J esque, Je By ALFRED NELSON (Communications to 1560 Broadway, New York, N. Y.) SCRIBNER DENIES SALE Claims That Columbia Theater Is Not on Market and Resents Report Carried by a Theatrical Journal, Not “The Billboard’ EW YORK, Jan. 9.—A theatrical journal (not The Billboard) carried an article this week to the effect that about to sell the Columbia Theater, avenue, for $500,000. When the article Scribner, president and general manager; of Directors; Jules Hurtig and John G. Jermon; Mike Joyce, assistant to Scrib- ner, and Charles H. Waldron, manager of Waldron’s Casino Theater, Boston, during an official conference in the C. A. C. office yesterday, Mr. Scribner sent for a representative of The Billboard, to whom he said: ’ “We desire to make a public denial of the article that appeared in - on Wednesday, for there is no foundation in fact for the article. An article of that kind is discreditable to any organization, especially any corporation that may be involved in the holding of real estate, for it discredits their financial status. “How any editor of a trade paper can be misled by such a report is beyond my understanding, for the article was evi- dently written by some one with an ulterior motive and published by its editor without making an effort to obtain a con- firmation or denial of the r¢port from any official of the Columbia Amusement Com- pany.” When the representative advised those present that it was against the policy of The Billboard to refer to the trade paper by name, they demanded that there be accepted for publication a legitimate ad, in letter form, that.would make plain the aim, purpose and intent of the Columbia Amusement Company to make clear to Billboard readers the name ,of the trade paper to which they have addressed an open letter. The C. A. C. officials present at the conference were emphatic in their de- nunciations of said trade paper for its recent report to the effect that Tom Henry, manager of the Gayety Theater, Boston, and an accredited confidential representative of the C. A. C., was about to resign his management of the Gayety Theater and sever his connection with the Cc. A. C. Mr. Scribner read a copy of a letter sent by Mr. Henry to an attache of the trade paper in which Henry, in part, said: “The .. of December 30, on page 7, column 3, has a story with a heading black enough for an obituary notice, that conveys the impression that I have ree signed from the management of the Gay- ety Theater, Boston. : “In this article are other statements cre the business of the same thea- er. ' “As I do not know who wrote the article, I am presuming, upon our friend- ship, to ask you to have the errors core rected. “In the first place, the article errs in stating that lave resigned, as such is not the case and I have no intention of taking any such action, and, as far as IT am concerned, I want to hold this posi- tion as long Sam A. Scribner, the reneral manager of the Columbia Amuse- ent Company, is satisfied with my ervices and I am capable of fulfilling the duties he position. ; The nex the statement that Tam ‘pm r > face of the medi- re attr: attractions are en- tirely sat ry to me I have been mnecte w the Columbia Circuit for 20 years an d that the shows this ison a furnishing as much entertain- nt as se of any other season, there- Id Ww the producers to labor 1 I impression that I am malign- S at there can be no misunder- tanding, I sh you would correct the bove ror with the statement that ft -0 yvears of service under Sam A. Ser r, I want to continue in his em- plo long as he sees fit to retain me and IT am capable of performing the aduties of the position “With best wishes, I am, “Yours truly, “(Signed) TOM HENRY.” Propagandists at Work in An Effort To Disgruntle Creditors and Producers Scribner’s siient attitude of the past with his closed-door-to-theatrical-journal- ists’ policy has given way to an alto- (Continued on page 87) the Columbia Amusement Company was at 47th street, Broadway and Seventh was called to the attention of Sam A. J. Herbert Mack, chairman of the Board MUTUAL REPORTS - NEW RECORDS “Band Box Revue” Horn. Michals directing marager of the Gayety Theater, Laliimore, Md., i highly elated at the big receipts drawn to his house by Frank Cummings’ Ban! Box Revue, featuring Joe Penner and Peaches, the week before Christmas, rolling up a gross of $5,609.66. : “Laffin’ Thra’”’ Bert Todd.edirecting manager Latfin’ Thru Company on the Mutual Cireuit, thru manager, Ed Miller, presented each and every member of the company with a _ surprise present on Christmas Eve at the Tfocadero Theater, Philadelphia. Mr. Miller posted a notice on the callboxrd for every member appear on stage at the final drop of t of the his curtain, After - the stage had b cleared he informed the members t! the show- was about to c’ose for th season due to some unforseen trouble that had come up during the week. So that there wou'd be no misundere standing as to the date he advised them that they would each receive a personal notice sent from Mr. Todd which he (Miller) would distribute to them. As their name was cal'ed it was a sad sight to see the long and worried faces of the chorus as wei! as the principals as they waited for their name, but after opening the envelope they found a_ beautiful Christmas card with a new $10 gold piece with the compliments of Bert Todd. A merry cry went up that could be heard for a block as each one exchanged greetings and got up a telegram to send to Mr. Todd, thanking him for the kind remembrance that was given to all mem- bers, some of them but two or three weeks with the show. A new spirit of co-operation was thus engendered in the company and was re- sponsible for the finish of a banner week and one of the best weeks on the Mutual Circuit preceding Christmas. While playing the Gayety Theater, Baltimore, Md., the Laffin’ Thru Com- (Continued on page 87) PLACEMENTS Milt Schuster Chicago. Jan. 9.—Milt Schuster has placed Gertie Amber, Marie Clarke, Lil- l'an Shay and Frank Car!ton with Dave S'dman’s Peek-a-Boo Company on the Columbia Circuit. Mutual Commended by Mirror Boys in Minnesota State Prison Given an Entertaining Treat by Burlesquers New York, Jan. 9.—The prison Mirror, published by the inmates of the Minne- :ota State Prison at Stillwater, carries a full-column article commending I. H. Herk, pres dent and general manager of the Mutual Bur'esque Association; W Pickens, manager of the Empress Thea- ter, St. Paul, presenting Mutual Circuit shows; Capt. Harry Goldberg. franchise- operating produc’ng manager, and his entire company of Mutual Circuit Night Hawks burlesquers for their humani- tarianism in putting on a show within the prison Christmas morn'ng for the enter- tainment of the inmates. The Mirror says: “This is the first time that the inmates have been treated to two theatrical performances in one rear.” P The other performance was given by Evelyn Cunaingham and Her Gang, an- other Mutual Circuit show on Thanks- giving Day. The N. V. A. and Broadway producers have for several years past entertained (Continued on page 36) VICTORIA YOUNGMAN Miss Youngman is a native of Breslau Germany. whose patents emigrated to this country in 19]2, settling in New York City. Her parents being profes- sional wirewalkers entered vaudeville on the Keith Circuit while Victoria en- tered pudlie school, later attending the M-tropolitan Ballet School and Ned Wayturn’s School for Dancing. Allen K. Foster. directing manager of the Foster Ballet Girls, attracted the atten- tion of Arthur Pearson to his little protege, who immediately engaged her as a chorus girl frre his “Powder Pu/f Frolic’ on the Columb‘a Circuit. This is the first time we have published a picture of a chorister, but it will not be the last time, for there are other choristers as deserving of being pictured as Miss Youngman, and in our personal opinion choristers of her tupe are deserv- ing of being pictured as principals. COLUMBIA CIRCUIT CHANGES Sam A. Scribner Makes Several Changes for the Good of the Service New York, Jan. 9.—When it became known that Sam A. Scribner, president and general manager of the Columbia Amusement Company, controlling houses and shows on the Columbia Circuit, con- templated changes on the circuit, espe- cially in managers of houses, former managers of houses overrushed Scribner in their efforts to be placed in charge of houses. Walsh Succeeds Robinson Wiliiam Walsh, a former 24-hour in advance of the Sparks Circus, on Monday succeeded Thomas Robinson as manager of the Empire Theater, Toronto. man Hevia Succeeds Lawrence Harold Hevia, a former dramatic stock house and company manager, has succeeded Charlies Lawrence as manager of the Gayety Theater, Montreal. Lawrence Succeeds Glennan Charles Lawrence has been transferred from Montreal to succeed John Clennan as manager of the Gayety ‘Theater, Rochester, N. Y. Glennan Goes to Washington John Glennan has been transferred from Rochester, N. Y., to the manage- ment of the President Theater, Washing- ton, D. C., a house controlled by the Columbia Amusement Company. The President has been remodeled, redec- orated and refurnished for the prospec- tive presentation of productions other than burlesque, to reopen with Uncle Sam Bells, a production and presentation by a local organization. Cambridge Replaces Newark When the C. A. C. decided that Wheel- ine W. Va., was not profitable as a two-night stand they canceled Tuesday (Continued on page 87) January 16, 1926 MUTUAL CIRCUIT Star Theater, Brooklyn, N. Y. (Reviewed Tuesday Matinee, Ja 5) FRANCES FARR MAKE IT PEPPY With ED JOHNSTON AND JEANNETTE BUCKLEY A Mutual etre ay attraction. Pro- duced and presented by Frank Damsel week of January 4. THE CAST—Frances’ Farr, Frank Damsel, Ed M. Johuston, Jeannette Buck- ley, Evelyn W. Fields, Jack Shutta, Ed- icc M. Lioyd, Bobby Pegrim. THE CHORUS Helen Brundidge, Alma Hendr-x, Hurley. Peggy Moore, Don Brown, Dolly Ander-:on, Lilyan Bary, Billy Markel, Elsie Neu- mann, Virginia ydick, Nan _ Sullian, Harriet McAllister, Bobby Pegrim. Etta Kenyon, Toots Brandt, Flo MacDonald, Joan Joyce. Betty Review This is a typical Frank Damsel pro- duction and presentation of old-time bur- lecque. The production is on a par with other Mutual shows tn scen'‘e, 1 ghting, gowning and costuming effects The pre entation includes many old familiars in the way of comedy bits, including Damsel’s own concept on of how Shake- spearean classics can be burlesqued fo: lauch-evoking purposes, Frances Farr apparently as youthful as when we first reviewed her in bur- lesque several seasons ago, with her ever- smiling face, flirty eyes, slender, symmet- rical form and graceful carriage, set off to good advantage in frequent changes of shadowy gowns of br lianted scintil- lating gorgeousness’ that reveal her shapely form, when she dances vivacious- ly, held up the show with her every number on stage and runway. Frank Damsel in natty attire in the first part as the manly, clear-dictioned, dramatic straight man, enhanced hs dra- matic personality in his interpretation and portrayal of a Shakesperean char- acterization a la burlesque, in which Damsel d st'nguishes himself dramatical- ly, humorou ly, admirably. Ed Johnston and Jeannette Buckley are being featured as comique-in-chief and comedienne-in-chief, Johnston doing a somewhat eccentric tramp. Johnston hav ng been with the show since its opening, carries the burden of the com- edy in scenes, and in a _ tough-talking East S'de comedy characterized specialty with Mss Buckley, in which they both handed out a cros -fire patter of Bowery bandiage that was altogether different from anything of its kind heretofore presented in burlesque. Miss Buckley, out of character, is a bobbed brunet of pleasing personality with the ability to work in scenes like a thoroly seasoned dramatic actress of ability. and in lead’ng numbers on the stage and runway for repeated encores that stopped the show. She has an ex- tensive wardrobe of costly and attractive ingenue gowns that she changes for her every reappearance. Evelyn Fields, a captivating brunet, who has not fallen for the bob as yet, has adopted an inmitable manner of dressing her hair that makes her dis- tinctively attractive, while displaying her shapely form in leading numbers that stopped the show on several occasions. ack Shutta. a recent addition tc the company, is doing a somewhat clean eccentric tramp comique characteriza ion and doing it sufficient’'y we'll to warraact him having more comedy scenes thon he is now gett'ng. Com'‘que Shutta in a dancing specialty w'th Bobby Pegrim a pretty, bobbed brunet with an ever- smiling face and a slender symmetrica! form, that sways gracefully as she does her Charleston specialty, and a series of tap dancing, put over their single and double specialty for repeated encores Eddie Lioyd, a classy attired singin: and dancing juveni'e. held the stage several numbers, then switched to 4 comique tramp characterization, whict a big improvement on all hi« previout efforts as a comique in makeup, manner- isrn. talent and ability: but why Edd: should mar his handsome features juvenilism in a tramp characterizat when he can be the ideal matinee ‘dol beyond our understanding. unless it co mands a much higher salary, or Pedi feels that his art is worth the sacrifics Be that ae it may, it robbed Shutta ©! Reveral comedy scenes. The chorus for the most part are of the youthful, beaut!- ful type, who can sing itn harmony dance in unison and put sufficlent anime- tion into the'r ensemble numbers to please customers, who rewarded their efforts to please with repeated encores Taking the production and presentation in its entirety, it ie one of the real old- fashioned kind of burlesque shows that pleases the patrons, Offer: Bryant 7871 Studio: Union 5517 RUSH JERMON, Stage Setting ROOM 408, COLUMBIA THEATER BLOG., NEW YORK. Representing KENNEL & ENTWISTLE STUDIO 741-745 Monroe St., North Bergen, N. J. = | a a a se a AS Zo \ (Kaats “Geecubemmmier | N =a @ ae ee So ee > RS a .. ee - : ~ ae - all ee | | ha ee
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January 16, 1926 The Billboard 35 An Open Letter to Variety and Sime Silverman From Sam A. Scribner, President of the Columbia Amusement Company What do you fellows do down there? Every time you hear a rumor on the street do you print the story without investiga- tion or do you print the story and investigate it afterwards? Now, as a plain matter of fact, up to the present time you have not investigated the story you printed last week. I refer to the article asserting among other things that the Columbia Theatre was for sale. I do not know whether you ever heard the story about the fellow who went into the actors’ boarding house and asked for a porterhouse steak and the landlord told him that if they had anything like that in the house he'd eat it himself. Any time the Columbia Theatre in New York is in the market for $500,000 I'll buy it myself. My purpose in printing this letter as an advertisement is to try in this manner to reach the same readers who may have read in Variety the reports, rumors and assertions referred to. At a time when every branch of the theatrical business is having more or less difficulty in successfully carrying out the policy which various amusement promoters: have in mind it is easy to awaken unrest and easy to find listeners to stories that do not always have a basis of truth. NONE OF THE THEATRICAL PROPERTIES OWNED BY THE COLUMBIA AMUSEMENT COMPANY ARE FOR SALE. Regarding the Haymarket in Chicago, which you refer to, we paid a quarter of a million dollars for that property and within the past sixty days we have been offered a half million for it. In our judgment it will be worth a million within the next ten years. It is situated on West Madison and Halsted Streets, which, in the near future, will be the Hub of Chicago. . Regarding the Empire Theatre which you say we have for sale in Toronto, this house is owned by Mrs. F. W. Stair. We own the Gayety Theatre (now called the ““Comedy’’) in Toronto, full and free of any incumbrances, in which we do not, however, play burlesque. It is at present leased to a dramatic stock corporation. The Columbia Theatre in Cleveland, which you say in your article is for sale, is owned by the Cleveland Trust Com- pany and we are the lessees. It will probably please the Cleveland Trust Company to find that we are going to sell their property regardless of whether we own it or not. I'd call that authentic news. Wouldn't you? You also say that the Columbia Amusement Company has to lift the shows from town to town. Any time the Columbia Amusement Company has to lift any shows it will lift them off the wheel. A showman with the route we give him who cannot put out a show that will attract enough patronage so that he can make some money for himself is only wasting his time on our Circuit. We are now arranging to build a million-dollar theatre in Philadelphia just as soon as our lease of the Casino expires. We have just acquired a piece of property in Detroit that we are going to build on just as soon as we feel it is necessary. We would have been building there now only there is a two-million-dollar hotel going up right next to our Gayety Theatre and we think it has lifted the neighborhood up enough to keep us there. - We own the President Theatre in Washington outright. We have just spent $30,000 building a new front for that theatre and some time when you are in Washington take a look at the President Theatre; newly decorated, new heating plant, newly carpeted and the handsomest theatre in Washington today. We also own the Gayety Theatre in Washington. Unless our present negotiations in Chicago fall down we will have a new theatre in Chicago season after next. ° Variety could have found in one minute's conversation with me that there was no basis for the story printed concerning the sale of the Columbia properties. Because I was not consulted I am compelled to spend $350 to get my denial before readers of Variety. Such careless handling of a matter so important to the Columbia Amusement Company is unjust to me and my associates. What your purpose may be in printing such rumors and reports or why you should create such a story is beyond my comprehension. May I ask you publicly to come to me for confirmation or denial of rumors or reports that may reach you concerning the property investment, the matters of policy or other affairs of the Columbia Amusement Company before you print any further damaging stories about our organization? —ADV. . \* Is he See. ar Cee oe pA IT POSER Mella Be me > —— we - | ee Bl 1 iT | eat i ee ee se { | a di : | ee) _ | ae a 1 . | ) er Ba es | | “Gg ’ ———_}
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‘; 36 COLUMBIA CIRCUIT Hurtig &% Seamon 12th Street Theater, New York (Reviewed Monday Evening, January 4) LUCKY SAMBO With BILLY HIGGINS, JOE BYRD, JULIA MOODY A Columbia burlesque attraction. Book, lyrics and music by Porter Grainger and Freddie Johnson. Staged by Leon- ard Harper, under the personal direction of Joe Hurtig. Presented by Hurtig & Seamon week of January 4. THE CAST—Billy Higgins, Joe Byrd, Julia Moody, Ernest R. Wh'tman, Arthur Porter, Al F. Watts, Billy Ewing, George Phillips, Hilda Perleno, Berleanna Blanks, Amanda Randolph. THE CHORUS—Girls: Adele Wil- liams, Lillian Williams, Adelaide Jones, Anita Alexander, Virginia Wheeler, Al- bertina Coney, Grace Michaels, Julia Robinson, Dorothy Wilson, Julia Sanchez, Roberta Lowry, Ruth Lambert, Marion Gee, Edna Gee, Edna Young, Elsie Fisher, Ethel Taylor, Lolita Hall, Marie Fraine, Linda Nicholson Esther Hunt. Boys: George Phillips, Charles Saltus, Joe Wilson, John Alexander, Edward Shinault, George Nanton, Sherman Dirk- son, Sam Burnham, George Bagby. REVIEW The premiere presentation of this show Was given at Hurtg & Seamon’s Thea- ter prior to the opening of the regular season. We reviewed the production and pres- entation in detail in our issue of August 29 and conceded the production to be in a class of its own in quality and quantity Par excellence. We commended the presentation as a whole, by giving Ernest R. Whitman justifiable recognition for his personality, talent and versatile ability as an actor and vocalist, and the same was ap- Plicable to Al F. Watts, Arthur Porter, Billy Ewing, George Phillips and the Three Dixie Songbiids: Hilda Perlen», Berleanna Bianks and Amanda Ran- dolph, and the chorus ensemble. We felt fully justified at the time of our previous review in criticizing Billy Higgins and Joe Byrd, the co-featured comiques, for their monotone in the de- livery of their lines, and Gertrude Saunders for her very apparent off-key vocalism. Monday night we found little apparent change in the production, scenic and lighting effects, gown.ng and costuming, which were on a par with its premiere presentation. There have been several changes made in the presentation of scenes that in our personal opinion worked to the advantage of presentation and performers. The co-featured comiques. Higgins and Byrd have struck their stride in co-opera- tive comedy making. that includes a clear, distinct, emphatic delivery of lines that enables their aud tors to gef the full meanng of lines and follow them to their final punch for responsive laughter and applause. Gertrude Saunders has been succeeded by Julia Moody, an exceptionally light- complectioned ingenue. blues’ singing specialist, whose. versatility enables her to work in scenes lke a thoroly sea- soned actress of exceptional ability that is enhanced by her pleasing personality. -*hillps and Cassidy, two nattily at- tired juveniles, put over a nifty dancing specialty that fully merited the encores given their act, supplementing with work in scenes that materially aided the pres- entation. Comigques Higgins and Byrd put their running number over for repeated en- cores. Comique Byrd and Julia Moody, leading lady, had a highly amusing bit together. with Billy Ewing as the uni- formed cop. Arthur Porter led several numbers in song, supplementing with a nifty dance for the close of ensemble number Julia Moody could have held the stage indefinitely with her blues singing specialty and Hawaiian dancing n leading an ensemble for the close of the show. Sherman Dirkson, a _ classy youn juvenile, stepped out of the ranks an proved title to dynamic dancing special- ist. Ernest R. Whitman, singing Pal of vy Cradle Days, was emotionally dra- inatic in his singing and recital. The Three Dixie Songbirds garnered new laurels for their combined singing and dancing specialty that had to be repeated innumerable times ere the cus- tomers would permit their final exit. rus has few if any equals in ( They are not only personally tiractive in their classy, colorful cos- tumes with tights and opera-length hese ll their ensembles excepting the Hottentot number, for they sing in harmony and dance in unison with dynamic speed _ Taking it all in all, Lucky Sambo is in a class by itself, a company of colored entertainers par excellence, who will Please any and all patrons of this type of theatrical entertainment. The Billboard Deliveries—Lowest Prices. Costumes, Tights, Hose, Spangles, QUICK «:*. We make and rent Costumes of AN Descriptions. Send for new Price Lists. 116-120 Nerth Franklin St. (Phone, State 6780), OUR “MARVEL” RHINESTONE MACHINE Perfect construction. costumes at small cost. stock first quality stones on hand. Also metal set- tings. CHICAGO COSTUME WORKS (WEBERS) Easy to operate. Decorate your Old costumes like new Machines for sale or rent. Get our proposition. Big CHICAGO, ILL. WANTED BURLESQUE Stock Performers for HAYMARKET THEATRE Give full particulars and photos. People good-looking Chorus Girls. WARREN B. IRONS, Haymarket Theatre, WHEN PLAYING CINCINNATI HOTEL BRAXTON RESTAURANT—‘Harry’s Place’, 9 E. Ninth St.—Just Off Vine—Around the Corner. . - ET >) 5 OO mite? DROrroeamon . doing Specialties preferred. Salary $30.00 per week. Chicago, Illinois. Also young, “Oh, What a Night” The Slogan Adopted by the Burlesque Club for Its Second Annual Entertainment and Ball New York, Jan. 9.—The various com- mittees appointed to work up interest in preparation for the forthcoming entertain- ment and ball at Terrace Garden, Sunday evening, January 24, to provide additional funds for the maintenance of the club- house at 245 West 48th street, with part of the receipts going to the Benevolent Fund for the relief of members in dis- tress, are enthusiastic over their success. Due to the continued illnes of W ill Roehm, of Roehm & Richards, artistes representatives, Mr. Roehm has appealed to Meyer Harris, Chairman of Arrange- ments, to relieve him (Roehm) of the stage management, therefore it was de- cided to call on- Harry Seamon, of Hurtig & Seamon, and Mark Nelson to officiate the stage. "patents Harris, in order to avoid an embarrassment to members of the club, by requesting them to act as policeman, has completed arrangements to have an efficient staff of real policemen on hand gto preserve order in the event that tickets may get into the hands of any undesir- bles. Sale of Tickets Gratifving Louis Gerard reports that the sale of tickets is highly gratifying, especially since the entertainment and ball has re- ceived the endorsement of the competitive circuits. Howard Burkhardt, manager, and Mor- ry Seamon, treasurer, of Hurtig & Sea- mon’s 125th Street Theater, a Columbia Circuit house, having sold their first al- lottment of 100 tickets, have already sold 50 of the second allottment of 75 tickets. Charles (“Uno”) Feldheim has takeh 25 tickets; Hughie Bernard, manager of Mi- ner’s Bronx Theater, 25 tickets; Sammie Graniet, of Miner’s Empire Theater, New- ark, N. 25 tickets; R. G. Crarien, manager of the Olympic Theater, Cincin- nati, 25 tickets; Irving Becker, manager Bathing Beauties, 75 tickets; Bob Trav- ers, manager, and Walter Brown, featured comique of The Best Show in Town, Box 23. All of the aforementioned are Colum- bia Circuit burlesquers. Jim Sutherland, manager of the Lyric Theater, Newark, N. J., a Mutual Circuit burlesquer, 25 tickets; Manager Andrews, of the Biltmore Club, Newark, N. J., 10 tickets, and advertising banners, free of charge, on 25 Luxor Taxies in Newark. Dave King, manager of the National Theater, Detroit, and Fred Busey, mana- ger of the Empire Theater, Quincy, IIL, five tickets each. The foregoing sales are in addition to the sales previously recorded. Entertainment The Entertainment Committee is hard at work soliciting the appearance of all past and present burlesquers who will be within reaching distance of Terrace Gar- den Sunday, January 24, to participate in the performance. There has been a tendency in the past for burlesquers in general to evade ap- pearing at the club’s jamboree’s and en- tertainments, and the Entertainment Com-" mittee is making strenuous effort to over- come this delinquency on the part of bur- lesquers, by cordial invitations to one and all alike in circuit and stock companies, to signify their intention of taking part in the entertainment by sending in their names, setting forth what characteriza- tion they will portray and how long their act will run. Burlesquers in general should respond to this invitation immediately, thereby setting at rest for all time comments and criticism of the past, and forcing the club to go outside of burlesque for its talent for the entertainment. Fred Clark, manager of Let’s Go, will i 2 6 ba 5 cy > [2 2 a < : * 2 7) of Burlesque Carnival, will provide a jazz band, including singers, dancers and a quartet. Ike Weber will provide two spe- cial acts. Will Roehm, of Roehm & Rich- ards, will furnish several acts. Hurtig & Seamon will provide Isabel Van and Her Dancing Dolls in special numbers by Dancing Dan Dody. The Hoofers’ Union will provide Bob Carney, Richard Craig, Jr.; Charles Harris, Reed and Wright, Scotty Weston and other hoofers. Ann Clifton will do her specialty. Alice Lawlor will do her specialty. Lester Al- len will appear by courtesy of Earl Car- roll. Billy Koud is preparing a new, nov- el, unique opening ensemble. Hughey Shubert has worked out a novelty dance card that promises to make a hit. Arthur Hunter will provide one of his cabaret ré- vues. Wolfe Gilbert will participate in person. Burlesqpers failing to send in their names forappearance will have no one to blame but themselves if the Entertain- ment Committee is forced to £0 outside of burlesque for sufficient talent to war- rant the success of the entertainment. Mutual Commended by Mirror (Continued from page 34) the inmates at Sing Sing, thereby getting much publicity in the press for their shows, but it remained for the Mutual Circuit burlesquers to give their service in an out-of-the-way place, where they had little opportunity to get publicity, which makes their offering all the more commendable. Tabloids (Continued from page 33) there. Driving out, they brought her into town to witness the show as their guest. WHEN RETURNING TO CINCINNATI from Springfield, O., Tuesday night the tabloid editor stopped off in Middletown, O., at the Gordon Theater to catch Rufus Armstrong and his Garden of Mirth Company. The performance had just been completed, but an enjoyable hour was spent in a little social and business talk with Mr. Armstrong, Chick Griffin, comedian; Minnie Burke and her sister. The company is at the Hippodrome Thea- ter, Covington, Ky., this week. AFTER THE SHOW Thursday night, December 31, Sunny Colton writes mem- bers of the Sherman-DeForest Unit Show attended a party in the rooms of Tessie and Olaf Nelson (Mr. and Mrs. Olaf Nelson) at the Murray Hotel in Livings- ton, Mont. The party was held in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Dan Sherman’s 25th wedding anniversary, Mrs. Sherman's birthday and New Year’s. Those in at- tendance were Mr. and Mrs. Dan Sher- man, Jim DeForest, Danny Sherman, Jr.: Tessie Sherman, Olaf Nelson, Frank Colton, Theresa Colton, Sunny Colton, Lew Nelson and Dot Nelson. ; WEEK BEFORE LAST Irving (Too Soon) Lewis and his Nifties of Brocdway played a four-day engagement at the Hippodrome Theater, Covington, Ky., and after a layoff of one day gave three per- formances at the Regent Theater, Hamil- ton, O., on New Year’s Day, returning to Newport, Ky., January 2 to play three shows at the Hippodrome there The tabloid editor caught both the first and second bills and, like the audiences at Covington and Newport, was well pleased with the offerings Without a doubt Lewis is a most capable comedian, his facial expression alone bringing many laughs. As an assistant comedian he has George Seldon, who also handled his role very capably. Other principals in- clude Tom Briske, who was cast well as straight man; Kay Brennan, a capable prima donna with a sweet singing voice: Rose Sydell, a very clever soubret, and Harry Stevens, juvenile and specialty man. Stevens’ banjo-jazz band effect specialty stopped the show in both Cov- ington and Newport. Lewis uses the revue type of show to good effect, having more than 16 hanging pieces for each of the three bills. The scenery has been picked with good taste and the work of the chorus in attractive costumes adds much to the effectiveness of the show. . 5 { . "Vin ole UOT January 16, 1926 Lewis, owner, manager and comedian; George Seldon, second comedian; Tom Briske, straights; Harry Stevens, juve- niles; Kay Brennan,;prima donna; Rose Sydell, soubret; Sam Orten, musical di- rector; James G. Moore, stage carpenter, and Joe and, Bee Bennett, singing and dancing specialties. In the chorus are Frankie Fairbanks, Viola Dare, Delia Wallace, Grace Holtman, Cassie Barnard, Bee Bennett, Jackie DuVal and Mary Larkin. A FEW WEEKS BACK, when Charles Benner's Hello Everybody Company played engagements in Covington and Newport, Ky., the show did not appeal to the tabloid editor, and tn a review he suggested that several changes be made. Week before last the company was at Newport News, Va., and The Daily Press, reviewing the first bill of the company, had this to say in its issue of December 29: “Charles Benner’s Hello Everybody opened the week at the Olympic Theater yesterday before a packed matinee house and also two big night shows with one of the-best bills this house has had in many weeks. It’s a pleasing, laughable, clean show that should appeal to the patrons immensely and draw large crowds all week. It deserves as much, To begin with, Benner presented a bill never seen or heard here before. For that he is to be thanked, for there are so many repetitions of old bills by the various companies. Benner went far out of the ordinary and presented something different and, judging from the applause, it wert over big. Billy (Dutch) Berning and Billy McCoy put across the comedy in rip-roaring fashion and drew big hands for their stuff time and time again.” The story was nearly a column in length and devoted much space to all of the principals. In its issue of Janu- ary 1 The Daily Press used another re- view, as follows: “Charles Benner’s Hello Everybody presented its second bill of the week at the Olympic Theater yes- terday and last night to three good-sized crowds. The work of Kathryn Kinsey stood out above all others, this little lassie putting across two ringing song numbers, Red-Hot Mamie Brown and Love, and for each she received a great reception, especially in the latter. Peck’s Bad Boy was the bill presented, with Frank Evans portraying the aforesaid bad boy, and he caused Dutch Berning, who played the part of Schultz, the groceryman, no end of trouble. Miss Kinsey lent valuable aid in providing a disturbing factor about the old grocery store. And Mrs. Serra came in for her share of worrying Schultz greatly. Billy McCoy was the policemAn on the beat and he never overlooked a thing that he could put in his pockets, even an egg to carry home to make an eggnog. George Grafe came thru with two mighty good song numbers, Ah-Ha and When Irish Eves Are Smiling, and he merited the big hand he got for each, while Billy McCoy Sang one number, On My Way to Ireland, that was good, the chorus doing a pretty dance dressed in Irish green. Berning sang the parody on Let the Rest of the World Go By, you know, the one about the woman's dress a map of the world, ete. It has been sung here so many times that the audience know it by heart. Serra and Serra were given a big hand for their talking and dancing number. They also played their ukuleles satis- factorily. The biggest applause at the matinee was given Evans for his dance and song number, his dance being ex- ceptionally good. The bill is one loaded with laughs, being of the extreme comedy sort, with Berning furnishing the bulk of the comedy as the community grocery- man who is the victim of all the jokes played by the neighborhood children, and he gets a plenty of them, too. - -— — — Capitol at Frankfort, Ky., Now In Control of Lee and Sparks Frankfort, Ky., Jan. 8.—The Capitol Theater here has passed to the control of Messrs. Lee and Sparks, of Lexington, and the policy of the new management is three acts of vaudeville and motion pictures. It is intended to play road at- tractions occasionally. The musicians’ and stage employees’ union had trouble with the Capitol Theater until it passed into the hands of Messrs Lee and Sparks, who union officials declare to be fair to organized labor. F, M. Tull Buys Theater Stillwater, Ok., Jan. 9.—Sale of the Camera Theater here, as well as a lot with 50 feet frontage on Main street, by C. D. Jackson to Francis M. Tull, circus man, of Oklahoma City, is announced. On the lot Tull intends to erect a $75,000 theater building, construction of which will be started next September, according to present plans. Tull took, posses- sion of the Camera Theater January 4, his son, E. B. Tull, moving to Stillwater to operate the show. icket Register Corp. Wiew Yorn tomatic 23 Sevent re a feat a 47s; | eee. eee | ee ee a *—
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January 16, 1926 Phonetic key 1. He is met there at my. (hi: 1z met dea et mar) > Who would throw water on father? (hu: wud @10u woa:ta on fa:da) 3. Bird above. (ba :d abav) : ; 4. Yes, the singer’s thin whisker shows (jes, So sijez Om miska fovz thru the rouge. Osu: 5a 10:3) Reprints of the complete Phonetic Key will be sent upon request. Address W. . Daggett, 16 West 72d _ street, New York. Please state number of copies wanted and include stamp for postage. The National Association of T achers of Speech met at the Hotel McAlpin, New York City, December 29-31. Joseph F Smith, of the University of Illinois, took the place of Charles H. Woolbert in discussing standards of American pro- nunciation. Mr. Smith presented the arugment that there is no single standard of spoken English that is better than other standards in general use and he therefor favored the teaching of local dia- lects in schools and colleges, Professor Woolbert expressed the same opinion in a statement read by Mr. Smith. Professor Woolbert rapped “Boston speech” and the speech of the theater as matters of no concern to America generally. He de- scribed the speech of the theater as arti- ficial and theatrically “diff rent” and al- ways bound to be different from the speech of normal soc’ety. Mr. Smith's er 2s a whole dealt with sweeping neralities and gave little tangible il- tration of what American. schools ould teach and what they should cor- t in pronunciation. Particular reference was made to the sounding of “r” and the tongue reversion in the sounding of “r” in Western sper ch. Mr. Smith seemed to consider it an im- 4 pe ge lu Te Spoken Word December 26) in a West- ern college. He said that Eastern speech sounded ridiculous to students out there in his suroundings at the University of llinois. There was little time for discussion of the subject immediately after the prin- cipal speakers had presented their views But at other sessions of the conference the question of pronunciation and stand- ard speech was brought up in an inter- esting way by H. L. Southwick, who talked on the lip-lazy American, and by Mrs, Bertha Kunz Baker, who talked upon the development of more beautiful Voices to give life and ry to the spoken word, and by Margaret Wycherly who in a most discreet and amusing way pointed to the fact that the speech of the theater has to be measured by an established standard of English. She spoke of the first rehearsals of Sir Char- acters in Search of an Author where sh nd Moffat Johnston and Dwight Frve met on the stage as mother, father and son. Miss Wycherly and Moffat Johnston mated up fairly well. Mss Wycherly born in England and trained in America, had fairly natural speech for the theater, and Moffat Johnston has acquired a “re- markably pure English” thru the process of dropping the broad Scotch of his origi- nal dialect. But in stepped Dwight Fry: (thelr son) from the Middle West with i typical Western “r”®. Miss Wycherly was the first member of the company to ] ch Mr. Frye with the question: “What are you going to do with your TY sounds?" That question has been a § ling joke between the two from that day Mr. Frye was greatly perplexed to know what to do with his “r” sounds unti! he learned to do away with them This was a nice refutation on Miss Wycherly’s part to Woolbert’s argument that the speech of the theater has no relation to good speech in society and that one standard of speech Is as good as another, Mrs. Edith J. R. Isaacs, of The Theater ‘s Monthly, gave an interesting talk on The Theater Takes Shape. She out- ined the progress that had been made in fuller recognition of the various arts that enter the theater. In the older eme of things the director was every- ne; the actor, the scene painter, the htman were tools to be worked at his bidding. Now the actor has been recog- nized as an artist, and the scenic artist } taken a place of first importance. ze Pierce Baker, of Yale University, poke In similar terms of the specialized peration that is necessary In stage production. He went so far as to say t a dramatic author might be expected nake some suggestions about the play id written, that he doubtless had as ( r a notion as anyone as to what he W driving at and as to what impression yay was supposed to make. He con- dad that an author might be allowed nd rehearsals rather than be cast as gracefully or disgracefully as le In relation to the scente artist, lo t u tman, the author and the actor Mr. Baker said that the director held the sition of an orchestra conductor, It y his business to bring the whole Production into perfect harmony. rhere was considerable discussion of current plays, Walter Hampden's The Verchant of Venice was highly com- mended, Craig’s Wife was mentioned as one of the plays of special importance, 6X : Uf ¢ ae 3 ' hl » | {| I ee ce (a 5 po aa cubmmanatensunammuntionss t #49 ee . _ To ’ tself from the ding barbarism of provincial New Enge- . ) . 3} ; oR HE Stas | /STEINS\ & | |) \MBAKE UP : : : ee : ae i
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38 The Bi * Feminine Frills Ilboard ~ iM mN AGP wige. sor] =F By ELITA MILLER LENZ (Communications to 1560 Broadway, New York, N. Y.) The Billboard’s FREE SHOPPING SERVICE Rules for Ordering Please do not send personal checks. Remittances should be made by money order, payable to The Billboard Publishing Company, and correspond- ence addressed to Elita Miller Lenz, care The Billboard, 1560 Broadway, New York. Every article mentioned in this column may be ordered thru The Shopper. Space on this page is not for sale for advertising purposes. The oftener you call on The Shopper the happier she’ll be, for she will then know that her column is holding your interest. Mrs. Jimmie Hahn: Our letter, in response to yours, has been returned by the post office, with the information that there is no such address as that which you gave us. Please send us further route, They call the cunning little corset il- lustrated Snuggleband. It has no hooks, no eiastic and no bones. It snuggles so closely to the figure that all “bulges” are ironed out. Made of best quality satin, equipped with buttons to which garters may be buttoned or a special brassiere of glove silk ($4 extra) may be attached. Two straps into which one steps holds the Snuggleband in place. This little garment, which may be easily laundered, was designed purposely for dancers and acrobats, altho it is recom- mended by the Shopper because of the good-looking lines it imparts to the gown. It comes in all sizes and is particularly desirable to the woman who covets the uncorseted silhouet, but hesitates to af- fect it because of “‘wobbly” bulges across ihe stomach or about the hips. When ordering mention your usual size of oorset and also hip and waist measure- nents: The Snuggleband is $12. “Why not show us a pretty French long- sandal shoe?” asks one of our time readers, a re- quest echoed by a half dozen other readers. Well, there it is, sketched by artist. La- is its name. has the sp ked heel and_ vertical strap which makes the feminne foot appear dainter than may be had in all ing combinations: it actually is. It sizes in the follow- Patent leather with gray trimming, two-tone brown leather, black suede with patent trimming, gray suede with gray kid trimming, two-tone gray kid all patent leather, all black satin and all patent leather with lizard trimming. Can you imagine a more generous assortment from which to choose? When ordering, mention your usual size and include a pencil sketch of the bottom of your foot. The price is $12. Monsieur ‘‘Paul”, who is a philosopher, with the aim to beautify women and make them happier with smart little Boyar hats of suede, hand sewn and ha> rated with gay applique, is ; for the original little hat il- Monsieur says that it is a ian design, copied from the pic- sque Boyar hats worn during the ) dof Veter the Great. By dealing directly with him these smart chapeaux may be had for $10 instead of $12.50, ic regular price. He has supplied hats t type to be worn with fashionable _ Sports costumes in several musical med Tt come in black, gray, 1d deck T A ture peric peri ney veral shades of blue and in and re The applique, in several asting tones, is transparent, so that When one stands under a light or in the sunshine soft glimmerings of color are shown. He makes up the hats quickly to your individual head size and says that you may even wear them in the rain without fear of spots. As they are made of genuine calfskin suede, with fringed edges, you may roll them up in your suit cases or pack them flat in the trunk. Of course, being of the sports genre they may be worn all year ’round. If our cowgirl readers want something unusual in a suede hat, Monsieur “Paul” will be glad to submit estimates and -those ordering the Boyar hat may also (Continued on page 39) Smart Suede Chapeau, Dancing Corset and Pullman Robe | ; \ PD J. } WN ACL CNEY, : Fee) ies fener Ne ie Me Descriptions of these articles will be found in The Billboard's Free Shopping Service column, this page. \ we 1 Ix - St Jf tf = AES > OSE ee) \ y is The Beauty Quest Blessed usually with a clear skin, we were surprised recently to note a pasty tone, which gave an impression of being “tired out”. A visit to the Rubinstein establishment for a refreshening treat- ment elicited the information that our skin was “inactive”. To offset this con- dition there was included in the treat- ment a cream which promoted the ac- tivity of the skin cells and brought about a soft glow and an ‘absence of ‘‘pasti- ness”, We took home with us a jar for home treatment and are pleased to note the return of the usual clarity and the disappearance of several discolorations beneath the eyes. Perhaps you, too, have been so busy that you have neglected to stimulate the skin cells by keeping them thoroly cleansed and functioning per- fectly. If you wish to try the Clearskin treatment, a first jar of the cream may be had for $1. So many women become Ciscouraged in their quest for a face powder which is made for the dry, sensitive skin that we want to tell them about a powder with a cream base, which is both corrective and protective to the dry skin. This may be had for $1, $1.50, $3 and $5.50 a box, and comes in the following flattering shades: White, cream, Rachel, natural Mauresque and Blush (the latest French shade), A rouge compact of creamy con- sistency, also intended to be used on the average or dry skin, sells for 50 cents a box. Mention your favorite shade, when ordering. One of the loveliest women we know, who positively refuses to acknowledge birthdays, confided to us recently that he would never admit, even to herself. that wrinkles and crow’s feet were signs of advancing age. “When I see the slightest indication of them I know that there is an underlying condition of the skin’ which can be offset with patient effort,” she said. “We assume,” said we, “that you use a cream and an astringent.” “I use,” replied Madame, gent-cream.” Taking from her dresser a jar. which bore the label Geranium Cream, Madame passed it to ys fer inspection. Being very susceptible to the fragrance of geraniums, we remarked that it smelled “delicious”. “It's action is more than that,” plied Madame. It tightens the muscles and smooths out creased surfaces. And it is wonderful for firming the skin. You see, you stir the cream vigorously and apply it to the skin, leaving it on all night, and I also apply a bit and wipe off before powdering. One gets such a gen- erous jar for $3.50 that one gets into the habit of applying it also to the throat and hands, to keep them correspondingly young with one’s face.” This cream is a new one to us, made by a Paris and New York firm, and if any of our readers wish to try Madame's “an astrin- rTe- remedy for offsetting age, we shall be glad to take care of orders. Depilatories which remove © surface hairs are out of date. For one reason, they leave the skin rough, with a sug- gestion of underlying hairs, whereas tne up-to-date depilatory lifts the hair out by the roots, leaving the skin smooth and soft. An advantage of the new type depilatory is that it causes the hair to grow softer and finer and in some cases to disappear altogether. The new type depilatory, as used at a leading beauty establishment, and which follows the “facial” when needed, is called Prim. It does not irritate the skin. Price, $1 a box. One of the cleverest and most ef- ficacious lipsticks we have ever seen is made by Lucille. One-half of the lip- stick is a delicious strawberry-kiss red and the other side is white. The white side is intended for moments when you (Continued on page 39) January 16, 1926 Stage Styles RUSSIAN COSTUMES IN “SONG OF THE FLAME” It is difficult not to extoll the moving grandeur of the music and settings of The Song of the Flame, the romantic opera, with the golden-voiced Tessa Kosta, at the 44th Street Theater, New York, in touching on the = costumes Touching on the costumes alone, however, is in itself an adventure, because they are so superbly done by the Arthur Hammerstein Costume Company, under the supervision of Clanche Besand. Tessa Kosta, as “The Flame”. makes her first appearance in the midst of a Russian peasant mob, clad in nondescript clothes, which provide a foil ‘for the brightness of her raiment. She wears a long Russian-line coat of flame-red cloth, with collar, wide cuffs, 1em, down front and around skirt border, and wee hat of gray Persian lamb. While the coat is fitted, it is gathered slightly full on each hip. When “The Flame” is in hiding in the country, after singing to the mob her beautiful, throbbing song of freedom, she is seen among the peasants on the banks of the Volga in a typical Russian peas- ant dress composed of wide strips of flame-red and tones of rose, white apron, white guimpe smocked with red and green and embroidered with red and green symbols, an orange headdress, sug- gesting the Boyar hat, with a flat bow of fuchsia-colored ribbon in back, streamers cascading. Peasant girls move about in this scene, carrying wash baskets, to the interior of which are sewn bright colored, con- trasting fabrics. The “peasants” wear short cloth coats in shades of orange, red, black, purple, gray and blue, with pearl buttons and button holes embroid- ered in a bright shade, and voluminous white aprons. Some blouses dre white and some are yellow. White pantaloons find contrast in black ballet slippers which are laced over them. Some head- dresses are of colorful batiks in peasant colorings, while others are shawls of colored silks. Dorothy Mackaye, a sparkling brunet, moves about the scene in a naive-look- ing frock of white muslin with Alice blue polka dots and a Priscilla apron matching in color the polka dots. Her blouse is Nhe conventional white Russian one, but her adaptation of the Boyar hat is far from conventional, being composed of cretonne with an ecru background, flowered with roses and set off with fr lls of Alice blue. She, too, wears long white pantaloons. Ula Sharon, the petite dancer, looking like a wee sprite of eight, dances coquettishly In a white muslin frock, the .skirt quite long and gathered. A short yoke and Empire waistline are de- fined with bands embroidered with red stars and polka dots. As she dances, one notes that her pettiskirts are of sheer white net, her stockings white and her slippers of patent leather, She waves a small red hankie. Phoebe Brune and her Russian Wom- an's Battalion creates a sensation with the perfect rhythm of a military drill- dance, with dervish-like whirls and leaps and the colorfulness of the uniforms. Hats resembling those of a witch in the heicht of the crown, are bordered on the edge of the wide brim with Siberian sable, A three-quarter length military coat of red velvet (flame red), with a decided skirt flare, is also bordered with this fur. The belts are of gold, em- broidered with red, the military collars are of gold cloth and the snug-fitting trousers are of a ved cloth, matching the coats in color. Russian boots of red have a border of silver on the cuff. Platoons of chorus girls appear in replicas of this costume, carried out in sapphire blue, rose and black velvet. Short swords flash as the girls dance. Some of the platoons, particularly those in black velvet, wear wimples of gold cloth. In another scene a beautiful chorus costume is composed of a bolero of silver metal cloth, shot with rose, worn over frocks of silver cloth, with fitted bodice and flared skirt. Boyar-like hats are composed of silver spangles, with an immense bow of fuchsia ribbon in back, with streamers. Russian boots are of orchid with silver medallions in a silver border, these ornamental medallions also decorating the coats, and hosiery is of fuchsia color. The same pattern of cos- ‘ume ig carried out in groups of yellow frocks with orange coats; fuchsia coats with rose coats beaded with crystal, With these colors were worn Russian boots of yellow, green and blue, and in some instances the large peasant sleeves wert of gold cloth with colored brocade. Ula Sharon does a toreador dance, her bull a stout gentleman of ludicrous micn She wears a wee red skirt, with gold braid border, the white blouse sleeveless. with boyish collar and _ conventional black satin tie. A black satin kerchief headdress, white hose and slippers are other details. We noted etately show girls in medi- eval princess gowns of velvet in high shades, standing in detached but orna- mental groups. When in the more modern atmosphere (Continued on page 39) a ae ws a P| Ef po | | po ee — Se : f bar. a ap oe, se mys 2 Y : ‘is sis ra fu la a tara RY - Soe! : SpPoch i; | ! ; PSC r) LL<l ian ly a ea See . i canted pal eemraeann integrand — a _
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4. January 16, 1926 SIDE GLANCES From Circus to Broadway he quick transitions made from the a B by Joe Brown, comedian of Captain Jinks; Hal Skelley, formerly co- Ho several successful musical about ian. . “The reason clowns are so irresistibly funny,” sa.d he, “is that they put their whole heart and soul into the business of heing ridiculously young and mischievous. They do ths to please the youngsters tensibly, but they really appeal to the voungster in every man and woman. The humor of the clown is clean, untarnished fun, served with an absolute confidence that it is going to go well with every rian, woman and child. If you don’t be- jieve it goes WELL, watch Brown and Hal Skeliey !” Peggy Page’s Cat Wins Last year Peggy Page's cat, “Princess er the Alley”, who actually graduated ‘rom that place into Peggy’s affections, valked off with a blue ribbon at a Cat how because she had unconsciously ac- quired some of the appealing facial man- nerisms of her mistress. Princess of the \lley, however, caught a gat malady at the show and passed into the Pussy's Parad se. In due course of time a& suc- vecsor for “Princess of the Alley” was found: a wee little kit, one of the brood of the delicatessen man's cat. This liitle mite has seven toes on each front foot, which makes her feet appear unusually Noting that — had a sense of uoor about using her paws, which re- m nded one of the late Bert Savoy's im- personat on of Margie, the young mistress 1 clowns from oe Cook, Joe xamed the kit Margie. Well, Margie was ntered in the Cat Show at the Waldorf- Astoria January 4 and 5 and won a rib- for her impersonation of Margie. Even the reporters thought Marge was eute and photographed her and her m s- tress for the metropolitan dailies. Pegcy declares that her success with cats has relieved her of all anxiety concerning what she will do with her spare time hon when she is old and engagements are scarce. She will conduct a blue-ribbon cattery. Princess Beppa’s Papoose Princess Beppa, Indian Princess, who, with her litt!e papoose, “Bright Eyes”, attracted crowds of the circus when she wove rugs in the lobby of the Criterion Theater, New York, when the mot on pic- ture, The Vanishing Race, was enjoying a long run at that theater, is at Hubert’s Museum on 42d street. Those who would like to coddle a genuine — who will return your interest a manner typical of the jazz are invited to drop in at Hubert’s. Fashion Notes Ultra-smart women are beginning to wear all black. Those who affect it stand out from the multitude like a black silhouet against a white background. It may seem paradoxical to declare that all biack, the color of mourning, is re- freshing. But it is! Down in Florida they are introducing three-quarter coats with quilted stitching, fringe-trimmed evening capes, lace coats wth sca'loped outlines about the cape, down the front closing and about the hem and the boxy raglan topcoat. Other interest ng innovations, which will be seen up North shortly, are eyelet em- broidery tunics, shantung sport blouses, dresses combining net and taffeta, the - overblouse and the draped-up skir Since it has been decreed that bobbed hair is to grow many fascinating hair ornaments are making their appearance, some of them beautiful filigree designs from Tibet. Charm boxes, necklaces and earr ngs are also being imported from Tibet, most of these being ornamented with coral and turquoise. The Tibetan hair ornaments are said to be replicas of those worn by the men of pastoral tribes who wear long queues of false hair entwined cunningly with their own sparse locks. Satin hats, black and el tints, are making their appearance for between-sea- son wear, Reflections of Dorothea None gets all the laughter, None gets all the tears; Joys and griefs are portioned hru the passing years. 'R merry little world ts on its way again and most of us have settled down to the duties of life. Some bew year’s resolut'ons are already for- Rotten, but others will be kept and prob- ay will aot make the world a better place to live in. I made one to get well and I'm sure I will never forget it. ft ! wonder what has become of the old- ashioned winters. There doesn’t seem we oD b DOW Te De The Billboard real cold wintry days are few and, far between. What a surprise it was when I raised my curtain one morning last week and saw the frost flowers on my window. I could scarcely resist the temptation to press my nose against the pane as the kiddies used to do. The merry laughter of the kiddies who used to play in the lot outside my windoW has given way to the boom of dynamite blasts that seem to mock me as they rack my body, but thank goodness, that too is al- most over. Tello and Tny Webb were a great help to me during the holidays and now Tello has opened with a stock company in Lancaster, Pa. Tello is as good natured as he is large and is sure to be- come very popular in his new engagement. While in Davenport, Ia., recently the members of the Applesauce Company were enterta’ned at the home of Dr. Pal- mer, head of the nationally known school of ch ropractic in that city, which also operates radio station WOC. Graham Vel ey rendered several vocal selections which were broadcast and everybody had a memorab!le good time. Applesauce is one of the few companies which have successfully weathered the unfavorable season. The past few weeks were so full of happiness for me that I still lie awake thinking of them into fhe wee hours of the morning. And I hope and pray that happiness will abide in the hearts of all of those whose thoughtfulness is repre- sented. Did you ever feel that way? As if the world were jut one great big bundle of goodness and love so that you wanted to s ng your joy to everyone. And st a word for little old New York. If ever anyone tells you it is a city without a heart rest as ured they don’t know New York. Life depends upon the heart and any city that pulsates with life like the great metropo‘is must have a heart. Of course, New York doesn’t wear its heart on its sleeve, but it is there nevertheless, and it is the biggest, warmest and most unselfish heart im- aginable, Father Knickerbocker, I salute you! Reading the letters of my friends and readers is one thing that never becomes monotonous and I am always giad to hear from you, whether profess onal or other- w'se. Address 600 West 186th street, New York City. Smilingly, The Billboard Free Shopping Service (Continued from page 38) order applique to match for the coat or suit collar. The quilted robe shown is the one about which we told you last week—a food-looking Pullman robe, lined with genuine lamb’s wool. Comes in blue, rose, nile, turquoise, peach, gold, navy, black and other shades, and in all sizes. A robe of this type costs $15 usually, but may be had from a certain shop for $9.98, ules to match are $2.95 a pair. The men in our office are enthusiastic abou certain make of silk hosiery they have been buying for the ladies of their respective families and have prevailed on us to wear them also, feeling that we should test them for the benefit of our readers. These are full-fashioned hose of pure thread silk, with a patented “brilliant” (pointed) heel. They may be had in chiffon or medium-weight silk, in all colors, three pairs for $5.25. The same concern offers men’s Australian wool sox, in black, navy and cordovan, at $2.75 per half dozen pairs or $5 per dozen pairs. When you order from this —— concern make it a “family af- air”. While speaking of hosfery, we wish to remind you that we have on our list a concern which repairs runs in all makes of hosiery in a _ surprisingly invisible manner. Repairing French sheer stock- ings is their specialty and the charges are 50 cents to $1 per pair, depending on the length of the runs. Many of you, we know, make your own dresses. Undoubtedly you are thinking of making up a couple of smart frocks for spring or present wear and are per- haps wondering about the newest styles in fabrics. The newest fabrics are printed crepes. A silk mill has called our attention to the fact that they have antici- pated the spring trade by making up bolts and bolts of the most charming printed silk crepes, which they are now offering by a direct-mail plan at a saving of one- third. If you wish to see their beautiful line at $2 a yard, ask The Shopper for a batch of samples. After inspecting them, you will agree that the designers have never before achieved such. beautiful de- signs in silks. The Beauty Quest (Continued from page 38) with to soothe your lips rather than brighten them. Seventy-five cents is the price of this attractively put up novelty. If you are your own manicurist you should not be without a certain cuticle cream which dispenses with cutting of the cuticle. It shrinks ragged edges and be nishe ban b preps ion is ui also fine for the hands, a bit being ap- plied and then worked into a creamy lather by the addition ‘of a few drops of water. It will soften roughened hands almost immediately. Selling for 75 cents a jar, which should last six months. Face lifting without an operation is accomplished by the wearing of an in- visible lifting device, which is worn under the hair. We shall be glad to send you particulars concerning ‘it. Stage Styles (Continued from page 38) of Paris, Miss Mackaye appears in a chic little black satin sheath gown, with high collar and a side frill of cream lace, where the frock buttons on the bosom. deep frills of the cream lace fall from the cuffs of the long, fitted sleeves. Sheer black hose and black satin slippers are worn. Miss Kosta appears in Paris wearing a blue serge straight-line dress, fasten- ing on the side with gilt buttons, the but- ton holes worked in red. A patch pocket on the opposite side is bound with red, as are pointed cuffs. A white lawn col- lar is continued into a crushed bow on the shoulder. Miss Kosta is last seen in draperies of pure white, ascending the “heights of happiness’, leading her faithful lover. In a carnival scene we noted masks which were simply masks in outline, be- — ous of a metal set with bril- nts. » ea me je, Scenic Artists A By G. M. LELAND (Communications to 1560 Broadway, N. Y.) The productions a on Broadway the week of December 28 were Nance O’Ne.l in Stronger Than Love at the Belasco Theater, settings designed by Livingston Platt and executed by William Oden Waller, for Carl Reed; The Monkey Talks at the Sam H. Harris Theater, set- tings designed and executed by John Wenger, for Arch Selwyn; the fourth ed - tion of the Earl Carro.l Vanities at the Earl Carroll Theater, settings designed and executed by Karle O. Amend, with the exception of the finale which was designed by Willy Pogany and executed by the Pogany-Te chner Studios, for Earl Carroll; Tip-Toes at the Liberty Thea- ter, settings designed and executed by John Wenger, for Aarons & Freed ey; Jack Hu'bert’s Revue, By the Way, at the Gaiety Theater, settings painted by De- laney & Meynet, draperies by Maurice & Fra er and Treleaven & Wilkinson, all brought over d-_rect from the Apollo The- ater, London, for A, L. Erlanger, and Song of the Flame at the 44th Street Theater, settings designed and executed by Joseph Urban and the Urban Studios, for Arthur Hammerstein. : An exposition comparing advanced Eu- ropean developments in stage settings with American theatr’cal craft is being planned for New York by the Theater Gui'd, the Provincetown Playhouse, the Greenwich Village Theater and the Neign- borhood Playhouse* groups. It will be the first of its kind ever held. The expos'ttion will open February 15 and will occupy an entire floor of the new building at 66 Fifth avenue. The two chief novelties will be the models of constructivist settings of three d mensions and the appearance of the mechanical theater of France, whith replaces living actors with marionettes, looking more like geometrical figures than human beings. The changes in theatrical ~ duction during the last 20 years will be shown in a retrospective review with 70 models of actual sets from Germany, Rus- sa, France, Sweden, Ho'land, Czecho- Slovakia, Jugo-Slavia and Great Britain. There will also be 30 American models and hundreds of oricinal draw ngs. The best known of the fore ‘ -omed es; Joe Cook, one of the featured 4 ; members of Earl Carroll's Vanities, and iz the F - oneal * ee ; | | _ | *. ] a) ® (4 Call and be convinced. } SAFCHIK & CO., inc. ta Established 1894, . faa i? ’ i ts a PO yr 0 ————— eee ae ee fh @ * / Po a ee ¥ 7"—_—_-——eeeke—arerer———eee : ‘ f Gael — f ; a a) Es f ‘ ' 4 : — # he 4 ———— Se : 2 j ees ON : eS 7 ae z | eae Te So: } oar Ej foods they eat? aes 3 : a Send for This : = Astounding Booklet! us ») SS ifs eg ‘ | ee — of ee ee a - ; : ) h 7 v. :
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: Fe \ . Little Theaters have long regarded the successful Theater Guild of New York as their inspiration for greater attainments. Of unusual interest to these little thea- ters is a catalog listing all of the Theater Guild’s past productions which are now available for production by community and little theaters, and, of course, stock and repertory companies. The royally on these plays, all of which have enjoyed successful runs and which have been well advertised to the country at large, is surprisingly modest. Since the catalog was published the Theater Guild’s most recent successes, Androcles and the Lion - and Merchants of Glory, have been added to the list. Those desiring copy of the catalog, which gives full particulars, are invited to write the Little Theater Editor, The Billboard, 1560 Broadway, New York. EDWIN C. BRANDT, A REAL PROFESSIONAL Edwin C. Brandt, director of the Lenox Hill Players, now playing ’Tis a Pity She’s a Whore, in their new home, 248 West 14th street, New York, has had an interesting career on the professional stage. He first entered the profession in 1890, after a course in the drama un- der Dion Boucicault, playing in The Mer- chant of Venice, the role of the merchant, opposite David Warfield; Antonio in Romeo and Juliet, starring Ethel Barry- more; Henry Clay in Davis’ Soldiers of Destiny and Svengali in Trilby. Mr. Brandt has a!so written several plays, the most popular being Fool’s Gold and Master of Destiny. The present ver- sion. of ’*Tis a Pity She’s a Whore was rewr'tten, staged and produced by him. The Lenox H'll P!ayers are showing on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights only. There will, however, be a Special Sunday evening performance January 17, to which performers of the dramatic stage are invited thru. The Billboard. Those desiring to attend this professional per- formance are requested to make reserva- tions immediately. AT HARRY KEMP’S POET’S THEATER On Sunday evening, January 3, we had a most del.ghtful adventure—a visit to The Poet’s Theater, in the basement of Leonardi DaVinci Art School, ¢88 East 10th street, New York. He Harry Kemp, poet, presented four one-act plays, prefacing each with an informal talk, which included snatches of poetry, de- livered in his usual intriguing style. Boccaccio’s Untold Tale, by _Harry Kemp, with a cast consisting of Juliette La ne, Estelle DeNemour, Bertha Loew, Clifford Odets and Wilmot Werner, was first on the program. This tragic playlet, because of intelligent direction, was pre- sented in a manner which may be truth- fully described as perfect. Juliette La-ne, the petite player who recently played an ingenue role with The Mimers of New York, assumed the part of an elderly serving maid and acquitted herself ad- mirably. Estelle DeNemour, who is seem- ingly created for the professional stage, having unu ual grace and well-modulated voice, played the leading role. Bertha Lowe, as Olivia, played in a manner that suggested professional training. Her work as the Thunder’s daughter in an Indian Fantasy, The Man Who Married tre Thunder’s Daughter, by Hartley Alexander, also on the bill, was an ex- quis te bit of pantomine, and Clifford Odets, as the Indian warrior, contributed a gem of characterization. Very moving was a dramatization of the recent interview of Theodore Dreiser with Anthony Pantano in the death house at Sing Sing as printed recently in The New Yark World. A husband (played by Wilmot Werner) and w-fe (played by Eleanor Oshatz) discuss the interview with pleasing naturalness as a breakfast prelude. Illumination of the other half of the stage shows Pantano (played by Jerome Rosenberg) and Dreiser (played by Phila McGibbon) in the death house with the pr’son guard looking on. Mr. Rosenberg is said to have made a _ per- sonal study of Pantano in the death house, a statement which is well borne out by the pathos and realism of his portrayal. The Bawd, one of the old Grecian nimes of Herondas, closed the program, Miss Laine again enact ng an old woman with skill, Miss DeNemour gracefully portraying a slave girl, and Nilla Cram Cook giving a convincing read'ng as a gracious wife who refuses to believe scandal about her absent husband. AMERICAN LABORATORYS “SCARLET LETTER” } + in its repertoire season on Thursday night, January 7, at its Dramatic Club, 107 West 58th street, New York. This is Miriam Stockton’s dramatization of Hawthorne’s novel, The Scarlet Letter, which has been personally staged by R'chard Boleslavsky, technical advisor to the ting group Laboratory players who will appear alternately in the leading roles of The Scarlet Letter are Helen Coburn and Con- Stance McLain as Hester Prynne, George Macready and James Daly as the Rev. Arthur Dimmesdale, Grover Burgess and Herbert_V. Gellendre as Roger Chilling- worth, Morton Brown, George Auerbach and Donald Keyes as the Rev. John Wil- son, Walter Duggan and Howard Buchan- s Governor Bellingham, Dora Schwartz, Celeste Pirritz and Ann Hitch- cock as Mistress Hibbin. Performances of The Scarlet Letter will be given _ hereafter on Tuesday and Thurs- day evenings. Twelfth Night will be the bill on Friday evenings and Saturday , The Billboard i) A Vai) ) )) Visy\ @)) ] A S7 By ELITA MILLER LENZ (Communications to 1560 Broadway, New York, N. Y.) Troubetzkoy’s Sea Woman’s Cloak will be given on Wednesday and Saturday nights. A review of The Scarlet Letter will appear in a forthcoming: issue of The Billboard, LITTLE THEATER HAS NEW DIRECTOR Julian T. Koon has been elected di- rector of the Little Theater of Gaiyesville, Tex., to succeed John J. Londsay, head of the organization for the past two years, who has accepted the directorship of the Little Theater of Denison, Tex. Mr, Koon has been with the dramatic club of North Texas Teachers’ College at Denton for three years and has appeared in leading roles of a number of big pro- ductions includ'ng Experience, Robin Hood, Dulcy and others. Mr. Koon re- cently directed Her Husband's Wife here and his first little theater offering will be Wedding Bells on January 22. “TREASURE ISLAND” AT PASADENA Treasure Island, great success a few years ago of the Punch and Judy Theater in New York, had its first Western stage product’on at the hands of the Pasadena Community Players in December, when a very colorful presentation was made up- on the stage of their handsome new theater. Awakening great enthusiasm for its piratical thrills among adventure lovers, children_and adults, the Pasadena production also won high pra'se from lovers of the colorful for its mounting. Alson Clark, a famous landscape artist of California who has a particular flair for pirate lore, designed the production. Mr. Clark is the art.st who painted the now celebrated drop curtain of the Com- munity Playhouse, the picture of a “tae laden, homeward-bound treasure ship. Bradley Wright, who has been making qu'te a name for himself at the Pasadena house as a juvenile, played Jim Haw- kins, Arthur Kachel was Long John S Iver and others in important roles in- c’'uded Walter W. Ogier, George C. Reis, Curtis C. Arnall, Bram Nossen and Lionel Leonard. Continuing with romance for the holi- day season, The Pasadena Community Players found an excellent Christmas medium in Edward Peple’s old comedy success, The Prince Chap, whch was of- fered from Christmas Eve until January With its Christmas tree scene and its general expression of the holiday sentiment The Prince Chap proved ex- ceedingly popular. Maurice Wells, associate director of the playhouse, earned new laurels for himself as the Prince Chap. Lurene Tuttle made a fascinating Phoebe Puckers. The heroine, Claudia, was played as a child by Helen McMasters and as a young woman by Helen Brooks. Others in the cast were Antha Miller, Dorothy Evans, Gordon Crocker, Herbert Rooksby, Frank McCollister, J. D. Hamilton, Curtis C. Arnall and Earle Klepper. Merry Wives of Windsor is being of- fered by the Pasadena Community Play- ers from January 7 to 19. THRESHOLD PLAYERS INVITE HIGH-SCHOOL STUDENTS The Threshold ® Players, the senior students of the School of the Theater, who for the past three years have been co- operating with the English Teachers’ As- sociation in presenting dramatic versions of English c'assics in week-day matinees for the high-school students of New York, will open its fourth season in January. The production chosen by Clare Tree Major in consultation with @ committee of English teachers is Charles D ckens’ The Tale of Two Cities, dramatized as The Only Way, in which Martin Harvey successfully played some years ago. . The entire cast will be composed of members of the School of the Theater classes, and the direction is in the hands of Stanley Howlett, now acting in Morals at the Comedy Theater, Albert Bliss, drector of scenic design at the School of the Theater, has designed the settings, which will be made by students of the school. . Marian De Pew, a cousin of Rachel Crothers, is in charge of the costumes. The Threshold Players will present The Only Way every afternoon at the Princess with the exception of Thursdays and Saturdays, the two regular matinee days at the theater. On these days the com- pany will go out of town to play for schools which are too far from New York to bring in groups of their students. The schedule of plays for the coming school term is now being made up, and Clare Tree Major, the president of the school, invites suggestions from the high schools themselves as to plays. the students would like to have presented. Suggestions may be sent to her at the Princess Theater, 104 West 39th street, New York City. Clare Tree Major, in founding her school, organized as one of its dictinctive features this company, in which actors in training might receive daily acting tions which resembled as closely as pos- Sible those in a stock company. She chose to work with the high-school Eng- lish departments to help visualize the masterpieces of English dramatic litera- ture upon the stage at nominal prices for high-school students who are unable to afford the regular prices charged on Broadway for theater tickets. . Mrs. Major also has in rehearsal the fourth play of the Children’s Saturday Morning Theater, which has been operat- ing at the Princess Theater. Its title is Rumple Stiltzskin, the Gr'mm fairy tale adapted by Belle Waddell. Le Roi Operti, now playing in The Merchant of Venice, is directing this, THE IRVINE PLAYERS GIVE UNPUBLISHED PLAYS The Irvine Players under the d rection of Theodora Irvine are now under the management of Lee Keedick. They have been giving a bill of unpublished one-act plays that is reported to be highly inter- esting and entertaining. Recent engage- ments that they have f lled were with the Athletic Club of Buffalo, N. Y., and the Craftman’s Club of Jersey City. They have also been heard weekly over radio thru several different stations, notably WEAF, WRNY and WMCA., During February beginning the 13th they will broadcast each Saturday night thru WEAF. Some of the plays radiocast and given under the management of Mr. Keedick are Maisie, by Ruth Giorloff, whose play Nightshade won the prize in the contest conducted by the Wharf Players of Provincetown during the past summer; The Walkout, by George Abbott; The Leap Year Girls, by John Stokes; One Word Play, by Frank Egan. The Irvine Players are made up of ad- vanced students of the Theodora Irvine Studio for the Theater, many of whom have played or are playing in Broadway productions. Among them are Esther Somers, Margaret Mosier, Glenn Mahan- nah, George Blackwood, Virginia Bauer, Alona Harrington, Edward Hudson, Winthrope Wayne. Frances Wood, Doro- thy Harris, Clinton Parker, Carlton Welsh, George Kendall, Isabel Giroux and Lucille Ferrel. “OLD MAN MINICK” A HIT AT DALLAS When Oliver Hinsdell put on Old Man Minick, by Edna Ferber and George S. Kaufman, as the December offering at the Little Theater of Dallas, Tex., he added another chapter to the history of that organization’s memorable successes. He chose E. W. Dunaway, a 72-year-old citizen of Dallas, to play the title role, thereby providing Dallas with a real sensation. To quote from The Times- Herald of Dallas: “Taking his material entirely from novitiate, using a man of 72 years in the leading role, Oliver Hinsdell man- aged to give to the first-night Dallas audience seeing Old Man Minick, at the Little Theater all this week, a perform- ance that was almost always good, and in some spots was fine. “From ore almost entirely in the rough —for not one of the big cast had ever taken part in a regular Little Theater production previously—Director Hinsdell drew gold Monday evening, and oc- casional flashes revealed where the finer metal was glinting thru. “E. W. Dunaway deserves first men- tion, since his was the central figure at all times, even when he was silent; in fact, the play is constructed entirely around Old Man Minick’s figure, built only as a background, so to speak. “Mr. Dunaway came out upon the stage entirely unmade up, and acted the part ag naturally as if he were living it. Sympathies of the audience were with him from the time he took his first step upon the stage, and remained with him thru thick and thin. He was at his very best in the second act, when conversing with his aged friends, and in the meeting of the woman's club con- ducted by his daughter-in-law.” THE POTBOILERS IN “THY NAME IS WOMAN” The attraction at the Potboiler Art Theater, Los Angeles, for six nights, December 28 to January 2, was Schoen- her’s tragi-comedy, Thy Name Is Woman, with George Fisher, Kenneth Chryst, Carl Brueckner and Belle Mitchell. Lulu Warrington, well-known actress, directed. The Potboilers opened in The Man Who Ate the Popomack, by W. J. Turner, on January 13. The Potboiler news sheet will here- after be handled by Pearl Rall, formerly dramatic editor of The Los Angeles Eve- ning Express and Saturday Night. ENIGHTS OF COLUMBUS REVIVE LITTLE THEATER The Columbia Players, a dramatic group, sponsored by the Knights of Columbus at Houston, Tex., is a revival of the Green Mask Players, organized six years ago and which became dormant Janfary 16, 1926 resignation of John Clark Tidden, their director and leading actor. Mr. Tidden,. who is instructor in drawing and paint- ing at the Rice Institute, will direct three plays to be given by the Columbia Play- ers and will assume a leading role in one of them. W. E. Kendall and J. F. Welch will act as assistant directors. Little Theater Notes Natalie Stark, editor of The Cue, the monthly news sheet published by the Buffalo Players, Buffalo, N. Y., spent a week’s vacation in New York last week and was a visitor at The Billboard office. The Rose and the Ring, Thackeray’s brilliant farce, Was presented at Hart House Theater, Toronto, Can., under the direction of Walter Sinclair. Bertram Forsyth presented The Little Shepherdess Without a Heart at the New Theater of the Margaret Eaton School, Toronto, Can., week of December 28. A newspaper clipping describes this per- formance as possessing “an appeal to children, as spontaneous as it is sincere.” On December 23 The Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens, was presented by students of the Junior High School of Erdenheim, Pa. The production was di- rected by Mary L. Stackhouse, of the English Department, and the entire pro- duction was supervised by Jules FE Meredith, general director, Meredith Studio of Dramatic Art, Philadelphia. The Players Club of the University of Montana, gave three one-act plays, di- rected by Carl Glick, instructor in dra- matics at the college. The program in- cluded Solemn Pride, by George Ross Leighton; The Vaiant, by Holworthy Hall and Robert Middlemass, and The Trysting Place, by Booth Tarkington The Blackfriars’ Dramatic Club of the Worcester High School of Commerce will stage the recent New York success, The New Poor, by Cosmo Hamilton, on the evening of February 10, at Tuckerman Hall, Worcester, Mass. The .Book and Mask Club of Leonia High School, Leonia, N. J., gave four one-act plays, The Florist Shop, by Winifred Hawkridge; The Valiant, by Hall, and Middiemass and Family Ties, by Henry Comstock, the latter written by a senior in the Leonia High School, December 11 and 12. The Green Door Players, Madison, N. J., gave their first production of their second season at Madison Settlement, on Cook avenue, December 9 and 10. at 8 p.m. One-act plays presented were The Grand Cham’s Diamond, The Grill, by George Woodruff Johnston; Suppressed Desires, by Susan Glaspell. The Pretenders of Jamestown, N. Y., made history for their home town when they presented the full-length play, The Whole Town’s Talking, by John Emer- son and Anita Loos, December 11. The Medberg Mummers of Hobart Col- lege, Geneva. N. Y., presented a program of one-act plays and glee club songs at Coxe Hall December 18. The plays were Green Chartreuse, by Chester D. Hey- wood; The Angel Intrudes, by Floyd Dell, and The Hero of Santa Maria, by Good- man and Hecht. The Playhouse of Summit, N. J., pro- duced Taia of Egypt, a transmigration by Grace Norton Rose, under the direc- tion of Norman Lee Swartout, early in December. The Community Players, Flushing, L. TI, N. Y., were among the groups ac- tive in December. They produced Stalemate, by Harold Simpson and Mor- ris Harvey; Brothers, by Donald Grooms King, and Rehearsal, by Christopher Morley, on Monday evening. December 14, at the Flushing Conservatory. 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(Communications to 25-27 Opera Place, Cincinnati, O.) unt, manager of Geo. Mur- a. F— New rleans Minstrels, writes from De Funiak Springs, Fia., that the company is intact, carrying its usual 40 people. Billy S. Garvie reports that Fred Fred- dy, soloist for many years with leading minstrel shows, 1s scoring a hit with his ballad singing with the Primrose Min- strels in vaudeville. Mrs. George Primrose is producing the act, which is booked solid on U. B. O. Time. David D. Morris, an old-time minstrel man, now wth the Greenwich Village Follies Company, which filled an engage- ment at the Shubert Theater, Cincinnati, last week, was a caller on the m.nstrelsy editor at The Billboard office while in the city. Th.s is Mr. Morris’ second sea- son with this show. Life for George Decker, formerly with Neil O’Brien’s show, is now the directing minstrel entertainments. He had just finished the production of several shows for the Elks when he was engaged to ut on an old-fashioned minstrel for the F. Hart Hose Company, of Rensselaer, . ¥. The show will be given during the second week in February. Teddy Roberts, veteran minstrel man, now with the Ed Wynn show, The Grab Bag, wh ch filled a week's engagement at the Grand Theater, Cincinnati, during holiday week, made a pleasant call on the minstrelsy editor of The Biilboard while in the city. He stated that it had been 12 years since he made the 11:45s. At one time he was with the original Honeyboy show. Hank Brown writes from New York that the Hank Brown-Gus Hill Minstrels will open early next season with 22 peo- ple. They will play the minstrel show the first three days of the week and A Night in a London Music Hali the last half of the week. The show is to be equipped with new and elaborate scenery. Among those engaged are the Norello Quartet, Jean Delsle, Jimmy Healy and his Eight Hustlers Band, Hi Tom Ward and a chorus of eight flappers. Will also carry a band and orchestra. The show expects to open in Providence, R. L, Au- gust 30. A report from the Swor Brothers’ Min- strels states that the show is doing better than ordinary business in Oklahoma. Joe Mills, veteran showman and former owner of the Camp Street Theater in Dallas “back in the good old days”, has charge of the front of the house. Jim Swor's wife joined him in Ardmore and will remain wih him for awhile. Johnny Welch, yodeler; E. J. Thomas, tenor, and Lindsey Stevens, baritone, are going over great with their harmony and ballad singing. Albert Swor took sick in Durant and was forced to return to Dallas for a few days. Bll Wymore, Aleck McRea, Tommy Chapman and Chet Crosby, musi- cians last season with the Chesterfield Minstrels, are doing their stuff with the Swor Minstrels’ Band. Jim Swor and Ernest White also were with the Chester- fields last season. Jm declares if “Snowball” Beard and “Dutch” Boone would come on it wou'd make the family complete. While playing Wilson, Ok. recently the gang made their “hangout’ at Buddy Mason's cafe. Buddy is in the “hog-and-bread” business now, but for many years did his stuff over the tab. circuits. Joe B. McGee sends the Stenting in- teresting notes from the Al G. Field Minstrels: “Had a glorious Christmas. Opened in Louisville, Ky., Christmas Eve to a fairly good house, and capac-ty busi- ness Christmas and Saturday. Met Charles Rheinhardt there, also ‘Bunny’ and Larry Willing and Herbert, of the team of Herbert and Willing in Oh, Man, Read That Last Line Over Again. Her- bert has three picture houses at Louis- ville, and W lling is a painting contrac- tor. Met Ed Wynn and his Grab Bag Company, a great show; also ‘Nig’ Welch, of the White show, and Billy Melone and Bert Smith. In Springfield, O., Gus Sun entertained Swor, he leaving Monday, January 4, for his trip around the world. In Parkersburg, W. Va., the Union Musi- clans and Citizens’ Concert Band, Frank C. Tredway, director, gave our band boys a ‘blowout’ with plenty of good ‘eats’ and entertainment. This is Leslie Beny’s home and he also staged a party at which Grover Schepp gave some of his famous cornet solos. A young boy named Liv- ingston we got from the Masonic Home, ontgomery, Ala., is sure making good on the first clarinet. He is a ‘comer’. Lon itely sent some deer meat to the writer from his home in Owensboro, Ky. Bert Swor received a swell cane from Santa Claus marked B. O. S., so he says he is ‘boss’ now. Quite a few ukes came On aS presents, so you hear the boys strumming a tune ‘n the dressing room. Guite a few colds since leaving Dixie. Joe tfield was in the parade at Zanesville, O., first time in three years. Joe left for Columbus, O., to vis't his sick wife. tew wives spent a rs) Stage your own show. World's Most Beautiful Costumes, Scenic and Lighting Effects. A FEATURE with Hooker-Howe, not a side line. successful Mail Order Service. We ship anywhere in the U. S. A. “») . Our Service Department gives Free Service. Get everything from one house—save time and money Send for 1926 “Suggestions for Your Show."’ HOOKER-HOWE COSTUME CO..46-52 MAIN St. HAVERHILLMASS. ‘Twenty-one years’ -\ Louisville—Amy Swor, Gladys McGee, Mrs. Leipold, Mrs. Doran and Mrs. Haw- kins. The show played its annual New Year’s date at Wheeling, a. has been doing the past 20 years. Berlin News Letter By O. M. SEIBT ERLIN. Dec. 17.—Carl Laemmle, B president of the Universal Pictures Corporation, is here to confer with the Ufa about important financial transactions. Among Universal films running here at present are Miracles of the Wolves and Notre Dame. Two American colored troupes will open in Berlin next week, the Chocolate Kiddies at the Neues am Zoo and Caroline Dudley’s Negro Revue with Claude Hopkins’ jazz band at Nelson’s. While the Chocolate Kiddies have played here before, the other troupe comes direct from Paris. Daniel J. Reagan closed the deal with the Nelson Theater. Josephine Baker is the female star. Col. Joseph C. Miller is bringing over 20 Indians for the Circus Sarrasani. They will first play the Olympia Circus in London and join Sarrasani in February. Sarrasani comes to Berlin with his big show for a Christmas Circus at the spacious Exhibition Hall on Kalserdamm that holds 10,000 people, the engagement to run for 17 days only. A troupe of midgets (23) opens today at the Lessing in a Christmas pantomime performance. The first lady jazz orchestra to hit Berlin has just arrived from England, Hilde Wards’ Orchestra, a 10-piece band, and is playing at the Weidenhof Cabaret. The band has been booked for the Wintergarten for the month of January. Other acts at the Wintergarten next month will be Mijares Brothers, Mexican wire artistes; Will Cummin, excellent English comedy juggler, “The Mad Hat- ter’; Cycling Dormonds, who are great favorites here; Ploetz-Larellas’ Clown Revue, recently arrived from the States; Edmonde Guy and Partner, famous Parisian dancers, etc. The well-known Russian Ballet Diaghe- lew comes to Berlin, opening at the Deutsches Kuenstler Theater December 22. Max Reinhardt’s next production will .be Lysistrata, from the book of Maurice Donnay, to staged shortly at the Kammerspiele. Franz Lehar, the noted composer, is here for the impending premiere of his latest operetta, Paganini, at one of the Saltenburg houses, with Richard Tauber and Vera Schwarz in the leading parts. Jean Gilbert has also written a new musical comedy, which comes out under the title of Das Spiel umdie Liebe, simul- taneously at three theaters on Christmas Day, at the Theater des Westens, Ber- lin; Romacher, Vienna, and, Reichshal- len, Cologne. Five more new plays this week: Woz- zek, State Opera; Die neuen Herren, Keniggretzer Str.; Die Durchgaengerin, Residenz; Pulcinella, State Opera; Glueck spilz, Schiller. Circus Busch hag engaged a large number of animals ‘bom Circus Strass- burger fcr its new production, among them the giant elephant “Johnny”, which did active service during the World War on the German Western frontier. Circus Krone announces his reopening in Munich for December 25 in his own \building, promising many novelties. Krone says he will play in four rings next season. John Ringling during his etay in Munich has repeatedly visited Krone’s stables. Berlin is to have a kind of “Ham- burger Dom” during the holidays, erected on the large premises of Motor Hall at Witzleben Station, which has an enormous capacity but is somewhat away from cen- tral location. The other indoor carnival at the Ulap is doing very poorly. The annual statement of the I. A. L. shows a profit of more than $4,500 for the past. year. The lodge now owns all the shares of Das Programm. James Klein wishes to resign as presi- dent of the Vaudeville Managers’ Asso- ciation, and the herr directors are on the lookout for a worthy successor able to fight their points when the battle for the new tariff agreement starts again in the spring. Jarrow, American conjurer, opened his German tour at the Hansa Hamburg. He is negotiating with Berlin for next month. Horace Goldin is at the Deutsches Theater, Munich, and Okito at the Win- tergarten, while Linga Singh is at the Circus Sarrasani, Dresden The Scala has Rolf Hansen, a German conjurer of high repute. The Rigoletto Bros. are at the Apollo. Nuremberg, and will appear in January at the Champs Elysee Thea- ter, Paris. Carl of Stellingen, opens W shortly again in Vienna at the former Circus Renz Building. The father of the late iron king, Sieg- mund Breitbart, cannot be convinced that his son died a pauper and that the widow is seeking charity. He has now started a suit for $10,000 against Mrs. Breitbart. Forbidden Paradise, the current Ufa Palace am Zoo photoptay, an Ernest Lubitch production featuring Poli Negri, proved a mild flop, and is being withdrawn aie week for Waltz Dream, a new Ufa m. Musical Musings, » (Communications to 25-27 Opera Place, Cincinnati, O.) Karl L. King is again conductor of the Municipal Band at Fort Dodge, Ia. Lew Staley‘s Orchestra is playing at dansants in the Gold Room of the Hamp- ton Hotel, Albany, N. Y. Walter Baden infoes that when Sousa’s Band played at Austin, Tex., he was pleasantly surprised to meet Gabe Russ and Leslie Wildt, who were in the bass section of the aggregation. W. E. (Specks) Griffith, trumpeter and manager-director of the Dixie Serenaders, Mansfield, La., reports he lost a valuable man when “Kat” Nowell, trombonist and entertainer, joined a travel ng orchestra. He was replaced by Bert Silar. Tad Tieman reports an unusually good season for his Tunesmiths. The lineup: Tad Tieman, director; “Pink e”’,Dees; Robert Shafer. iano ;* Richard ‘Shafer, saxophones; yle Cooper, trombone; George Potter, banjo and guitar; Frank Flimesh, trumpet, violin; Gilbert George, sousaphone, dancer. Prof. Hugh M. Smith informs that he is winter ng at Gastonia, N. C!, but will open in the spring with a 10-piece con- cert band with a 20-car show. Smi says his band is equipped with nice, presentable uniforms, and that he em- ploys only talented musicians who can and will play legitimate music. Jack H. Stout, former trouping drum- mer on circuses, carnivals and repertoire shows, advises he is conducting a movie picture theater at Geneva, Ind. A six- piece orchestra, composed of former troupers, is putting it over. The roster: Kathryn Anderson, piano; F. Deiche, saxophone; F. R. Watson, trumpet; Lee Fogle, trombone; Dick Potter, violin ; Jack H. Stout, drums. A chop suey luncheon was given to Charles P. Kaleikoa at the Oriental cafe in Honolulu November 25 in honor of his 40th year with the Hawaiian band. Mayor Wilson and Federal Judge William T. Rawlins were the honor guests and speak- ers. Kaleikoa received his early musical training under Captain Henri Berger when that leader was piloting the Royal Hawaiian Band. Kaleikoa joined Hawaiian band November 17, 1885. Gerald B. Hopson, drummer and Charleston dancer, has left the Oriental Knights’ Orchestra to join Wendall Tal- bert’s Orchestra, of Chicago, which is go- ing out for 40 weeks on the Pantages Circuit. . E. Hood, of the Oriental Knights’ Orchestra, expresses his regret at the loss of Hopson, saying he has been a valuable asset to his aggregation. The Oriental Knights has been playing clubs at Columbus, O., during the holi- days, but is now preparing to make a tour of Ohio and Pennsylvania. ce) O. A. Peterson sends word that he is now playing with the Municipal Band at Clearwater, Fla., under the baton of Harold L. Tucker. The band has 18 men and plays two concerts daily, also doing some broadcasting. Among the troupers in the band are Edward FE. Larson, clarinet; Frank Higgins, trombone; Mark C. Leach, horn; Bill Yates, baritone; Bill Troxel, trombone and assistant di- rector. The band is playing the highest rade of standard music as well as popu- ar numbers. He says he heard that Harold Bachman met with a wonderful reception on his opening day in Tampa. Merle Evans’ Band, comprising 25 troupers of the Ringling-Barnum Show, is Playing a 12-week engagement at Sara- sota, Fla. At the conclusion of this en- gagement the band goes to New York to open the New Madson Square Garden, according to W. H. Plummer. The band is reported to be enjoying great popu- larity at Sarasota, especially with the excellent solo features ee by Mary ynn, soprano; Robert Sturgell, cornet, afte ‘Dbert ives, J turgell, cornec, 41 and H. McKenzie, trombone. The band is to be augmented with 12 men when it starts trouping next summer with the R ngling-Barnum Show. The personnel: Clarinets, Albert Tomia, Fred Kusman, Otto Wieckoff, Harley Lee, Neil Segard. Geo. Wagner, Randy Gloe, Joe Siman, W. H. Plummer; flute and piccolo, R. A. Crone; cornets, Philip Garkow, Robert Sturgell, Henry Keys, Everett Pence; horns, Pete Schmidt, Pete Herkins; trom- bones, H. 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The Billboard The Same to You and Many of Them HE Council of the Actors’ Equity Asso- ciation desires to thank all those members and kind friends of the as- sociation who sent Christmas cards. The executive secretary joins the Council in extending his thanks also to those who sent him personal cards. It Was Christmas in Kansas City. Too Mrs. Ruth Delmaine, of the Kansas City office, reports that up to December 28 she had received 590 Christmas greet- ings from Equity members, and had answered telephone calls up to 500 plus. After the 500th Mrs. Delmaine’s recorder collapsed under the strain. She is grate- ful to all of those who remembered her anyhow. Chicago Equity Ball Abandoned The Actors’ Equity Association has abandoned the Equity annual ball, which was to have been held in Chicago at the Sherman Hotel January 30. Efforts to strdighten out a dispute between or- ganized labor and the hotel having failed, Equity could do nothing, in loyalty to its affiliated organizations, but abandon the plan to hold the ball in the hotel at that date. And, since it was not possible to rearrange plans in the short time which was left, the whole project had to be given up. : At the time Equity entered into ar- rangements with the hotel it was assured that trouble between the Sherman and the cooks’ and waiters’ unions had been composed, and the arrangement was fsanc- tioned by the Chicago Federation of Labor. Still later more trouble between the “cooks and waiters” and the hotel arose. Equity sought at the last moment to have union help brought in for this one night anyway. The Sherman was willing to recruit its staff of waiters for the one nicht, but could not see its way clear to displace the whole kitchen crew. And so Equity was obliged to forego its plans for the ball. A great deal of the groundwork had already been laid by the friends of Equity in Chicago. under Mrs. Fifield, while the chairmanship of the Ball Committee had been accepted by Eddie Cantor. Since last year’s Chicago Equity ball netted Equity a clear profit of $15,000, the sacrifice to demonstrate Equity’s loyalty to its affiliated organizations was more than an empty gesture, Council Endorses The Council at its meeting of January 5 endorsed the appeal of the American Legion for money to care for veterans and their families who are not provided for by Federal and State funds. The ap- peal was presented by Peter J. Brady, president of the Federation Bank, for J. M. O'Hanlon, secretary and treasurer Legion’s Appeal of the New York State Federation of Labor. Equity members who may desire to contribute to this cause are requested to send their contributions to the American Legion Endowment Fund, Hallof Records, Center and Chambers streets, New York City. Acknowledgment and receipts will be furnished by officials of the Legion. It is hope@ that the response will be both general and generous, “Wiserackers” Collect Thra Equity The Wisecrackers company, which closed recently at the Fifth Avenue Play- house, received salaries for a week and three-eighths thru security posted with the association. When the managemegt informed members of the company that salaries would not be paid on the Satur- day on which it closed, these members immediately notified Equity, and a rep- presentative went to the theater with money enough to meet the week’s salary list The three-eighths remaining due was paid at headquarters the next Mon- ay. Another Life Member Lester Al Smith. of the Robertson Smith Players, at the Colonial Theater, Erie, Pa., applied for and was unani- mously elected to Life Membership in the Actors’ Equity Association by the Council at a recent meeting. Boston’s Green Room Club The Green Room Club of Boston. tn the course of its winter activities, gave a Christmas party in the State suite of the Copley-Plaza Hotel on Tuesday after- noon, December 22, at which Lorna Car- roll and Ted Gibson, who play the leads in the Abie’s Irish Rose Company, then playing at the Castle Square Theater, were the guests of honor. Non-professional members of the club who attended the party bought tickets, and the proceeds were sen? to the Actors’ Fund of America. What was equally remarkable was that, according to Mr. Gibson, the guests of honor were not urged te display their “respective bags of tricks”. Chicago Office -Capitol Bjag. Kansas City Oftice-Gayety Iheater Bldg Clors Equity Association John Emerson, President @ Ethel Barrymore, Vice President ~ Paul N. Turner, Counse/ ~ Frank Gillmore, fxecutive Sec-reas.~ Grant Stewart, Rec.Sec. YOrR San Francisco Ofiice-369PineSt LosAngeles Office-642 Hollywood Bd New 45 West 47th Street Phone Bryant 3550-5 The Green Room Club was formed to afford some mutual ground on which ac- tors and actresses and those who were interested in the stage and its people might meet socially and informally. It welcomes all legitimate players in Boston to its occasional entertainments. Kansas City Office Busy In spite of the bad weather, which has hit shows operating in the Middle West terriffe blows in the last month, the Equity branch office at Kansas City has been a busy place. The summary of busi- ness for the week of December 14-21 shows: ReetbePn WECONTOR occ dec vccns doveccey 361 a a ee to 43 RAE BOTWOEGOE « o.0k0000606..0800% 311 BB. 046060800 eek sn uehaiaesecedecd Christmas cards received........... 294 Deputy reports mailed............... 3 Equity magazines mailed............ 70 Managers interviewed ............ so ae CORED WO GUID. oe bg oo sc coc cascea ww. - 403 Phone calls answered (about)....... 460 MOET SUNN. 66a trdastivannicess » 8 WUMOD BOE occ ocvecndesesesss Saakicks om Claims collected (on account)....... 5 Contracts mailed out (Norton stock). 42 Companies laying off for week...... - 19 IE MONEE od d'eis.0 0550's. g 006% + on Compgnies organizing ............-. ae Packages forwarde@ § ...6..:-ccccoce 9 ACTORS’ EQUITY ASSOCIATION. (6S -€/ Stage Employees and ) lex; Projectionists —/ By ROY CHARTIER-~ (Communications to 1560 Broadway, N. Y.) Three new road calls, issued by the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, went into effect the latter part of December, They were against the Grand Theater, Morgantown, W. Va., effect ve December 24; against the Square Theater, Ottumwa, Ia., ef- fective December 28, and against the Park Theater, in Lehighton, Pa., effective De- cember 30. In the latter instance the house is owned by four brothers, who work in the backstage departments them- selves, obviating the necessity to employ men, un‘on or nonunion. As aganst these strike orders, one road call was lifted. It affected the Rex and Mission theaters in Anacortes, Wash., which have been operating on a non-union basis and were declared “unfair’ by the union on November 9 last. Union men have been installed in both houses. The offcial road call against the Madison Square Garden, in New York, is- sued as a result of the employment there to handle lights and other apparatus of members of the Electrical Workers’ Union instead of I. A. men, as the old Garden had, has been lifted temporarily pending the outcome of negot‘ations for a settle- ment which at this time looks favorable, President William F. Canavan and Secretary-Treasurer Richard J. Green, of the I, A., went to Washington last week to attend a dinner given to William Mac- Sorley, new president of the Building Trades Un on, who succeeded G. F. Hed- rick in this st. Following the dinner the L. A. officials attended the installa- tion of new officers of Local No. 22 of Washington elected for this year. Persistent rumors in stagehands’ circles indicate that the Niagara Falls, N. Y., situation concerning the Strand, Cataract and Bellevue theaters there. which have been on a road call since September 15 last, will be adjusted amicably some time this month. Efforts are beng made to bring the managers of the three stands together with union officials there and in New York, it is under-tood, and an early settlement is looked forward to. Another up-State New York situation, involv'ng the Central Labor Council of Kingston, N. Y., and the Orpheum Thea- ter, a vaudeville house in that city oper- ated by I. Miller, is also expected to be cleared up before long. At the election of officers of the New Bruce M¢Rac, Second Vice President York Moving Picture Machine Operators, Local No. 306, which has a membersh p of more than 1,000, Sam Kap an was re- elected president over his opponent, Jo- seph D. Basson, by a large majority, and Alex Polin was retained for another year as business agent in preference to the other candidate, Howard Paxton. The other officers are Simon Terr, v ce-presi- dent, wnning over R. E. Weiss; A. Horowitz, recording secretary, re-elected; Dave Engel, financial secretary, re-elected without opposition; J. Lefante, business agent of Brooklyn, who won over M. Sternberg; R. Linder, sergeant-at-arms, unopposed for re-election, and M, Fein- berg, treasurer, who beat his rival for the post, E. Bendhem. The New York executive board of the operators’ local consists of E. T. Stewart, Harry Levine, M. Wolheim, Morris Rotker, Henry Wein- berger and Eddie Wi'son, while the Brooklyn executive. board consists of Fred Castle, Henry Luck, ‘M. Ragl and v.. S. Winnick. ¥The elect’on was held December 30 at Beethoven Hall, in New York, and 835 votes were cast. At a regular meeting of the Lancaster, Pa., local of the I. A., No. 247, the fol- lowing members were elected officers for this year: C. Walter, Martin, pres'dent; Oscar Cramer, vice-president; Warren Doan, financial secretary; John G. B nk- ley, treasurer; W. W. Reading, recording secretary; John Marks, sergeant-at-arms; Jchn Workman, business agent; W. W. Reading and John Marks, executive board; Warren Doan, delegate to con- vention:, wth W. W. Reading as alter- nate, and W. W. Reading, John Marks and Oscar Cramer, trustees, The new Capitol Theater, in Lancaster, recently erected by George Kruppa, opened December 21 w'th a policy of five acts of vaudeville and has signed con- tracts with the local for a crew of four men on the stage and two operators in the booth, Reading announces. R. A. Root, business agent of the B'r- mingham, Ala., Movin icture Machine Operators, Local No. 236, announces of- ficers for this year as follows: Leo Na- ton, president; J. Chambless, vice-presi- dent; R: A. Root, business representative, J. F. Mankin, secretary; W. B. Herring, treasurer; A. . Jackson, sergeant-at- arms; J. N. Cason, J. C. Harper and H. A. Rensford, trustees; R. A. Root, F. J. Emerson and L. Gaston, examining board; J. F. Amberson, delegate to In- ternational Convention and R. A. Root, delegate to Alabama State Federation of Labor Convention. New Theaters The theater which John R. Ketchum is erecting at Chelsea, Ok.. should be ready for the opening about January 20. Two theaters representing an invest- ment of $500,000 will soon be erected at Jackson, Ala. Harry Manheim and Louis Braun- schweiger are having plans prepared for : pro 1,500-seat theater at Oil City, a. oe A $250,000 theater will be erected at the southwest corner of Center and 37th streets, Milwaukee, Wis., by the Silli- man’s Theaters, Inc. The R. and R. Kings Theater Company, of Dallas, Tex.. has purchased a lot on Kleborg avenue, between Sixth and Seventh streets, Kingsville, Tex., on which it intends to erect a theater. The Bethel Theater, operated by the Treasure State Theater Company, at Helena, Mont., was formally opened Christmas night. J. V. Kessler is man- ager. Plans have been secured by Manning & Wink, owners of the Crescent Theater, Dalton, Ga., for the erection of a hand- some and commodious theater in that city on which work will begin in the RRR FLATS SPECIAL $4.75 ORIGINAL STYLES 225 W. 42d St., Latest, Snapplest Styles, for Stage and Street, tn all colors and materials. Clogs and Jingles. Silk Opera Hose. Bleck Kid Pink Setin. Black Satin. New York | i%e° $3.75 January 16, 1926 i/ ° «Book Reviews» By DON CARLE GILLETTE (Communications to 1560 Broadway, N. Y.) HOW TO PRODUCE PAGEANTS THE ART OF PRODUCING PAG- EANTS, by Esther Willard Bates. Pub- lished by Walter H. Baker Company, Boston. $1.75 In view of the scarcity of books of- fer ng any sort of help to a producer who wants to stage either a simple or an elaborate pageant, this volume by Miss Bates should fill a long-felt demand. The volume is designed to be used as a handbook for those who are jut be- ginning the art of pageantry, and as a textbook in those schools and colleres which are fitting students for any of the var ous forms of civic, sociol or rel gious service. It is purpose'y made elementary, but an effort has also been made to em- phasize the continuous training and study along many lines which should be fol- lowed in order that amateur productions may move steadily in the directon of professional ones, There are about 300 pages to the book and the text is replete with diagrams and illustrations of a helpful explanatory na- ture. MISCELLANEOUS THE JAZZ SINGER, | Samson Raphae'son. Published by Brentano’s, New York. A drama of the Ameri- canized Jews, dealing particularly with a young Jewish lad who aspires to be- come a singer of popular songs as aga'‘nst his father’s desire that he cont nue the family tradition and become a cantor. The play is now running in New York, with George Jessel starred in the title role. THE DUENNA, by Richard Brinsley Sheridan. Published by Houghton Mif- flin Company, New York. $7.50. comic opera in three acts. with an in- troduction by Nigel P’ayfair, and illus- trated with the designs for costumes and scenery used in the production at the Lyrc Theater, Hammer-mith, and other drawings by George Sheringham. near future. The theater will be 50 by 100 feet. The playhouse will be beauti- fully decorated and there will be ample stage room to take care of the largest road shows. There will be 962 seats, 112 of which will be in the dress circle. Morgan, Walls & Clements are prepar- ing plans for the erection of a theater building at Eleventh and Hill streets, Los Angeles, for E. L. Doheny. The theater will be of reinforced concrete construction. Maurice Rubens, treasurer for Balaban Katz, recently announced that the Lincoln Square Theater, being erected by his company at Sprinefield, Ill, would be ready for the opening next fall. The building will cost considerably more than the $1,000,000 originally estimated. The Pantheon Theater, newest neigh- borhood playhouse in Springfield, IL, was opened New Year's Day. The thea- ter has a seating capacity of 600 and the music is furnished by a pipe organ. Movies are shown exclusively. Theodore Gray and Charles Coutrakon are the owners. At eight o'clock, Tuesday night, December 29, the West Coast Up-Town Theater at 10th street and Western avenue, Los Angeles, was thrown open to the public. The theater was bullt at a cost of $500,000 and is considered one of the most up-to-date show houses in the West. Forty-six citizens of Bunceton, Mo., re- cently formed an organization for the purpose of operating a picture house in that town. 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Beorwueeo —wv ovr Dew Me ———_—_—_—_—_—_—_—_—_—_—_—_—_———SSSSS==—=_=_=_=_=_==—_" January 16, 1926 The Billboard THE NEW PLAYS ON BROADWAY CASINO DE PARIS, NEW YORK Beginning Tuesday Evening, January 5, THE MESSRS. SHUBERT Present A NIGHT IN PARIS evue in Two Acts and 33 Scenes orieed by J. C. Huffman. Dialog by Harold Atteridge. Music by Fred Coots and Maurie Rubens. Lyrics by Clifford Grey and McElbert Moore. Dialog Directed by Alexander Leftwich. Dances Staged by George Dobbs. Set- tings by Watson Barratt. Ballets Staged by Oyra. Orchestra Conducted by Alfred Goodman. All Numbers of The Gertrude Hoffmann Girls Staged by Gertrude Hoffmann. Entire Production Under the Perso Direction of J. J. Shubert. THE FIRST ACT SCENE 1: PROLOG Spoken by Yvonne George and Barnett Parker SCENE 2: “POSTER GIRL” Designed by Jack Savage George Dobbs and the Gertrude Hoffmann Girls SCENE 8: “SARGENT’'S DREAM" Sung by Emily Woolley, with David Drollett and the Casino de Paris Girls SCENE 4: “STEP SISTER” Vanessi, George Dobbs and the Gertrude Hoff- ann Girls SCENE 5: ‘THE DOCTOR CALLS" With Barnett Parker, Vivienne Purcell, Emily Woolley and William Davis Scene 1: A Room at Mr. Brown's Scene 2: A Room at Mr. Devere's SCENE 6: IMPRESSIONS OF BROADWAY STARS AND “FASCINATING LADY" Norma Terris SCENB 7: i GIRL LINE” st crecceccoscoes ++e+--Jack Osterman «seeeee+Harry O'Neal nd— The Misses Ray, Kieva, Evanthea, Dale, Pur- cell, Gallier and Maryse SCENE 8: “ZULU” Norma Terris, Oyra anf the Gertrude Hoffmann irl sitis SCENE 9: “BRAZILIAN NUTS” Jack Pearl and Harry O'Neal SCENE 10: “THE MISER” Oyra, Vanessi and the Casino de Girls SCENE 11: “A BOX WITH THE GREEN HAT” Cast Mr. Manhattan....... -Barnett Parker Jeannette ....... ..-Kath Ray Her Aunt..ccccccccsccceces Emily oolley Erie March. .ccccccccccscccccccece Norma Terris Wage vcccccccvcecceccsvsesesnges Ralph Coram Scene: At the Broadhurst Theater SCENE 12: “THE NEWPORT GLIDE” Vanessi, George Dobbs, the Gertrude Hoffmann Girls and the Casino de Paris Girls SCENE 13: “IN CHINATOWN IN FRISCO” Sung by Ruth-Ann Watson Cast BO GRR oc ctcbecccccscets +++++-Ralph Coram A CORMRMABe cc cccccccccccccscescocasoess Oyra Mijama ..... Pubecedescontathecasadie Catherine Chinamen, Chinese Street Children, etc. Scene: A Street in Chinatown SCENE 14: “A =e a JUST GROW- Jack Osterman SCENE 15: — LIFB” st The Widow...............++-Mlle. Maria Kieva An Englishman...............+.+-Ralph Coram Jack ...-Jack Pearl } ere seecesecescccceess William Davis “Kid Popper.......sseee+e+ee+.Harry O'Neal Neapolitan Singer.........++.+++-David Drollet AB AmMeOTICAR. ccccccccccccccccecces Richard Lee Bile Wife...p,ccccccccedcccccee Meee De Mager His Daughter........ ebeesses Rosemary Farmer BWO AGG, ctctinccscane¥es Loulou and Carlos A Spanish Dancer...... pecccesececece Joan Lee With the Gertrude Hoffmann Girls and the Casino de Paris Girls Gendarmes, Visitors, Attendants Scene 1: Midnight in a Parisian Cafe in the Montmartre Scene 2: A Moment Later in the Bois SCENE 16: LEO BILL (From Chez Fysher) SCENE 17: “THE FRIEND" By Howard Rogers The Husband........ gsvbescsebesan Richard Lee dn 2. _ RRS Rr Sparta +++..Barnett Parker 20 Maivecscccces seceeeesse Marietta O'Brien wee Be, anssous $00nséconscees William Davis SCENE 18: “IN THE GARDENS OF THB KING" Song by Ruth-Ann Wa’'son and Loretta Rhodes With the Gertrude Hoffmann Girls SCENE 19 (Finale): “POWDER PUFF” Designed by Jack Savage Sung by Loulou Hegoburu Narcisse TO. vnssbodeec doveswe Gladys Webster N'Aimez Que Mol +eeeeeee Bernice Gardner ee scescnce seeeessMetta Wooster Tabac Blond............ eT 2, Mes Jeunes Annees......... «+++-Edna Webster —and— Olive McClure, Catherine, Frances Hart and Entire Ensemble THE SECOND ACT SCENE 1: “SACRIFICB” Sung by David Drollet Oyra, Catherine and the Gertrude Hoffmann Girla SCENB 2: “A Cer aaes VORTEX" st WKY ocr ccicigndcdcacondens MOTO) RRRRED Florence, His Mother.............Norma Terris Tom tee eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeseseesecss RAIDH Coram BUY ccocacesandsiade tested Kathryn SCENE 8: YVONNE GEORGR SCEND 4: “THE SLAVBR" Danced by Olive McClure Oyra, Henri Garrat and the Gertrude Hoffmann Girls Sung by David Drollet SCENE 5: “BOUQUET” Loulou Hegoburu and Carlos Conte SCENE 6: “PROMOTION” Cast Sergeant Smith........... Mary, His Wife... ‘ cer Jones.... --.-William Davis Ge Bi on. coud cccivcsee Harry O'Neal Scene: Outside the Home of Sergeant Smith SCENE 7: “LOUISIANA Norma Terris, Joan Lee and the Gertrude Hoff- mann Girls Scene Designed by Betty Duke SCENE 8: “NAUGHTY?” Cast BATE ec oc ccscccecesscces Harry O'Neal ME Ae dauannsenseasceucecoee «..Jack Osterman SY Cais ncteesdendeeesceseans Maria Kieva BOO MAI. cc cccccscee Cocccoccece Emily Woolley BE NIN 6 ca hdnsncdcdundenc’s William Davis Scene: The Boudoir of Madame Scene 9: “THEY SATISFY” Jack Osterman, Kathryn Ray and the Casino de Paris Show Girls Scene Designed by Betty Duke SCENE 10: “LOVERS ARE MISUNDER- STOOD" By Thomas Jean . i witcéukeadanawnl Jack Pearl , | eee villeineucekeds Emily Woolley EE) MS on tan che adaee Barnett Parker SCENE 11: “DANCE MAD” Norma Terris, Vanessi, George Dobbs, Ralph Coram and the Gertrude Hoffmann Girls SCENE 12: *“‘WATCH YOUR STEP” Fhe Gambler. .ccccccccoece +++eeee+Harry O'Neal Se Vee. ccccccece eénecs eececagce Jack Pearl CR eee William Davis SCENE 13: THE CASINO DE PA™IS QUARTET David Drollet, Lucille Arnold, Ruth-Ann Wat- son and Miriam Lax Annottnced by Vivienne Purcell SCENE 14: “WEDDING DAY” Kathryn Ray, Jack Os'erman and the Entire Company FINALE Were it not for the occasional stretches of low comedy provided by Jack Pearl, the latest Shubert revue, A Night in Paris, would be a pretty dull affair in spite of the fortune that has been lav- ished on the production and its specially — quarters atop the Century Thea- er. In ‘the matter of scenic equipment and number of specialties the show is abun- dantly supplied. It is actually oppressive with material. But bulk does not neces- sarily make for entertainment, and the generous producers in this instance have made the frequent mistake of putting much money into “property” and not giv- ing enough attention to genuine amuse- ment values. This business of aiming to dazzle audiences with gorgeous mountings is largely waste effort, because no matter how pleasing the production is to the eye, the audience will take the beauty for granted AND STILL EXPECT FULL ENTERTAINMENT VALUES FROM THE REGULAR SOURCES. On top of this, the more brilliant the settings the better the entertainment will have to be in order to live up to its fine clothes. Sizing up this new revue in a general way. it is lacking in highlights, the con- tinuity of numbers does not make for upward building of effect nor for swift- ness in running off the show, there are no real song hits, the comparatively few comedy sketches are nearly all raw and more or less flat, the Gertrude Hoffmann Girls don’t come anywhere near rivaling their sisters in Artists and Models, and the generous nudity no longer has any kick to it. But the chief fault with the production is its lack of COHESION. The mixture of American and continental™principals in an international variety of specialties does not produce a very smooth or con- sistent whole. Perhaps the absence of Leo Bill from the program on the occasion of this re- view had something to dg with the gen- eral low register of the entertainment. Bill, however, is down for only one scene, so it is not likely that his ven- triloquial bit matters a great deal one Way or another. Scene 6, in which Norma Terris ig billed to give some imitations, also was missed at this performance. As to the other entertainers, the one who deserves to rank next to Pear! in popularity is George Dobbs. Aljitho he does not appear so very frequently, nor in such prominent positions. Dobbs has appearance, talent and a style of work- ing that should carry him far. Jack Osterman puts himself over for fairly strong hands, but he does it more by the exertion of energized effort than by genuine artistry. In addition to some old and new songs, Osterman hands out a rehash of some of his former vaude- ville material, sold in his familiar violent two-a-day style, which is hardly in the $5.50 class. Osterman used to be much better in his less sophisticated days—and in less sophisticated surroundings. David Drollet, an excellent tenor, sings a few accompaniments very enjoyably and similar duties are pleasingly per- formed by Emily Woolley, 'Ruth-Ann Watson and Loretta Rhodes. _Drollet, Miss Watson, Lucille Arnold and Miriam Lax also render some nice selections as the Casino de Paris Quartet. Vanessi lends her striking presence to the affair and takes some part in the singing and dancing, mostly the latter. Her best number is like her former pea- cock strut, except that on this occasion (Continued on page 94) ' t THE BOHEMIANS. INC. A. L. JONES and\MORRIS GREEN Managing \Directors Presént ALL-NEW SEVENTH ANNUAL GREENWICH VILLAGE FOLLIES (Second Review) With the backstage department func- tioning smoothly and noiselessly, with the dancing numbers by Natacha Nat- tova and Jean Myrio successfully in- cluded, and with the addtion of Bailey and Barnum to the list of entertainers, the seventh annual Greenwich Village Follies is more like the kind of a pro- duction one expects to find under the banner of The Bohemians. The difference between the unfortunate second n ght performance and the show as it is now being run off is truly amaz- ing. It is almost like seeing a totally different show. The forest of glittering curtains, drapes and effects that fre- quently seemed to be only in the way when the product on was reviewed the first time are now proper'y fulfilling their intended purpose as accessories in building up the various numbers, and seldom have any numbers been developed as neatly, as efficient'y and as effective- ly as these are. Stertng with a song introduction in one, the first drop opens quietly and brings forth an augmenting ensemble in two. This is followed by other expeditious revelations unt1 the specialty is worked up to a striking full- stage picture. All the transformations are accompl'shed with the rapidity of draw ng a brush over a canvas, and the advantage of a groups behind successive curtains is that the building of the numbers up to a climax can be done without delays and lapses of in- terest. A notable virtue about this revue is that it is surprisingly clean. It can go to the strictest city in the country and be assured of,a welcome by everyone from the lord mayor and his censor to the heads of the best families. Another thing about the show is that it contains plenty of good laughs, all reports to the contrary notwithstanding, As a matter of fact, every other scene is a funny one. Judged by the manifestations of the audience, no revue on Broadway has more, better or cleaner comedy than this one. The comedy skits are well distributed, too. In fact, the present arrangement of the numbers is well-nigh perfect. the nicely spotted specialties forming a kaleidoscopic d splay that in- creases steadily in interest and entertain- ment until the peak is reached just be- fore the finale. Taking the program in its order, the show opens with a very charming Green- wich Village scene of 100 years ago, with the girls in ample costumes and the architecture of low design. This is then transformed into the Village of today, with the girls dressed in latest styles and the buildings grown to skyscraper. William Ladd and Irene Delroy lead the opening number. They are a cute and likable pair, but neither is very strong on voice. This shortcoming. most noticeable in Ladd, tends to give the performance a rather mild start. Of course, Miss Delroy is a very charming girl and it is easy to see that the audi- ence likes her. dd, too, is a likable (Continued on page 44) —o MOSCOW ART COMPANY Pre ents CARMENCITA Newly Dramatized Version of Bizet’s “Carmen” Performed for First Half of Fourth Week of Repertory— “La Perichole” Repeated for Last Hal New York, Jan. 9.—For the first half of its fourth week of repertory at Jol- son’s Theater the Moscow Art Theater Musical Studio preserited Carmencita and the Soldier, a tragic drama in four acts and five scenes, with book in Rus- san by Constantin Lipskeroff, from the French of Prosper Merimee, and music from Carmen, by Georges Bizet. The cast was as follows: Carmencita § ........++-+++e++-Olga Baklanora Jose, a Soldier...........+. .--Ivan Velikanoff Lucas, a Matador...... ++eee+Pyotr Saratovsky Two Gypsy Women...........s.see0. ebésicece aéeoue Nadiezhda Kemarskaya, Nina Durasova Smugglers .........+. wecceeecyecanndes éeeges eheaddien Gavril Gvinieff, Nikolai Permyakoff Old Dorotea...... ouseceseds Yevgenia Abamelik Bho Cebemtbe cc cc ccccccecactcese Pyo'r Ignatieff The Adjutant...... eveecee Dmitry Kamernitsky Ap Old Smuggler..... -Alexander Hudozhnikoff Gypep BE. cccccccccecece Mikhail Nemirovitch Gym Bia e oc dc cccccccedccscécuds Maria Grube Soldier of the Escort........ Mikhail Goryunoff Friends of Jose’s Mother....Claudia Dudkina, Nadiezhda Krutova and Anna Lisetskaya Except for a few alterations in the story and the music, this Russian pro- duction follows the lines laid down as the ideal course of the lyric theater, It is the intention of Nemirovitch-Dant- chenko, chief regisseur of the Rucsian organization, to go back to the intimacy, the smplicity and the intensity of the original Carmen of Merimee and Bizct, and this innovation is the feature of the present audacious interpretation. The result is not lacking in interest. new disclosures and striking theatrical ef- fect. La Perichole, which the Moscow Art Theater Musical Studio offered recently as its second bill, was repeated for the last three days of this week. CHICAGO PLAYS PLAYHOUSE THEATER, CHICAGO Beginning Sunday Evening January 3, 1926 THE CALLAHANS, INC., Introduce NOBODY’S WIFE A Farce Comedy by Mark Swan Based on the Story by Charles Barnard Staged 1 Hayden AS BOVIS cocccccccccesesccsccsccs Barry Whitcomb Perkins ...... Secaccceseccocoscae Suzanne Willa BG Bi Geccccccccdcecccoccccs Enid Markey BOR CastePs cccccccccccccccece Elizabeth Risdon Stanley Piint...wccocsccecscccces Charles Schofield BEERP CROGN. cccccccccccccccenscecse John Litel Eustis Mallory........ eccece James Spottswood SOME ccccdsecccccece eecess+e-Arline Blackburn Mrs. Richard Jermym.......-..-- Valerie Valare Buck Packer.......... Ceccccccccece Philip Lord ‘ SYNOPSIS OF SCENES ACT I—The Garden. ACT W—The Living Room. ACT I1I]—The Same as Act II. Shortly After- wards. The action of the play occurs in and about a suburban villa known as ‘Restful Nook’’. Patience rather than prudence is needed in writing about Nobody’s Wife. Also there isn't much to write about. I failed to find what it was all about and nobod near me seemed to be more enlightene The play, or whatever it is, is billed as a farce—which it isn’t. Not for a long time have I seen such good actors as Elizabeth Risdon, James Spottswood and others in the cast appear to realize the futility of all effort. Many a poor play has gotten over by the adroitness and brilliant versatility of the performers, but it appears there is a limit. The plot in Nobody’s Wife doesn’t mat- ter. The piece is so badly written that it is a curio. Sitting thru it is exhausting. Playing it must be desperation. It whips itself and everybody in it before the first act ends. FRED HOLLMAN. qs ——— CENTRAL THEATER, CHICAGO Beginning Sunday Evening, January %, 92 FISKE O’HARA JACK OF HEARTS DeWITT >} G Staged by Harry Minturn CHARACTERS (In the Order of Their Appearance) John Murnane of Carnlow......Edwin Burnham Father O’Connor............ --.James E. Nelson Jack Murnane......... | eer Fiske O'Hara Jerry Pennington.......... «+eee-Aldis Bartlett MEE. cad edeequccceccesuee seedees Jap Lacour re Sbcecccccccecdse «-.-Dorothy Fay SE Mn eenecuccéccaeeus «+-Herbert Duffy MOY cccccccccccccccccesccecdce Mame OTIS Donovan ...... iistmesedehesaons Taylor Bennett SYNOPSIS OF THE SCENES Time—The Present FIRST CHAPTER—A Corner in the Study of Carnlow Castle in Ireland. The Time Is Eve- ning. (The curtain lowered four minutes.) SECOND CHABTER—Jack’s Studio Apart- ment in the Greenwich Village Section of New York City. The Time Is Morning. A Few Months Later. Intermission Ten Minutes THIRD CHAPTER—The Same as Chapter Two. Two Weeks.Later. Afternoon. Intermission Eight Minutes FOURTH CHAPTER—The Same as Chapters Two and Three. The Time Is Midnight. (The curtain is lowered four minutes.) FIFTH CHAPTER—The Study of ‘Carnlow Castle. The Time Is Evening. it Two eeks Later. ’ Jack of Hearts, with Fiske O’Hara as its star, is a charming play. Maybe it would be good w.th another star in it, but it’s too big a mental tack to envision any O'Hara ray with the quaint and effervescent Fiske out of it. Of course, Jack of Hearts is a typical O’Hara play —which is why the house was packed with folks who paid money for tickets last night. The cast, aside from the star, is made up from the resident com- Pany at the Central and they support Mr. O'Hara mighty well. Still they are not overburdened because Mr. O’Hara is al- ways the long end of any of his shows. Jack of Hearts gives Mr. O’Hara a few more serious moments than most of his plays and he, in turn, passes some good moments to the audience to carry home and remember. As the son whom his noble English father banishes to America because he will not wed the daughter of a friend whom the son has never seen, Mr. O’Hara, as Jack Murnane, plays from many effective angles. Jack falls in love with a girl he met in a studio in New York and then a Scotland Yard detective appears and takes him back to England. He is coerced into meeting the girl dad wanted him to marry and lo, she turns out to be Molly, the girl of the studio, who had followed him in company with her dependable brother. It's all warmly human and works out to everybody's satisfaction. Marie O’Hara plays the role of Molly with effectiveness. Others before the eye most of the time are Aldis Bartlett, as Jerry Pennington, a vilainous young man; Jap Lacour, as Murphy, and Dorothy Fay. as Flora. All of those mentioned, as well as the rest of the cast, aid Mr. O’Hara to pre- sent a highly acceptable O’Hara play. Of course. MP. O’Hara sings—and I think in better voice than I ever before (Continued on page 94) goo SR ae emilee ee Agee aia ——a a ee | ee | a | | | L& | y FY tH | | § ee
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Says Business Is Not Bad in West for Good Shows Bartlesville, Ok., January 8, 1926. Editor The Billboard: Sir—The fact that Barney Furber’s The Gingham Girl Company went broke in Omaha while “touring the Middle West,” as you state in your issue of this week, does not indicate that there is anything wrong with this_ territory. The Gingham Girl, in my opinion, was positively the worst show for the price which has come into this territory in a long’ time. It was even worse than Ziegfeld’s Sally, which you mentioned on your editorial page in November. I saw both shows. We have not had many shows down here this season and I don’t want the producers to get the idea that business is bad after reading about The Gingham Be Brief ~ Be as courteous as you can, But be Brief Open Letters Views expressed here are not necessarily endorsed by us =) Girl. Good shows can get money here— but not “turkey” shows. : (Name withheld by request.—The Edi- tors of The Billboard.) Prisoner Thanks Comedians Entertainment P. O. Box No. 520, Walla Walla, Wash., Jan. 1, 1926. Editor The Billboard: Sir—Just a few lines to let you know that the inmates of the Washington State Penitentiary had the pleasure of seeing a performance of the Guy Hickman Comedians Christmas morning in_ the prison chapel. The show was enjoyed by everyone and every prisoner here appreciates the kindness of Mr. Hickman and his players in giving part of their day to make us happy. (Signed) A. BEN SAHABA, No. 10,760. for Christmas AUSTRALIA By MARTIN C. BRENNAN YDNEY, Dec. 4.—Frank Rigo has organized a grand opera company which is to begin a season at Wirth’s Hippodrome December 19. Signor Agos- tino Fossati, who will be the conductor, proposes a three months’ season with frequent changes of program. Signorina Girda Pattini, a young soprano of attrac- tive vocal quality, will be prominent in the cast. Chas. Stanton arrived here from the Western State this week, after conduct- ing a carnival there for some months. During the past four years Stanton’s Midway Shows have been featured in South Africa, India, China and elsewhere. He carries a very big fitup—some 200 tons—and is looking for a location. Blondi Robinson, colored, walked off the mail steamer last Saturday and went right into the Fuller Theater bill, where he cleaned up with a fine dancing act, together with unique comedy. He intro- duced the “strutter’” business into his dancing, this form of terpsichore being first introduced to this country 25 years ago. Moisewitch, Russian dramatic actor, made his farewell appearance at the Royal last Friday, when, in response to repeated recalls, he made a speech of thanks for the treatment which he had received while in this country. He was disappointed at his season being finan- cially unsuccessful, but was encouraged in the knowledge that the management had seen fit to give him a contract for next year, when he would bring back several new plays. Maurice Diamond, the Stafford Twins and Helen McMahon, all of whom were members of the Diamond Dancing Revue, are due for a return to America this week. ‘ The big London revue, Pot Luck, will be presented by the popular “Snap” Com- pany, commencing this evening, at Bohemia, Brisbane. The Music Box opened to a packed house Saturday at the Victoria, New- castle. Dorothy Brunton, who is making her last appearance in Australia, had a wonderful! reception. : The Campbell Boys, “concertina kings”, are playing three Sydney suburban shows this week. At each house their act has been held up long after the prescribed time. La Ventura, poseuse, is returning to Auckland district (New Zealand) next week. Rotorua Theaters, Ltd., New Zealand, “has purchased the Lyric Theater in this tourist town outright. A £12,000 theater is contemplated also. The following acts played Union Thea- ters and Master Vaudeville the week commencing November 21: The Bo- hemians, Fantasi, the Sterlings, Lorna and Lance, the Altons, Willie Woltard, Big Four Marie Lawton, Scott Sanders and Hayden and Nevard. Sid Halliday and Lina Watson, winners of the Australian dancing competition recently held in Sydney, arrived in Mel- bourne last Saturday to appear for a week at the Palais de Danse, St. Kilda. Peel and Curtis, at present at the Tivoli Theater, are playing a 10 weeks’ season in this country. This act played the South African Circuit en route to Australia. They are Jewish comedians of a new type. reopened again and skating and dancing sessions are held, twice daily. Katrina and Joan, English girls, will be seen in classical dances at the Tivoli Theater, Melbourne, shortly. The Blind Variety Entertainers are touring the Victorian smalls. So far the season has proved most successful. Great activity is evident at the J. C. Williamson Offices. Nine members of the Renee Kelly Company are shortly due to arrive. The first three ‘principals for Rose-Marie will soon be here and Janu- ary 1 Dion Boucicault will leave England for Australia. Babette Odeal and Mar- jorie Hickling, who will play prominent parts in Katja the Dancer, are also on the Narkunda. A petition is being prepared by ad- mirers of Gladys Moncreiff requesting the J. C. Williamson management to retain the services of Miss Moncreiff in the land of her birth. More than 5,000 names have already been obtained. A concert testimonial will be given to Roderic Quinn, well-known Australian poet, at the Conservatorium Hall, Syd- ney, December 10. Contributions to the fund are being received by the Lord Mayor, president of the committee. ‘Walter George arrived here from New Zealand during the week end. He was shot in the left hand when a loaded revolver went off during preparations for a revue in the Dominion, some two months ago. The hand has been partly disabled and will be permanently dis- figured. The Lecardo Brothers,, English bur- lesque comedians, are en route to South Africa. Alfred O’Shea will give another con- cert ere he leaves for America in the new year. An innovation at the Wentworth Hotel, Sydney, last week, was a Raymond Grif- fith Cabaret at which a Paramount pic- ture, Paths to Paradise (which is to be featured at Hoyts’) was screened. The guests greatly appreciated the novelty, which, in all probability, will be the forerunner of many others. George Mitchell, New South Wales manager of United Artists (Aust.), Ltd, states that the Mary Pickford film, Lit- tle Annie Rooney, was screened simulta- neously in nine suburban theaters for the week commencing last Monday. This appears to be something in the nature of a record for a film release. C. E. Munro, for many years manager at Brisbane of Fox Film Corporation, ar- rived in Sydney Sunday to take up his duties as district manager of New South Wales and Queensland. Walter Fuller, now in England, is booking several acts for the Australian and New Zealand circuit. Among some of the recerit names noted are’ Finlay Dunn, Keith and Joan Dingley, Bella and Morris and the Huntings. Ben Nee One, Chinese entertainer, who is to open at the Tivoli Monday next, is at present an inmate of Omrah, private hospital at Darlinghurst. He was operated on for mastoid of the brain. Mrs. Meredith, of the Alders, is at present an inmate of Sydney Hospital where her condition is causing much un- easiness. The act was playing the Ful- ler Time. Nellie Dean, one of the daintiest and most talented soubrets in Fuller revues, recently left for New Zealand where she joined the Phil Smith Company. The Smart Set Diggers are proving a very big success with the Clay manage- ment. John Pastor returned to Sydney last The Billboard week after an extended stay in Queens- land. Renown Picture Theater, Ltd. has been registered under the Queensland Companies Act with a capital of 20,000 shares of £1 each. Pauline Frederick, now en route to America, in a letter expressed her ap- preciation of the very fine way in which her efforts to entertain had been re- ceived. A farewell luncheon was given to Beau- mont Smith by theatrical and motion pic- ture representatives prior to his de- parture for New Zealand, where he will act as resident managing director of the new circuit of theaters in the Dominion. Cecil Marks, Victorian manager for United Artists (Aust.), Ltd., is at present in Sydney, where he is conferring with the head office executive. Milford G. Lawton, Paramount ex- ploiteer, who has been presenting The Ten Commandments with big success thruout the northern portion of New South Wales, sailed on the Maunganui last Friday to assume the post of exploiteer attached to the new Paramount exchange in Auckland. Pat Sullivan, of Felix the Cat fame, has arrived in Fremantle from England. First National is shortly to release the Feliz series in this country. Stanley S. Crick, managing director of Fox Film Corporation (Asia), Ltd, spent a few days in Meibourne last week and found the Fox activities in the other city all that could be desired. The prospectus has just been issued of Fairfield Theaters, Ltd., Inc., with a capital of £16,000, divided into 8,000 10 per cent cumulative preference shares of £1 «och, and 8,000 ordinary shares of £1. The whole of the preference shares are now offered for subscription and 5,500 ordinary shares. Greenwich Village Follies (Continued from page 43. chap, and both of them work very hard. But there is no getting around the fact that they are shy in the singing line. Their dancing bits, however, are very good. The next scene, Up in Mary’s Room, by Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby, is an excellent comedy sketch, well acted by Renie Riano, Frank McIntyre, Sam Hearn and Joe Lyons. Jane Green is introduced next. She sings Go South, by Harrv Ruskin and Richard Myers. The number has been augmented by the addition of Bailey and Barnum, who, with Irene Delroy, Wil- liam Ladd, and various contingents of the ensemble, help to wark the affair up to a great climax. The Spy,* by Tom Howard and A. Dorian Otvos, comes next. It is one of the richest comedy sketches seen in a long time. Howard, as the spy who goes around with his designation labeled across his hat, is the principal comed an in this skit, and he drawls out the humor in fine style. Joe Lyons, as an enemy colonel, feeds Howard very effectively, while Warren Crosby, William Walsh and Sterling Barney help matters along The following number is I Have You, the song hit of the show, sung by Wil- liam Ladd and Irene Delroy. For the first chorus a novelty is introduced in the form of a group of singing show girls, the kind that have heretofore been looked upon only as ornaments. To th’s ensemble is added a second group of girls, thus making a beautiful full-stage picture. Another highly comical sketch, Moving In, by Norma Mitchell and Lewis Wal- ler, is next. It introduces Florence Moore, whose é¢njoyable comedy efforts have the able assistance of Ren'e Riano. Frank McIntyre, Warren Crosby, Tom Howard, Sam Hearn, Joe Lyons and Sterling Barney. The Lady of the Snow, which follows, is an elaborate artistic number with an appealing charm. It is well sung by Ida Sylvania and the Hemstreet Singers, a feminine quartet cons’sting of Natalie Malowan, Letitia Bonta, Olive Sib'ev and Marian Adam, while Ruth Ruscell Mat- lock does a nice ballet in the role of a white chrysanthemum and Genevieve McCormack dances sprightly as Jack Frost. Della Vanna represents the Lady of the Snow, and Dorothy Hathaway, Winifred Soldan, Marcella Donovan and Edith Sheperd are the dancing snow- balls. Kendall Capps is then sent forth to entertain with some unusually neat and nifty dance steps, including some clever- ly executed acrobatic t-vists. Then, Now and Sometime, a comedy episode in three parts, by Joseph PF. M'tchell, puts the audience into a merry mood again. Royal Halee, juvenile and general utility man in the revue, does the announcing, while Florence Moore, Joe Lyons, Tom Howard and Frank McIntyre act the various parts. The following number, White Cargo, is the one that was bungled on the sece- ond night. It is a pretentious dance specialty in which Natacha Nattova and Jean Myrio do some really sensational work+in front of a _ beautiful tropical setting. The climax of the interest'ng number is when Myrio lifts Mlle. Nat- tova to his shoulder, carries her to the top of a cliff and throws her out fnto January 16, 1926 the sea. The importance of this num- ber to the program is indicated by the fact that it draws the biggest hand up to that time. Frank McIntyre and Sam Hearn then provide a good deal of laughter as a pair of window cleaners singing a funny ditty. This is followed by the return of Jane Green, who sings Whistle Away Your Blues with the backing of a lively en- semble. Two members of the ensemble are permitted to step forth and dis- tinguish themselves individually. One is Genevieve McCormack, a supple k cker, and the other is Bessie Calvin, whose specialty is top spinning. Renie Riano then makes her bow as a single in a hilarious bit called The Life of the Party, by Harry Ruskin and Richard Meyers. Miss lano sings, dances and pantomimes the number in her best comedy style, and it stirs up a lot of hearty laughter and draws one of the big hands of the evening. Efficiency, by A. Seymour Brown, is another unusually funny sketch, with Tom Howard again ispensing rich humor as a police sergeant. Joe Lyons, Warren Crosby, Sam MHearn, Fraun Koski, Genevieve McCormack and Royal Halee feed him for the full count. The first half of the bill is closed by a spectacular Cinderella fantasy, er- formed in beautiful settings. He'ena Marsh, Ida Sylvania and the Hemstreet Singers provide an excellent vocal ac- companiment to the story, with Irene Delroy as Cinderella, William Ladd as the Prince Charming, Della Vanna as the Fairy Godmother, Natacha Nattova and Jean Myrio as dancer®, and Mafcelia Donovan, Winifred Soldan, Dorothy Hathaway and Grace Elhew as Sally, Irene, Mary and Peg o’ My Heart, Life Is Like a Toy Balloon, sung ‘y Helena Marsk and the Hemstreet Sing- ers, and danced by an ensemble, sends the second act on its way in good form. Suicide, a clever comedy sketch by William K. Wells, starts the laughter going again. Tom Howard, Joe Lyons, Irena Delroy. Frank Malntyre, Renie 2ano and Florence Moore make up the cast. Irene Delroy and William Ladd then do an enjoyable song and dance, entitled The Dancing Doctor, which is followed by another short but sweet-stepping ex- hibition by Kendall Capps. Still another comedy number, Furnished Rooms, by Joseph Graham, comes next, with Frank McIntyre, Fraun Koski, Irene Delroy, Jane Green, Renie Riano, Joe Lyons, Sam Hearn and Olga Brunoff playing the parts. Jane Green follows with some of her popular selections, which are received with enthusiasm, and then Sam Hearn, Tom Howard and Joe Lyons provide some more laughter with a skit called Go Ahead and Sing. The Moth and the Flame, the second big number by Natacha Nattova and Jean Myrio, is just as remarkable as their previous exhibition. A huge burn- ing candle in a holder constitutes the setting this t'me, and not only is the idea nicely conceived but the dance and the daring feats it involves are perf- formed with unusual grace and skill. An Horror-Toria, written and arranged by Jack Waller, is the well-known Choir Rehearsal skit, but as conducted on this eceasion. with Frank McIntyre as the leader, Sam Hearn as the chief soloist, Florence Moore and Renle Riano as prominent accessories, and an ensemble of various others, it almost makes the house rock with laughter. Furthermore, the choral singing is quite good when it aims to be. Bailey and Barnum, spotted to appear just when the entertainment is at Its high level, send the program over the top with a bang. Speaking of audiences xoing wild, the finale actually had to be forced on the clamoring crowd when the show was reviewed this time. The ringing down of the final curtain at shortly after 11 o'clock is an indica- tion of the present efficiency of the bill. A. L. Jones and Morris Green, pro- ducers of the show, and Hassard Short, who conceived and staged it, can now take rightful pride In their achievement. So can Harold Levey and Owen Murphy, who wrote the music and lyrics; Larry Ceballos, Jack Heisler and Alexander Gabrilov. who directed the various dances and ensembles; Mark Mooring and Charles LeMaire, who des'gned the cos- tumes; Clark Robinson. who created the settings, and Alfred Newman, who di- rects the orchestra. The backstarce personnel, too, deserves its share of the credit for the smooth and swift unfold- ing of the numbers and the excellence of the lighting effects. To make this story complete it is necessary to include the attractive and industrious ensemble, which is made up of Elaine Fields, Teddy Gl, Irma Schu- bert, Fraun Koski, Olga Brounoff, Catherine Janeway, Ardath “ Leonhart, Gladys Glad and Lillian Morehouse, as show girls, and a grou of mediums consisting of Margaret Yeoltoch. Helen Sheperd, Betty McLaughlin, Victoria Webster, N na Lewis, Rita Dunne, Mar- guerite Dunne, Alice Harrta, mmrita Monsch, Vivian Wyndham, Edith Shep- erd, Gretchen Reinhart, Kitty Banks, Elaine Arden, Caroline Gerkin, Margie Himes, Mary Willlams, Jean Williams, Betty Collet, Maria ammang, Renle Johnson and Dorothy DeMerl-. DON i Ey] rT 44 ee fF ro) =y »Y >) a) : : pl , A ce ‘3 Wirth’s Park Palais in Melbourne haf —
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ee iar < Costumers CN A By G. M. LELAND (Communications to 1560 Broadway, N. Y.) The work of costume designers is to come in for further recognition and ‘ory. Notice of the final creation of an i t as it is displayed on the stage, a credit line on a program and more or less ermittent and usually meaningless publicity in newspapers and magaz nes have been the appreciative means to date. While a designer’s art ig and should be judged primarily from the u-timate crea- tion, there is another factor of his work which is essential and an art in itself. eference is made to the costume .plate or sketch, the first material expression of a conceived idea. Few artists can gain a con ting themselves in terms of line and color on paper. Their sketches are their means smanship., of conviction, and of establ ng confidence. Few artists can “efficiently turn out large orders of cos- tumes by work ng directly with fabrics. Sk es are a necessity to execution, and they ust be not only pictorial but ex- plat ry. They are an art and often they are very fine art, Usually they are shown to a producer or a player, then knocked about the workrooms and finally filed or thrown away. They are seldom m ted in their rightful state. Exh'bition for d t comparison with the work of other tists is rare, A “Hall of Fame”, exclusively for cos- tume designers, is about to be established, James Stroock, of the Brooks Costume Company, is to sponsor the honorary gallery and has set aside appropriate wall space and frames in the newly reno- vated and redecorated showrooms of the Brooks establishment for the purpo e. A group of about 20 of the world’s best designers is to be selected and each tist will be asked to allow the display of one sketch from his cr her hand. The £ p w ll be confined, of course, to con- temp es of the present-day theater. The writer of this column has been sked to tentatively nominate a sug- gestive list of costume designers. The method of final nom nation and election, the details of how and by whom the ulti- ate selection of those to be honored in the “Hall of Fame” is to be made, have not been decided upon as yet. Great will undoubtedly arise in con- the choi to a limit of approx!i- ately 20. In the list here n subm‘tted, » order In which the names are given necessarily meant to show any priority. rhe following artists are suggested as worthy of consideraton for the final mination: George Barbier. Brunelleschi, Gesmier, Charlies LeMaire, James ynolds, Robert Edmond Jones, Robert ker, Herman Rosse, Gilbert Adrian, man Bel-Geddes, Mabel E. Johnstone. i+ kine, Car! Link, Loe Fuller, Max e, Al ce O'Nelfll, Cora McGeachy, Les- r, Howard Greer, Kiviette, Lee Simon- n, Willy Pogany, Rollo Peters, Aline nstein, Milla Davenport, G. K. Benda, Schraps, Mark Mooring, Paul et, Miguel Covarrubias, Hugh Wil- Hudiakoff, Ernest de Weerth, re Livingston Platt, Raymond , Wiliam H. Mathews, Wil- Barnes, Guy de Gerald, John oth, ert Stevenson, George Pons. Florence Harriette Liebman, Ada Fields, ck Jones ITI, Gretl Urban Thur- w, Carolyn Hancock, Earle Franke, im Weaver, Henry Dreyfuss, Rob- Kollack, Homer Conant. Raymond F. viey, Jo. Mielziner, Gene Lankes, en Butler, Roy Requa, Fan a Mindell, ion de Pew. Rene Hopper, Florence ney, Irving Eastman, Nat Eastman, ree Harris, Claude Bragdon, Ann wton and Shirley Barker. Those who read over this list will un- ubted'y find many they would elimi- ite. Write in and tell us who and why. ur letter will be treated in absolute dence, reader may also have er names to propose for consideration. mments and suggestions will be ap- The first list was made up y and it is very possible and in ict most probable that some dis- tinguished artists rightfully deserving recogn.tion have been left out. et or oe 3 v = Les tinwescreze - “~ 42D 4 = tm tas me et . he Mabel EF. a. Johnstone has designed and neider-Anderson, New York, has exe- cuted the costumes for Florenz Ziegfeld's Palm Beach Nights, the new revue wuich is about to be offered in Florida by the famous producer of the Follies. Vanity 7 Fair Costumes, Inc., and H. Maheu, both establishments of New nose are executing the wardrobe for ne forthcoming Dowling & Anhalt mu- Sical comedy, Cherry Blossoms. Gene oon Lankes has designed and the ack Lipshutz Costume Company. New York, has executed, under the direction of Marie Breivogelle, the costumes for the new floor show at Texas Guinan's 300 Club at 64th street and Broadway. , Trv'ng Eastman is creating a wardrobe Forchee encins team of Miss Andre and orcher, Claire's, B0rgeous «cl New York, furnished evening rus-hostesnses the gowns worn by the in the new edition of The Billboard The seating of The Uptown thea- tre, Chicago, required a new type chair of Spanish Motif to appro- priately seat this newest of the world’s fine theatres. This chair; designed at the direction of the owners, by the architects, C. W. and factured and installed to their satisfaction by this organization. American Seating Company CHICAGO 019 Lytton Bldg. PHILADELPHIA NEW YORK BOSTON 1211 P Chestnut 650-119 W. 40th Se. 73-A Canal —EE or Ine Uptown’ Geo. L. Rapp, was manu- Earl Carroll’s Venities, which has just cpened on Broadway. Guy de Gerald designed and C. Alias & Company, of London, furnished the wardrobe for Jack Hulbert’s revue, By the Way, which is now playing at the Gaiety Theater, New York. The modern gowns in the Eng! sh musical show are creations from Busv.nes, of London. In mentioning the costumes in By the Way, the difference in the value of the same gown here and in London is inter- estingly pointed in the case of the elaborate Madame Pompadour costume which Bille Dell wears in the There’s Nothing New Under the Sun scene of the Piece. The costume appraisers here valued the gown at $3,000 and assessed duty of $550, a sum approximately equal to the original cost of the dress in Lon- on. Charles LeMaire has designed the cos- tumes for the production of The House of Ussher, opening at the new 66 Fifth Avenue Theater, New York. The Brooks Costume Company executed from Le- Maire’s sketches. Attention is called to an article appear- ing in the front pages of this issue of Tie Billboard which reports an innova- tion in the marketing of costumes. One of the prominent New York costumers has arranged a tieup with large depart- ment stores for the display and direct sale of masquerade and fangy dress cos- tumes in a newly created department of the retail stores. Every costumer in the country should be interested in the idea. som Press and Advance Agents By ALFRED NELSON (Communications to 1560 Broadway, N. Y.) DeAngelis an Inventor Phil DeAngelis, who handles all bill- ing in New York City for the featured films of the Famous Players-Lasky Cor- poration, with the aid of his ever-in- creas ng crew of billers, has an inventive mind, which was evidenced recently by an additional equipment of his bil'room with a new, novel, unique paste-making machine that cooks up four large ex- curson cans of paste in 10 minutes, whereas formerly it required more time to cook up one can. Phil's billing of Ben-Hur, The Vanish- ing American, The Big Parade, and simi- lar featured films at the same time, found his boys handicapped in waiting for 10 barrels of paste daily to be cooked for their use, hence the invention with patent pending, that promtses to put Phil in the coupon-clipping class. Broadway Billers Since Marty Milligan wised the billers to the fact that the writer makes his home {fn an attic at Seventh avenue and Bleeker street, in the heart of Greenwich Village, the billers go out of their way to bill any and everything in sight of our windows : Kid Bonsetts, of the Sheridan Square Theater, hasn't passed up a location in the village and it’s a battle royal be- tween Walter Gilmore, of the Columbia Burlesque Theater, and the Kid as to which one puts the most billing on our use. ; Tsay Mason, assistant to Charley “Pop” Elliott at Proctor’s Fifth Avenue Thea- ter, has promised some interesting Ccon- tributions to this column, but Is-he? No p-is-nt =~ Tammany continues with his old- time pal. Frank McGuire, at the Long- acre Theater, even tho he was offered a lucrative engagement to go trouping in advance of the feature film Ben-Hur en tour. Johnny Dee, in advance of The Show- Off, was with the Dave Lodge bunch of bllers in Philly for eight weeks, keeping The Show-Off billed like a circus. The billers of Broadway are chuckling with glee at the story going the rounds to the effect that a house near the main stem was on the toboggan when the house agent started a billing campaign that cauc-ed a block-long lineup at the box office, when the manager (7?) of the house called the agent down for his heavy billing. It has been known to happen before and it may happen again that a Dbill- poster graduates from the billroom to the office of manager. “Who can tell? If it should happen in this particular case, we will feel fully justified in repeating “I told you so”. Grooming a billposter for a house manager’s job may prove a right move in the right direct.on for the groomer. Frank McQuire, in person, was seen at the wheel of a new billing car at Great Neck, L. L, recently, supervising the bill- ing of The School for Scandal, the at- tract'on now running at the Eltinge Thea- ter, New York City. George Buford, with his crew of old reliables, moved all his billing equipment from the old to the new Madison Square Garden, where George and his billers have a b.llroom incomparable for con- veniences and comforts of the billers. Billy Goetz and Charley Hoffman have joined the crew at the Vanderbilt Thea- ter, and are noy actively at work billing Merry Merry. Jos. Smith has proved himself a good provider of meal t ckets for out-of-town agents while seeking engagements by putt’ng them on as extras while he hunts regular jobs for them. Phil DeAngelis is handling the billing for John Cort’s new W.ndsor Theater in the Bronx. Ernie Riginsburg and Jack “Kid” Donahue, son of Eddie Donahue, veteran circus agent, is now in charge of the Shubert Billposting Company at the Cen- tury Theater headquarters. Billing Weschester County On our occasional visits to Yonkers and Mount Vernon, for a review of dramatic stock presentations in those towns, we noticed that few, if any, locations suit- able for billing were left unbilled, there- fore we made inquiries and ascertained that the I. A. B . & Local No. 35, was responsible for the billing. We found their headquarters at 8 Union avenue, New Rochelle, with Frederick Schlosser, secretary, and Rube White, business agent, who guided us inte their spacious billroom, where every- thing was spick and span, far different from the billrooms we worked in while laying up paper in advance of one-night- ers en tour. The annual election of Local No. 35 took place December 13 with 21 members present, who elected off cials, viz.: J. J. Crosson, president; Paddy Jennings, vice-president; Jerry Ambrose, financial secretary; Fred Schlosser, secretary- treasurer; Rube White. business agent. Savannah May Get New Theater Savannah, Ga., Jan. 7.—Arthur Lucas, builder the Lucas Theater and interested in a number of picture houses here and in Atlanta. Ga. purchased the American Express Company Building in the busi- ness section last week for $135,000. While no definite announcement has been made, it is believed that the property will be used as a site for either a theater or hotel. Cameron Finishing Model Chicago, Jan. 7.—Alex Cameron is putting on the finishing touches to a model for the Timken Bearing Company. Mr. Cameron says that he has received a number of letters from the professional people and failed to answer them due to the limited* amount of time he had to complete the model. Lyceum and a Chautauqua y; (Communications to 25-27 Opera Place, Cincinnati, O.) « E. M. Newman, traveler and lecturer, gave a series of lectures in Baltimore, Md., recently on The Heart of Europe. Donald MacMillan, explorer and lec- turer, was the speaker at the Brandeis Theater, Omaha, Neb., January 8, his subject being The Arctic From the Air. This was a return engagement. buane Howard was the first speaker before the Character Study Club of the Jacksonville, Fla., Y. M. C. A. last week. A well-known lecturer will be heard weekly. The Smith-Spring-Holmes Orchestral Quintet opened their 1926 tour January 4 in Wabasha, Minn., and will play about seven weeks for the universities. followed by a few dates for the Western Lyceum Bureau. Upon completing these the quintet will jump east to play for the Royal Bureau. The personnel: Clay Smith, trombonist, saxophone and basse horn; G. E. Holmes, saxophone, flute and cornet; Coyla May Spring, reader, so- prano and pianist; Lotus F. Spring. cello so’oist and accompanist. and Thelma Thrasher, violin solpist and ac- companist. Geoffrey F. Morgan, lecturer, is trying out a system of booking by mail in his home State of California. He has worked out some effective pr‘'nted mat- ter. Mr. Morgan advises that he is vitally interested in booking by mail and will be glad to hear from others who have tried it, givng his experience in exchange for theirs. Mail addressed to 478 24th street, Santa Monica, Calif., will reach him. Several hundred delegates attended the 35th annual assembly of the Jewish Chautauqua Society, held in P ttsburgh, Pa., from December 28 to January 2. Vernner L. Haldene and Edwin F. Wilson have been engaged thru the of- fice of Murray Phillips, New York ar- tists’ representative, for Swarthmore’s new production of Give and Take, which opens this week. At the Zoellner Conservatory of Music in Los Angeles, Calif., Arnold J. Gant- voort is giving a ser es of 10 lectures on The History and Appreciatien of Music. Vachel Lindsay, lecturer, was the speaker at two gatherings in his home town of Springf-eld, Ill, recently. This was the first tme in about five years that Mr. Lindsay has been booked for an engagement by the “home folks”. It is interesting to note how English newspapers handle a news story, as com- pared to those printed in the Un ted States. . H. Sarsfield, lecturer, has sent the lyceum and chautauqua editor a clipping from The Bulletin of Glasgow, Scotland, giving an account of Sarsfield’s arrival in the Scott sh metropolis. The item reads as follows: “There ‘blew into’ Glasgow during the week-end an unpretentious individual who has prob- ably done more globe trotting than most people. H. Sarsfield or, as he is des gnated on the ‘boards’, the ‘Singing Anzac’, has crowded a great deal of ad- venture into his life. Mr. Sarsfield is touring the world and in the last eight years has covered something like 148,000 miles, earning h'‘s living in turn as a vaudeville performer, lecturer, street car employee, a stoker and a farmer. At present Mr. Sarsfield is lecturing on the tourist possibilities of New Zealand.” Making and Maintaining @ Port of Al- bany was the subject of John H. Cook, in the State Education Building at Al- bany, N. Y., last week. Mr. Cook will lecture again on March 19. LET US BILL YOUR SHOW When you play Philly. DAVE LODGE POSTING CORPORATION, Theater. Main Office, 254 South Juniper Philadelphia, Pa. Phene, Locust 0238. Juliette | THEATRICAL COSTUMES. 112 West 44th Street, New York City. \ LLL bbb dddbdbdddbbbdsbdddbdhdbddbdbidsdassdddbbisstihbdu, TENTS and BALLY-HO CURTAINS of ALL DESCRIPTIONS. Clifton Manufacturing Co. WACO , TEXAS. ra, orrest St., “ZZ WT ddddddbdddddea Mhhdhdhdiddddidisiiisdisshsda SSSPS nde Ahbdld to be . 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a = ~~ ac \ 4A =D, t CN NZ Coast Magicians Against Exposing Los Angeles Society Resolves To Oppose Any Type of Giving Away The Los Angeles Society of Magicians has gone on record as being opposed to exposing, whether it be thru the press, from the stage, or otherwise. At a recent meeting of that organization the follow- ing resolution was introduced and passed by a unanimous and enthusiastic vote and signed by Adam Hull Shirk, presi- dent, and G. E. Baxter, secretary. “Whereas, Various members. of the magicai fraternity thruout the United States have been and now are resorting to the questionable methods of -expos- ing some of the best acts known to magicians; and “Whereas, The Society of American Magicians, as well as other magical fraternities, has taken a decided stand condemning this unprofessional practice ; therefore, “Be It Resolved, That the Los Argeles Society of Magicians heartily approves the action of the Society of Amerjcan Magicians and other magical fraternities if) condemning all exposes thru the press, from the stage, or otherwise, believing it to be a nefarious, unethical and un- professional method of entertaining the amusement-loving public; and “Be It Further Resolved, That the Los Angeles Society of Magicians assures the Society of American Magicians and other fraternal societies of its 100 per cent sup- port in all ethical efforts that may be put forth to stop all exposes. “Be It Further Resolved, That the secretary be instructed to mail a copy of these resolutions to the secretary of the Society of American Magicians and other magical fraternities, and that a copy be mailed to The Billboard for publication and that a copy be spread upon the minutes of this meeting. Oakland Magi Active These are busy days for the boys of the Oakland Magic Circle, Oakland, Calif. Judson Marshall, the popular ventriloquist, who is kept busy playing local dates in the East Bay District, re- cently completed a three-day stand in Richmond. Claude Burke played many holiday dates with his ventriloquial sketch, I Wanta Go Home. Alfred Lamb is also in great demand. Dr. Lloyd Jones found time between engagements to perfect an effect with which he won the silver cup offered by the Society of American Magicians of San Francisco, for the best original ef- fect. The broken and restored (bor- rowed) fountain pen was his successful invention. Professor El Tab played a return date at the Sciots’' Clubhouse in Richmond re- cently. Some of his recent showings in- clude Obedient Felix, Magic Yeast Rising Cards, The World’s Tour, The Captured Bandit and Romeo and Juliet. He also offered several mental effects. Mule Saves Smith Show From Being Destroyed Mysterious Smith has Tony, a little donkey, to thank for the safety and, perhaps, even for the existence, to- day, of his baggage and property. When fire broke out at the Staté Theater, at Huntington, W. Va., at midnight recently, where the Myste- rious Smith Company was scheduled to play, Tony, altho only a mule, was considerably annoyed by the smoke that poured into his habitat, in the basement, where he lay asleep at peace with the world. He was peeved to such an extent that he kicked the door down, thus attracting the at- tention of the night watchman, who turned in an alarm at once. Altho the loss due to the fire was estimated at $85,000 not one piece of property belonging to the Myste- rious Smith Company was damaged owing to the excellent service -and resourcefulness of members of the company. Frank Lucknor, stage car- penter; E. A. Little, property man, and Billy Eckman worked well into the morning at their work of salvage. The entire effects of the company were taken to another theater and after traces of smoke and water were removed the show was returned to the State Theater. Thru the combined efforts of the house crew and mem- bers of the company they were able to put on the regular night show, los- ing only the one matinee performance. It isn't always that a mule’s kicking is asinine, ey »Magic and Magiciansé (Communications to 1560 Broadway, New York, N. Y.) “The Billboard or More Durbin Illusions Printed below is a portion of the second part of the program of illusions and tricks offered by the Kenton, O., magician-theater owner, W. W. Durbin. Additional parts will appear from time to time. Doves of Peace—Showing a box which has no top, but a bottom with a lid to it, he passes his arm thru it and shows it perfectly empty and then produces from it two live white doves. These are then placed in a large paper bag, which is tied shut and suspended from a hook on a stand and then attention is called to a large cage about the size of a red- bird cage, suspended in midair and which can be seen thru from all sides. The bottom is only one-fourth of an inch thick, so that nothing can be con- cealed in the bottom. Picking up a pistol he fires at the bag and blows it to smithereens and instantly the live doves appear in the suspended cage. Yogi’s Lamp—The lamp is seen stand- ing on a table without any drapery and with a match Durbin lights it and then places a piece of paper around it, slips his hand under the lamp, which is still lighted and seen thru the paper, and brings it forward to the footlights, where it is still seen burning thru the paper. At the back of the stage is a small stand with a shelf and Durbin merely shakes out the paper and the light goes out and immediately» appears on the shelf back of the stage from which he takes it, blows out the light and hands it to his assistant. aT Seu nren Frank Ducrot, ‘‘boy magician’ of New York, who does a “man’s job” in getting programs tcgether for S. A. M. Ladies’ Nights at Hotel McAlpin. Just now he is busy on a committee mak ng arrangements for the affair next week. Ohio Business Good For Lenheim Shows Charles H. Lenheim’s motorized show continues to play to good business in Ohio, according to report. Lenheim has played theaters in Covington, Ky.; Cin- cinnati and Norwood, O. After playing several dates in Cincinnati he will play engagements at Hamilton and Middle- town, O. Planning to join the Lenheim show are Shaw and Woods, a team of nut come- dians and musical artists. Shaw hag al- ready arranged several bookings for the show in Indiana in first-class houses. Helman Preparing New Offering Helman, the man of mystery, is hard at work at his home in Egg Harbor City, N. J., getting his new show ready for this season. He has not yet decided whether he will play at a park, or go with a carnival. Helman has a new motor truck and a sedan for transporta- tion purposes. Baby Van Helman, five years old, is recovering from pneumonia and will also be with the show. “Joudini To Write For Encyclopedia Further testimony to Houdini’s scholar- ship was seen last week in the request by the American editors of the Encyclo- paedia Britannica that the famous magician write an article on conjuring and magic for the three supplementary volumes shortly to be published. He will also criticize the English article on spiritualism since he is a recognized au- thority on the subject. Incidentall), it is interesting to note that, altho it is not generally known, Houdini is the only entertainer to have his name in Funk & Wagnell'’s Stand- ard Dictionary. It is also interesting to note that Kari Kitchen, who announces these sundry facts in his column in The Evening World, is not Keeping up with things as he should, for if he had been “up and down Broadway" more he would not observe that “Broadway row awaits Houdini’s announcement that he will write his memoirs.’"’ He would have known that Houdini has aiready started such memoirs. Blackstone Plays Return Engagement in N. Y. City Blackstone played a return engagement in New York City last week at Cort’s Windsor Theater, the Bronx. The week of December 14 he presented his full- length show at Werba’s Brooklyn Thea- ter. Then he played Washington, D. C., for a full week, appearing as opposition to Thurston, who had been held over for another week. Following that, he took his show to York and Reading, Pa., do- ing half a week at each. He played Thursday and Saturday matinees at the Bronx playhouse. The first half of this week, he played Greenfield, Mass., and then hopped to Schenectady, N. Y., where he is now playing the last half. Magic Notes William Gruler has returned to New York and has lost no time in getting busy filling club dates. Dante played the Hippodrome Theater, Jacksonville, Fla., last week. The local Sunday papers carried Thurston exposes previous to the opening, it is reported. Leslie P. Guest, John Braun and Stewart Judah, all of Cincinnati, re- turned home last week after a week-end trip to Philadelphia. News from Australia is to the effect that Arthur and Helena Buckley were having a great run thru Auckland provinces (N. Z.). They returned to Sydney for a short vacation. The Great Brush Magician and Com- pany will soon begin a Southern tour. They recently closed a six weeks’ tour of Maine, featuring Ada Mary Porter as a soloist and crystal gazer. The com- pany is managed by Carl Cookson. Leon made his debut with his “death- ray gun” on the Loew Circuit at the Victoria Theater, New York, this week. He is receiving an exploitation campaign almost as far reaching as was that af- forded to the famous Siamese Twins. Prof. C. E. Hudspeth and Madam, after completing a 10- day engagement for the Bp. FP. E. in Florida, are at present finishing two weeks for the Masons. They will also present their mind-reading and magic act at the Shriners bazaars thru Southern territory for nine weeks. Robert Sweet’s announcement of his forthcoming manuscripts about escapes has aroused interest in so distant a place as Fergus Falls, Minn. Will Sweet oblige with information as to when his masterpiece will be ready and where he can be reached? S. S. Henry bids fair to earn for him- elf, if he doesn’t watch out, the so- briquet “itineramt magician”. Two-weeks ago he sailed up the Hudson to play a date at Newburg, N. Y. Last week, he subwayed—or maybe he Rolls-Royced—= to Richmond Hill to fulfill one of his engagements there. He has not yet suc- cumbed to the lure of Hoboken. Houdini was challenged recently at a performance at the National Theater when he asserted that all spiritualism is, by will or by accident, fraudulent. The challenger, Nino Pecoraro, of East 110th street, New York, however. declined to enter the “Margery box”’ for his trial, as Houdini stipulated, claiming the box was “a trick”. Ag a test of his genuineness, the Italian medium wanted the magician KOVA-WAH-WA THE SERPENT! SEE HIM RISE! HE UNTIES HIMSELF. A common knot is tied in the center of this mysterious reptile (silk imitation). When held at arm’s length the snake slowly rises head first, and actually unties itself. This trick is a riot. instructions. Priee. $1.00. A cop’ cluded free with this dollar ase You _ do it anywhere. Complete with full talk and of our new mammoth No. 6 Magic Catalog in- THAYER MFG. CO. $34 SOUTH SAN PEDRO STREET, LOS ANGELES, CALIF. January 16, 1926 Three Shillings Three Pence Or Else No Entertainment The people of Emu Vale, Queens- land, met their match recently when Vietor the Great was billed to play there. The inhabitants tried to work their old dodge of forcing artistes to cut their admission fees. But this time it just didn’t work. When the magician arrived in town he was asked what the prices of ad- mission were He told them three shillings three pence; one shilling for children. Whereupon the prospective audience informed him they would not pay more than two shillings, to which Victor replied, “Three, or no show!" Ry the time the theater opened the street was filled with people, who re- fused to pay any but their own established price. They would not approach the box office. Victor, however, was wise—and adamant. He would not recede from his position. When he eaw that the inhabitants refused to approach the box office, he decided to close down. As many had driven in many miles to see the show, they were highly in- censed and had no scruples about re- vealing the fact. They stormed the building and started a dance. Victor, who had paid for the use of. the lichts, stole round to the gas meter, turned out the gas and threw the key away. After seeking for the magician in vain in the darkness the crowd de- parted for their homes. Early next morning Victor left for more hos- pitable regions. And early that morning the inhabitants awoke sad- der but much wiser folk. to tie him up with ropes and cords. But the test did not come off—Houdini knows too much about knots. oe c. E. Smith, of New Castle, Pa., has taken over the managership of the Row- land & Clark Aris Theater, Erie, Pa He takes the place of Theodore Thomp- son, who has been transferred to the Colonial Theater in Ere, which recently opened with stock. 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ey Se thets. January 16, 1926 THE BILLBOARD HOTEL DIRECTORY Conducted by ALFRED NELSON (Communications to our New York Offices. 1560 Broadway) ADVERTISING RATE—One line, two columns wide. Hotel name, address and phone number. 80c for each issue. No ad accepted for less than five issues. Payable in advance. CONSECUTIVE ADVERTISING = Consecutive times, one line across two wa coonceeea - > “ “ “ oe “ oT NEW ORK city AMERICA HOTEL...........cccceccesss-- 155 Weet 47th Sf........... ee - Bryant 0084 BELMORE MOTEL....61 Lexi Ave. iéer. uns St. ; Moderate Prices Madisen Square 650! BROOK HOTEL......... 207 W. 40th......... $7 Week up; “ TP TWBecccccces Phone, Penn 7997 SOCE CG Fee iis 0040002600 deeeecsecces & ££. PRP ree eres Bryant 06/7 OR Fi See iis ah caecsicocestanse Peay We GED Dien ccccescecsectccscene Bryant 67/0 FOURTH AVE. HOTEL... .429 4th Pa: neer 29th St Fram $9.00 Weekly up... -- haa 0977 iki fo. Seer 264.268 W : Stn St. (opp. N. AS 6090-6 9 GRAND WOTEL.......... From $2 up........... Br Us, p Sist St...... Longacre 4100 HOTEL HERMITAGE....Frem $2 BP beng Square, 42d and 7th Ave. Phone, “Wisconsin 3800 HOTEL NORMANDIE. cat aee Rat (F ¥ 3 St. one Broadway aedeses Fitz Rey 6442 HOTEL TIMES SQUARE... ‘tent $2 tae. 255 W. 434 ° est = ay). y+ A J 6970 HUDSON WOTEL..........++.. 102 W. 44th St..........055- $9.00 seeccces Bryant 7228-9 KERMAC HOTEL . «..208 Tweet 434 St. (Just West of Sreadway). éseanes Chickering 1700 RAMOWEEEL BOTEL..ccccccccccccescs 123-129 West 44th St........... cams Bryant 1847 MANMOFIELD ACL. ccccccccscccccseccccecece w. -.ee-Cirele 6170 NAVARRE HOTEL From $2 up.......... ve. and $8th St.......... Pennsylvania 8800 REMINGTON HOVEL. . 22... c ccc ccc ccc ccnnee SR GC et nt vuanence APARTMENTS LINCOLN APARTMENTS. ...... 00... ccccuns 0G-10 West Sist St... 2... cee csccceucnes oe 6040 . Moderate “ TS. .114-6 W. 47th .N sis yo . Housekeep! ryant 2673 PEREMOND APTS St..Now s. és ooms ee Tey ot Wise 3350 RUANO APARTMENTS. 800 Eighth Ave. (49th). Rooms, Kitchenette. . THE ADELAIDE... ....cccceccncnnne 754-756 Eighth (genes boccccccenccesctoceee Bryant 8950-895! ToBY APARTMENTS we ccccccccccetcoececes Sist St..... eeccccccccecccese Circle 6040 “FURNISHED nooms BANOTIELS BALE +-- odeceuce oceans ans . &s =a "ps oe Reams, ‘Sts Wee fan t ~.. Housek Ll u ihe ISLESWORTH..........5- 3s w. sain ot RON. 0. Wee. co cccccccece Celumbus 7157 NEW WINDSOR HOTEL.......(Eurepean 4 seeceee Mill & Groadway.......John J. Ennis, Mor. Pt GA. WILMOT HOTEL........-.0000- Profession. ......... sececee Low Weekly Rates “ATLANTIC "CITY, N. J. HOTEL FREDOWIA........ Just off —wWF Ssececes — , Theatres... .4.. Preteasions ! THE HOLLYWOOD....... ecees EA ta cecacnntsQO UDidstcoqseses Marine 6099 BOSTON, MASS. HOTEL EDWARDS....... seeeeerececccees Professional ane Mevmartet pan THE HOWARD CHAMBERS.,..............- 426 Massach Back Ba HOTEL WASHINGTON. .1699 Washington St.. Rms. with Seth sto" & $12; Running Water, $ to 38 BUFFALO, N. /" BARNES HOTEL......Professional Rates...... Steam Heat, Hot and Cold Weer. oes lon Pearl St. CORONA HOTEL............670 Male Center Xd Olotrict.. .. Seneca 3333 HOTEL CHELTENHAM. peseesteese Frankiin St. at Chippewa - European. padeeec e150 Us HOTEL MONROE. .490 Pearl St..American, $2.00 and =: | European, $1.00 and up.. Weekly Rates HOTEL RALEIGH........Neer All Theaters........ onal Rates...... -+..354 Frankiia St. CHICAGO, bets at aa ae BRIGGS HOUSE..........-...cenuee Ce re one vig $3 CLARK AND dace MOTEL ccccccccccgecccsccccecccccsccccccccs coccceeeSll North Clark Street HOTEL LORRAINE..... ...Wabesh and Via Buren St....... Phone, Wabash 4564 HOTEL tUrcRNe. 77.2004 NL Clerk St.. Oppesite Lincein Park. seaee “Special Rates......Lin. 6614 HOTEL MONARCH..SI7 WN. Clark St...Under New Mgmnt. Spec. Rates to Prof..Tel., Sup. 6495 HOTEL PASADENA. 600 North Dearbern St..Phene, Dearborn (439. Special os | te Performer: HOTEL RICE........755 WN. Dearborn St....... ne Minutes’ Wolk from oa eccase Phene, Sup. 6365 HOTEL ROOSEVELT...... Wabash at Reesevelt Rd.. 5 Min. Walk te Leow...... Harrison 758) HOTEL WYCHMERE. .150 Rooms. .$6-$7 a Week. -Sin., $8: Ly $10. ~tath cs Rt may Ave. .Cal. 5767 MONTEZUMA LODGE................. 908 W indser Sespeouanenecennabens Phene, Edg. 738! NEW STADIUM pores. 12 W. Van Buren ne in the Loop: -Sin., $7 up; DDdI, a up. .Wabash 6854 ae Sy MOTEL PEED Ec vegececonecegeedesd Phene, Dearborn 2430 O48 NN. ARLES HOTEL. ia, n. Cinch St., in the st. heats HOTEL...S516 WN. Clark St NEW RAND HOTEL.... , from $1.00 Phene, Dearbern 5249 Ye Single. %! up; Deubie, site wn up...Gearbern 2070 CINCI INNATI. nach didaaianene 2 Ww. TE Ee CLARKSBURG, W. WA: ANNEX HOTEL. . Reems with Running Water..2 Min. from Depot: 5 Min. frem All Thee..Pref. Rates THE CLARKSBURG Karl G. Davis, Mgr 346 W. Main St.Sin.. $1.50; DDI.. $2.50; Bath. Phone, 1138 CLEVELAND, O. HERMITAGE pevet. poccccctegnossecs = lid, at Huren Road..............-.-tm Playhouse HOTEL HANNAH... Reems, Suites, Housekee ing ABtO.. ccc nncune 1122 } oe Avenue. DOCU GPO censccsccncseusccegces Ewelld, at 14th St... 6. ccc ccc wwe eeeeeee ia Playhouse Square COLUMBUS, 0. STATE HOTEL....New W. Pr. Gaths....Heert ef City..Prof.Rates CUMBERLAND, MD. WASHINGTON HOTEL..............c000e- Street... occ ccccccccecess M@ae All Theatres DAYTON , Oo. ANTLER HOTEL..! Sq. Depet.. Rates. Sin., $i; with Bath, $1.50..Near Pheatres..25 W. Sixth St. DETROIT, MICH. FRONTENAC poret (Modern) .. F. Kelth’s Temple Thea.. Spee. Thea - HOTEL ROOSEVELT............ s., vanes ™. (¢. eee jal Weekly tes METROPOLE Wore: .628 Weedword Ave...2 Blocks ae | Theatres ceaten Theatrical — OXFORD HOTEL.. codward Avc,. Cor. Larned St........ Downtown....... Main 562 WINDSOR HOTEL.. “see a Columbia... . All Rooms with Bi _ "Rates... ..Main® aio ELDORADO, KA een eTEINDLA Heat, ¥,'5 -i Cold Water..Phones..$1 up. . Rates “theatrical” MeCONNELL HOTEL. THE PHOENIX HOTEL.............. Rates Mederate.............. Oppesite Courthouse, Findlay, 0. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. PANTLIND MOTEL........ Special Conveniences fer Professionals........ With Bath, $2.50 and up HARRISBURG, PA. WILSON HOTEL......143-5 & 34 St....... Rooms, $1.00 up......Spee. weekly rates...... Bell 6574 HOLYOKE, MASS. HOTEL GRAND............Single, $1.25; tS $2.00. wie Bath, Single, $2.00; Deuble, $2.50 HUNTINGTON, VA, HOTEL ADELPHI..............Sinete, Aa up: Double, “$1.50 Gi cecece eecesee Sth Ave.-Sth St. INDIANAPOLIS, IND. BARTON HOTEL............. Delaware and Michigan Sts............. Rates. ............Main 3556 JAMEST TOWN, N. D. THE GLADSTONE HOTEL.................0005: : Single, $1.00 and up; Double, $1.50 and up esl timene HOTEL 2th “i city, —. 1 ee Rates from $1.50 oovecs ! a altimore eatrica ones COATE MOUSE. _..... Showmen's HMeadewarters........ 1.50 and Up, with @xth GLADSTONE Gin cocs cesesée rd amon Rata ase si tne Single; $8 te . te $10 Deudie KNOXV LLE. av ER CUMBERLAND HOTEL......Cor. Gay and Cumberiand...... S $2 per Day...... European Pian LANSING, "MICH. HOTEL TOWNSEND............Mederm............ Actors’ Home............ Real Handy to Theatres KASKASKIA HOTEL AND CAFE....... CA SALLE, UT ee Special Rates for Theatricals LOS ANGELES, CALIF. ORGAN GT sdbeiccckccdiccnsentans Eighth and Hope Sts.............. ebesanacea E. R. Leon LOUISVILLE, KY. CONGRESS HOTEL (Formerly L )..@th and Court Place. New Mane .Seee. Thea, Rates. Phones: city. Sr: Cumb., Main 9122 GIBSON HOTEL....119 8. St., Bet Market and Main.. cKEESP RT. PA. HOTEL DANDAR......418 Locust St.. Opposite B. & O. Depot...... Shower Bathe...... Phone 9078 MEMPHIS, TENN. HOTEL CHISCA...... Rooms with Bath, $2 yh and Upwards; |? witheut Bath, $2.00 and Upwards ! AUKEE, DAVIDSON MOTEL......\Theatrial”. --_Renalng water \ heii Im Loop of All Theatres NEW HOTEL ST ANDREW............91.80 to $9.00......+..... Retell Conter............ Teh S816 HOTEL GOLDEN Rock... pe ey N = ODI. 919-612... Tet. mitenett g0gt - ft PULLMAN APARTMENT HOTEL Reems, single, $8.00; Double, $1200. Tei,, Mitehell 681-3461 OMA EB. HOTELSPLAZA 14th and Howard Sts. Theatrical Meadquarters Fotes, $1.00 per Day and up NEW MILLARD HOTEL. Theat, Hdgrs, Rates: Sin, $1 and up; with Bath, $1.50. Near All Thea. PEORIA, ILL. LINCOLN HOTEL AND RESTAURANT. .Theat. Headquarters. 411-415 8 Adams St..Phene 40152 PETERSBURG, VA. TOURIST HOTEL....Next Century Theater....Showmen’s Headquarters. . . $1.00 and $1.50 with Bath The Billboard With The Hotels By ALFRED NELSON (Communications to 1560 Broadway, N. Y.) Corona Hotel Restaurant The Corona Hotel Restaurant, popular showfolk rendezvous, connected with the Corna Hotel, Buffalo, N. Y., has been sold by Harry Moest, well-known Buf- falo stage mend to Frank Littlewood and Tom Blackburn, who are operating it on a more elaborate scale than its former owners. The dining room has been rearranged and will now seat many more guests. The new proprietors are catering to the guests of the hotel exclusively. Meals are now served in the rooms at all hours. Mother McGinley is the chef in charge and she sure can put out some tasty dishes. She has made the Corona Hotel Restaurant an attractive place to eat at reasonable prices, The Wick Hotel The Wick Hotel at Youngstown, O., under the directing management of R. A. Ohloff, is a desirable stopping place for theatrical professionals. Rooms -have steam heat and running water. Rates $1.50 up. This is not a stag hotel but a hotel that caters especially to women. The Spruce Hotel Under the general management of D. Dewey Davis the Spruce Hotel, at 13th and Spruce streets, Philadelphia, open:d its doors to 250 prospective guests Sep- tember 1, with all modern conveniences and comforts that ‘nclude tile-lined show- er baths, bridge lamp, writing desk. easy chair, chifforobe, wardrobe coat hangers, patent ventilation and morning news- papers for each and every room. Cluh breakfasts are served in the res- taurant. In connection with the hotel there is a barber shop, drug store and garage. + location of the Spruce Hotel makes especially convenient to theatrical folks Equity Hotel The newly renovated and improved Equity Hotel, formerly St. Regis, Phila- delphia, presents a neat and inv ting ap- pearance thruout. It is now under the management of Joseph Cashner, well known to showfolks in all branches of the profession, and “Pittsburgh Joe”, as he is intimately called, is ever on the lookout for the patrons’ comfort. Each room with hot and cold running water and telephone connection, has been newly papered and decorated, and the furnish- ings are spick and span. For the time being no cafe is attached to the hotel. Many performers from the local bur- lesque, vaudeville, dramatic and musical comedy theaters stop there. Joe Simon Manager of Monarch Hotel The Monarch Hotel. 517 North Clark street, Ch'cago, is now under the man- agement of Joe Simon, who announces that the house will continue to cater to the profession. Theatrical Notes Harold Johnson, of Cavalier, N. D.,. has accepted a position as manager of the Laurium Theater at Calumet, Mich. The Bijou Theater ~——e p= a 297 Main street, Orange, co cently sold at auction. The old Opera buildin ville, Mo., is being rem into a picture house. at Caruthers- eled and made When completed 47 the theater will be leased to operators of a chain of film houses. The Pastime Theater at Humphrey, . has reopened under management of I. E. James, The Vienne Lodge of Masons, Czl- houn, Ky., on January 1 took gver the Masonic Theater in that town. Frank Wilson has sold the Victory Theater at Madisonville, Tex., to Stod- dard Bros., of Hghes Springs, Tex. Mile. Arienne Marchal, famous French actress, stopped in Chicago recently on her way to Hollywood to join Adolphe Menjou in the making of a picture. Harry Bert staged the big employees’ holiday party at the Congress Hotel, Chi- cago, and it was a gala affair as in former years, with the girls of the Ziegfeld Follies giving out the gifts. Mayor Frank Fayville, who operates the Broadway Theater, Albert Lea, Minn., recently contributed a day’s re- ceipts amounting to $723 to the Free- born county charity fund. Fire, supposedly of incendiary origin, recently destroyed the home of Julius Sax, owner of the New Grand Theater, on the River road, near Milwaukee, Wis. The loss was estimated at $7,000. Announcement was made recently by Louis Greenberg of h’s purchase of the one-half interest of his partner, C. C. Seibert, in the Rivoli Theater property on Sherman way, Van Nuys, Calif. The deal involved $100,000. A, L. Sorenson, formerly of S ncer, Wis., has urchased the Garden Theater, Phillips, is., and will manage the house h'mself. A number of improvements have been made by the owner, includ ng the overhauling of the heating system. The Illini Theater, Sterling, Il, built and operated by George Greenough and W. A. Weeks, has been leased by Max Gumbiner, of Chicago, who operates a string of nine vaudeville-picture houses. Balaban & Katz have obtained a lease on the Lincoln Theater in that city. . The North Theater, Columbus, Neb., which had been dark for several weeks and at which pictures were d scontinued last September, recently reopened. The policy will be movies on Sundays and road shows on week days. Will Jewell is manager. Ole M. Nelson, former manager of the Majestic Theater at Grand Junction, Co!. was recently appointed manager of the Curran Theater, Boulder, Col., following the resignaton of E. N. Disney. Mr. Nelson was formerly manager of the (Continued on page 60) THE GLADSTONE HOTEL INVITES YOU As a special inducement to get you acquainted with us, we will bhawl your beggage FREE from the station to our door. Professional rates of course. 9th and Oak Sts.. Kansas City. Missouri. HOTEL IDEAL 617-619 Dole Ave., near 2644 N. Clark St., A Tel., Lincoln 5040. ta For benefi tof Acts playing North Side Theaters, espe- cially the Diversey. Rates: Single, $1.50; Double, $2.50. Weekly Rate: $8.00-$10. 15 minutes to Loop. LINCOLN—TOBY w. 51 Til. Circo 6040, NEW YORK CITY” ‘Tei. Cieie eee Tei, Circle 6040. ew lease elevator Up-to-date 1-3-room apartments. apartments. atrical. MRS. TANIA DANIEL, Prepricter. GRAND HOTEL....57 Tayler HOTEL ST. LOUIS...New Mane COSMOPOLITAN HOTEL..............., ARLINGT .King and John Syee.. CARLS-RI t HOTEL. .Two Blocks from HOTEL YATES. EATON HOTEL........190 Rooms THE BILLBOARD HOTEL DIRECTORY PHILADELPHIA, PA. Street jewly Renovat EQUITY HOTEL.....702 Race Street..... te lonal Rates.....Market 0756 HOTEL ot ainoadit ' SE cenened Ne Hotel, Nearest Theaters........ pruce 6800 LAFAYETTE H .Bread St. at yh — _ .Runaning Water in All Rooms. "loon 4505 HOTEL STRATRUMORE. Walnut at 12th 1 Thea. _— & Comfortable..Lew Prof. Rates PITTSBUT ROH. YORK HOTEL..712 E. Diamond St.. N. S.. (Same mangrmen as Hetel Carr)..Sin., $9; Dbi., $12 PORTSMOUTH, THE WASHINGTON HOTEL. .2¢ & arte Oe Eu’p'n 5 fe. Stes ¢ Shop in Cen’tlen..£. V. Leach, Mor. WOO HONnick sc ccicces One one oe a eae Rates: 7Se te $1.50; Bath, $2.00 COLONIAL HOTEL....“‘Newest Hotel Ia sennbNery VA: & Court Sts.....C. H. Contos, Owner . HOTEL RICHMOND.............. as ceseeeeeW. E. Hookett, Manager SAN “FRANCISCO, CALIF. St..... Theatre District... ST. LOUIS, MC Mo. TEXARKANA, TE posite Unl Depot... .cceeccceee S00 ww or Day TORONTO. CANADA. ..Leading Theatrical Mote!.... Special Rates te the Profession Theatres % & Theat. UTICA, : -100 Rms..Best Bot in City S‘sas ‘Thon. .Every Conven. Spee. Rates. .Phone 4224 WICHITA, KAN. YOUNGSTOWN, HOTEL WICK............19 Wiek Ave. Next te New Palace Theator............Prefessional Rates .Phene, Frankilo $070..... Chapin, Prop. «-Theatrisal Rates...Centrai 8590 TEXAS. eat. Rates.. American and European Piao From Unien Station........ Theatrical Rates ooh eS eles * «abet cif SO OR AL i i i ‘ : f it At ' yy ny; 4 4 ro po | Rell ee nn +) > ei a || ae || ee = L a ee } WH ane ee . ee t ee | | 37 7 a | Cd af es
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PROS, 0 COO”. mi ra 32D YEAR e111 he Billboard The largest circulation of any theatrical paper in the world. Published every week By The Billboard Publishing Company, A. C. HARTMANN............Editor cE. W. EVANG.....cccr..-.-Bus. Mgr. Il. M. McHENRY...........Gen. Mgr. F. G. KOHL, President. Main Offices and Printing Works: THE BILLBOARD BUILDING, 25-27 Opera Place. Cincinnati, Ohio, - ° » Phone, Main 5806. Cable and Telegraph Address, ‘‘Billyboy”’ cinnati. U. 8. A. » Cin- _— YORK OFFICES one, Bryant 2434-5-6. Rooms 809- win i560 Broadway, at 46th Btreet. CHICAGO OFFICES Phone, Central 8480. Crilly Building, Monroe and Dearborn Streets. PHILADELPHIA OFFICES Phone, Tioga 38525. 908 W. Sterner Street. ST. LOUIS OFFICES Phones, Garfield 1733 and Main 2409. 2088 Railway Exchange Bidg., Locust Street, between Sixth and Seventh. KANSAS CITY OFFICES Phone, Delaware 2084. 424 Chambers Bldg., 12th and Walnut Streets. LONDON, ENGLAND Phese, Regent 1775. 18 Charing Cross Road, W. C. 2. Cabie and Telegraph Address, ‘‘Showorld’’. SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVES: Baltimore, Md., 181 Wallis Ave. Cenver, Col., age Symes Bldg. New Orleans, 2632 Dumaine 8t. Omaha, Neb., sty Brandeis Theater Bl San Francisco, Calif., 511 Charleston 251 Kearny St. Sydney, Australia. 114 Castlereagh St. Washington, D. ©., 36 Jackson Place. ADVERTISING RATDS—TFifty cents per line, egate measurement. Whole page, $850; half nage, $175; quarter page, $87.50. No display advertisement measuring less than four lines accepted. ee advertising form goes to press 12 m. onda No telegraphed advertisements accepted un- less remittance is o aphed or mailed so as to reach publication office before Monday noon. SUBSCRIPTION, PAYABLE IN ADVANCE idg., U. 8. & Can. Forsi; Dt Kccsaccehenen $3.00 $4.0 Six ~~ ccccevccece 1.75 2.25 Three Mo ebocesece 1.00 25 ommend should be made by post-office or express money order or registered letter, ad- dressed or made payable to The Billboard Pub- a =~ Co., Cincinnati, Ohio. Subscribers when requesting change of address should give former as well as present address. The editor cannot undertake to return un- gl manuscripts. Correspondents should kee To you find a misstatement or 4: in any copy of The Billboard, please notify the editor. Billboard reserves the right to edit all advertising copy. Vol. XXXVI. JAN. 16. No. 3 Editorial Comment NE of the vilest cases of critical logrolling that ever came to our notice has just cropped up in a New York daily newspaper. The special critic on this paper, for no justifiable reason at all, has taken it upon himself to damn and doom a dramatic produc- tion IN ADVANCE OF ITS OPEN- ING. The management of the play in ques- tion recently had some differences with the star of. the piece, with the result that a new actress was engaged for the leading role. It is not the intention here to suggest any connection between this incident and the premature attack on the show. The only point that is questioned is the ethical propriety of condemning a play, before it opens. Aside ¢rom the| bad ethics, thg ob- bously mialigious intent and the dimas- The Billboard ing nature of the article, the critic, who has read a printed version of the play, pretends to take seriously the very things at which the playwright pokes fun, and he quotes the lines meant in sarcasm, but leaves out the real meat. Another point is that a secret is in- volved in the story of the play, and to reveal this secret in advance will spoil the full enjoyment of the show. An odd thing about the occurrence :s that the column in which the uncalled- for article appears is supposed to be devoted to a review of the happenings of THE PAST WEEK in the theater. It recalls the review of a premiere re- cently printed in that paper two days before the premiere actually took place! SOUND argument has been of- fered by one of our readers for the small tent showman who is stuck up for an extra high license on postoffice or railroad agent for a money order. They are too foxy to go to the local bank, if there happens to be one, because the banker might inquire as to what they were sending away for. For isn’t it true that when the local mer- chant has not the article in stock or could not order it for them from his jobber, this same banker is called upon —often—to help the local merchant? But the person who sends his coin away for goods does not feel that he is doing wrong. He thinks he is getting more for his money—and it is his cash. But when a tent show comes to town to ‘bring sunshine into the lives of the peo- ple who cannot, go away for their amusement, the narrow-minded, selfish bunch says, ‘raise the license—we don’t want them here—they always take vast sums of money out of our town.’ My opinion is that the ones who talk the loudest regarding prohibitive licenses - VIEWING THE OTHER SIDE OF THE MOVIE-DRAMA CASE tion. out of the business. considering the minimized risks? As to the question of motion-picture concerns terminating the run of a successful play prematurely in order to film the story, it does not seem reasonable that men with the foresight and business acumen shown by this fraternity would be very apt to kill their own game by such practices. There is still the important question of remuneration to authors— which is the biggest rub. But even this wrinkle might be ironed out Provided the picture interests can give satisfactory assurance that authors will not be denied any opportunity to obtain the highest prices possible for their works, a satisfactory arrangement with little trouble. probably could, be arrived at. And their plays would have more chances of being produced—ang more chances of being bought for the films? The contention that, under motion picture monopoly, the Broad- way stage would be turned into a testing ground for screen suitability is not borne out by the record of the Frohman organization, which, with the backing of the Famous Players-Lasky Corporation, has in late years been turning out many of the handsomest and most artistic productions on Broadway. After all is said and done, it is the motion picture interests that need the legitimate theater with them more than the legitimate theater needs the movies. But the legitimate stage is so unorganized and so weak that it is in no position to go after what it wants. So it will just have to make the best of things as they come. ees against the advisability of permitting the motion- picture interests to subsidize the dramatic-producing field have been propounded in these columns on various occasions. from the opposite perspective will now be presented for considera- Suppose the movie interests do achieve control of the legitimate stage thru financing the productions of various managers. benefits could these picture men bring to the spoken stage in return for the benefits they derive for themselves? First of all, would they not relieve producers from financial risk? Would not more of the younger and less firmly capitalized impresarios then be able to increase their activities? being smart fellows, would not be apt, it seems, to squander invest- ménts on totally unknown and unreliable producers or would-be pro- ducers, and this would have a tendency to keep the undesirable element More productions would mean more work for all those in the theater industry. Not more profits, perhaps, because the picture men would have to get their share to compensate them for their invest- ments—but would not the profits to the theater still be good enough a ee A few views What Of course, movie magnates, would not the authors gain in that the pretense that “tent shows take all the money out of town”. Some show- men may have already used it, but there probably are scores of them who have not—who have not even thought of it. The argument concerns the vast sums of money that go to swell the monthly sales of mail-order houses located in the large cities, “Now, we all know,” says the reader in question, “that comparatively few people living in cities patronize mail- order houses, the principal business of which comes from farmers and resi- dents of the small towns and villages— the very places in which dramatic and similar tent shows want to exhibit. These self-same fellows who raise a big noise about shows taking all the money out of town never think of the mail- order business in that way when they fill out an order blank, and go to the are the ones who are financially able and take advantage of opportunities for their own vacations and amusements. It is not the same, this ‘taking money out of town’, when they buy that rail- road ticket or hop into their automobile for their amusement placed alongside the 50-cent piece some poor fellow townsman spends for one evening's amusement at a tent show—maybe his only available night during the week’s engagement \” The above was not written for the purpose of opposing the mail-order business—decidedly not, far be it from such—but merely to point out that when opponents argue that tent shows “take all the money out of town” they show ignorance—they show narrow- mindedness—they are not consistent— they do not believe in LIVE AND LET LIVE, January 16, 1926 PEAKING of burlesque, past and present, up to 20 years ago it ab- sorbed probably most of the the- atrically-inclined girls of the country. For them it was an open door that led into a new life. For those of clean morals itted to a life of song, dance and music, with gorgeous gowns, amidst the glittering glamour of the stage, while for those immorally inclined it led to the gyping of drunks in adjacent boxes, scarlet robes and red lights of the underworld, with its attendant degradation and death. Burlesque of today is an open door for any girl aspirant for a stage career, endowed with youth, beauty and talent that can be developed, for strange as it may seem to those unfamiliar with the inner workings of burlesque, there is an ever-increasing exodus of girls into matrimonial alliance and_ retirement from this field of theatricals. Never in the history of burlesque have producing managers found it so necessary to take into their companies as many inexperienced girls as they have this season. The Columbia and Mutual circuits, in their competition, are now paying a minimum of $30 weekly, with every- thing in the way of costumes and Pull- man sleeping-car accommodations fur- nished, in their efforts to keep the chorus ranks up to the number required for exch show. Conditions in burlesque as relating to feminine stage aspirants are as con- ducive to clean morals as any other form of theatricals, and for the girl of ordinary education who has youth, a fair share of beauty, the least bit of talent for singing and dancing it is the open door to a real stage career if the girl is really desirous of advancing her- self by concentrated study, patience and perseverance under able instructors who charge her nothing for their instruction. While advancing herself she has ample opportunity to perfect herself in sing- ing, dancing and music, and at the same time she is being paid by the producers a minimum of $30 weekly for five hours’ work daily, with plenty-of spare time in which to further educate herself by travel that costs her nothing, Our burlesque editor has pointed out repeatedly to producing managers the fallacy of seeking new choristers prior to the opening of their regular season annually. A little more personal con- sideration of their choristers in giving them the opportunity of stepping out of the ranks into leading numbers and specialties, with the promise of advance- ment to principal roles if qualified, would hold many of the girls over sea- son after season. That the burlesque editor’s efforts have not been in vain has been evidenced time and again, and this is especially applicable to this sea- son, for more choristers are stepping out of the ranks into leading numbers and specialties than in any preceding season. In the burlesque department of this issue is reproduced a picture of a little chorister for the reason that she is our burlesque editor’s ideal of the aspirant for a stage career who devotes all her spare time to study of singing, dancing and music, with the aim, purpose and intent of graduating from the ranks of choristers into the role of a principal. PROFESSOR of English’ in an Omaha university has pro- voked the Associated Press into broadcasting one of his half-baked ut- terances to the effect that “the vastness of America, the complex character of our nationality and the consequent diversity of material and tastes, make it impossible for genuine American drama to be produced in New York.” Since when HAS the American drama been emanating, or pretending to emanate, solely from New York? It is common knowledge among all good theatrical followers that about 91 per cent of the plays shown in New York—and elsewhere—are written in Atlantic City or in some mountain or woodland retreat. it NX . 4 - ee a a j Founded by W. H. DONALDSON : =. “ _———===— 3 —— _ : | ee ___ gy —" | = i a scnangupmenmmemnaammcammees amma, po Po ———_— a .
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Pr ae os Py January 16, 1926 Ww her By MAURICE DREW URING the Civil War one-half of D Ireland must have dumped itself on American soil—some, landing at New Orleans, fought for the South; others, arriving in New York, joined the “uth”, marched on to Bull’s Run, and most of them never came back. Numerous stock companies flourished in those days and Irish drama made up a large part of the theatrical bill of fare furnished during the season. Rory O’Moore, Peep O’Day, St. Pat- rick’s Eve, Rose of Killarney, Barney the Baron, Limerick Boy, Brian O'Lyxn, Paddy the Piper, Irish Post, O’Filanigan aud the Fairies and Irish Widow were often played by Tyrone Power, William J. Florence, Mr. Collins, John and Frank Drew, John Brougham, Barney Williams, T. J. Riggs, .Sam Ryan and other Dion Boucicault was the first to star in his own creations, Arrah-Na-Pogue, Colleen Bawn and The Shaughraun. John Brougham followed in original plays about the time that William J. I ence branched out with his wife in Ticket of Leave Man, Domby and Son, Kothleen Mavoureen, Edeen Oge and The Mighty Dollar, ban Bryant was much in evidence with Handy Andy, Irish Bmigrant and others, In the meantime Frank E. Aiken and John Dillon at Chicago, Wm. Warren and Dan McGuinness at Boston, the elder Drew and his brother, Frank, at Provi- dence, Baltimore and Philadelphia ap- peared successfully in Irish repertoire. The Drews were also well acquainted with Shakespeare, their two Dromois in The Comedy of Errors packing the house whenever that bill went up. Joseph Murphy followed with a spe- cialty drama called Help, in which he impersonated an Irishman, Dutchman negro, played instruments, did a bone solo, sang many songs and rescued the heroine in the nick of time. With the aid of Help he saved enough to buy a specially written play (by Fred Mars- den) called The Kerry Gow. In this play he made a real horseshoe and shoed the horse, both in the blacksmith scene, and introduced a number of trained carrier pigeons that flew into an open basket which he held for them. Kissing his sweetheart he leaves with the pigeons for the race track. During O'Hara's absence the villain tries to persuade Nora to marry him, promising to cancel the mortgage on the farm if she will do so. A pigeon arrives with the news that the horse O'Hara is betting on has won the first heat. This ~..es Nora courage to refuse the vi'lain’s offer. Another pigeon arrives; it carries no news. The villain now demands that Nora shall marry him or out she goes the instant the clock Strikes 12. On the last stroke of the hour the third pigeon arrives with the news that O’Hara’s horse has won the race. O'Hara arrives with the money to pay off the mortgage and all ends hap- pily, with the villain leaving between two officers to answer for a crime committed earier in the play. Kerry Gow was the foundation of Murphy’s financlal success, he at one time being looked upon as America’s wealthiest actor. The Donagh followed Kerry Gow and would have been a big success if Mur- phy’s following would have stood for one scene of the play: Murphy, as the hero, enters a confessional box in the church preceding the entrance of the villain, who, having committed a murder, is conscience stricken and wishes to confess his sins. He mistakes Murphy for the priest, con- fesses and is brought to bay by Murphy, who, rushing from the confessional, de- hounces him to the real priest, who enters with a number of altar boys. In The Donagh a panorama of Ireland Was used. Murphy, as a guide, is enter- taining a boating party of tourists. When che panorama rolls by showing the Lakes of Killarney Murphy sings the song while rowing the boat. With light —— and music this was a most telling in Shaun Rhue Murphy did a bit of North-of-Ireland” acting that never will be forgotten by the writer, Murphy's singing of a Handful of Farth—From the Land of My Birth, From the Grave Whare My Poor Mother Lies, went right to the heart of every Irishman and woman in America. He ‘so had a song for “the broth of a boy” nd his colleen: Of all the girls that please me most ag here is none like pretty Mary; f matchless beauty she can boast, . And she came from Tipperary. _ eyes so blue—they'd pierce you thru; hey're soft and light and airy; is the darling of my heart, And she came from Tipperary.” yy this “North-of-Ireland” Irishman by edde ng opened up a new vein in Irish medy, Harrigan and Hart soon appeared on The Billboard Broadway, New York, in Irish sketches— Harrigan as the “North-of-Ireland” man, Hart as the “far-down” Irish woman. This team quietly and steadily gained a following in New York, and today the B. P. O. Elks, New York Lodge No. 1, on March 17 each year has a Harrigan and Hart night, when all the Harrigan and Braham songs are sung and one of the Harrigan and Hart plays reproduced. Edward Harrigan was born in the old Seventh Ward October 26, 1845. He shipped, with a champagne basket filled with wardrobe, to San Francisco. There he met Sam Rickey, an Irish comedian, then with Chariey McCarthy, a famous Irish woman impersonator. Rickey and McCarthy parted and Harrigan and Rickey doubled up. They did the Mul- cahy Twins, an Irish song and dance. This partnership did not last long. Har- rigan drifted to Chicago, where he met Tony Hart, who was born in Worcester, Mass., in 1855. Harrigan took him in hand, wrote a German sketch called Little Fraud and it was an instantaneous hit. The scene was a German beer gar- den, Harrigan appeared as a young German baker, dressed in a white uni- form worn by that class. Looking aim- lessly about while the orchestra played an introduction he sang: “Oh, vhere iss dot liddle Deitcher darling? She was de schweetest liddle Deitcher gal of all! Oh, vhere vas de pickles by de garden Und de mock oranges on de vali? How schweet she used to vait on de table Mit sassaprella vater by her tray. Und sometimes put bottles on de tables Vhenefer de boss he vas avay. CHORUS “Liddle Fraud! (Voice outside) Vot’s de matter? Liddle Fraud! (Voice outside) Chews terbacker ! (Both) You vas de puttiest liddle Deitcher gal of all. Liddis Fraud! (Voice outside) You go oud, Liddle Fraud! (Voice outside) Oldt sauer- kraut! (Both—Tony entering) You vas de schweetest liddle Deitcher gal of all.” The audience was thrilled. There she stood, the prettiest little girl imaginable —a beautiful piece of femininity. “That girl a man?” “Impossible!” This hap- pened at the Union Square Theater, New York, under the management of Robert Butler, 55 years ago. Little Fraud was quickly followed by The Mulligan Guards. The introduction is a lilting march faintly heard in the dis- tance—it grows nearer and louder—Har- rigan enters erect and dignified, dressed in an extravagant uniform, and shuffling along carrying a sword with scabbard trailing the ground. Tony follows with musket on shoulder, baggy trousers, old blue coat and an immense black bear- skin hat on head. A colored boy carry- ing a target against his shoulder brings up a rear. Note: This boy was very young—he was known as “Benson”’—as a man he was still in Harrigan’s emp'oy. Harrigan and Hart began their Mul- ligan Guard conversation with a discus- sion on food—the “spread out” they ex- pected to meet up with after the shooting for prizes was over. Harrigan’s oft- repeated remark was: “Be heavens, I'll have turkey or I'l perish!” Target companies were numerous in those days. The main feature was the shooting at a-target for prizes which were given by the local merchants. Woe betide the one refusing; his trade droped immediately. The company, well loaded with prizes and beer, marched away to the shooting grounds with the well wishes of the neighborhood. And now anxiously all awaited its return. After a long, tiresome wait music was heard in the distance. Then went up the cry: “They come! They come!” Immediately bar- rels, boxes, anything not nailed down, sprang into flame and went up in smoke, while the company, with an unsteady walk, passed in review backed by a powerful calcium light propped up on a wagon. Zeer flowed like water and no one cared to—“lie in the arms of Mur- phy” that night. I cannot let this part of Harrigan’s work go by without introducing the first verse and chorus of his famous song: “We crave your condescension, We'll tell you what we know "Bout marching in the Mulligan Guards From the Seventh Ward below. Our captain’s name was Hussy, A Tipperary man— He carried his sword like a Russian duke Whenever he took command. CHORUS “We shoulder guns and march and march away From Jackson street way up to Ave- nue A. The drums and fifes did sweetly, sweetly slay od we marched, marched, marched in the Mullican Guards!” After the Mulligan Guards came sketch after sketch from the mn of Edward Harrigan. Always writing for Tony. © tk Keeping himself in the background. And it mattered not what he wrote—Irish, Dutch, negro, English, Italian, French, Hebrew, humor or sentiment, Tony was always there with an artistic perform- ance. At the height of Dion Boucicault’s suc- cess in the Shaughraun at Wallack’s Theater, 13th street and Broadway, New York, Tony Hart appeared in a short version of the same play at the old Thea- ter Comique, 514 Broadway (between Broome and Spring streets), and made such a hit as Conn, the part Boucicault was playing at Wallack’s, that Dion got out an injunction restraining Harrigan and Hart from continuing. But public sentiment proved that Hart’s performancé advertised Boucicault’s play and the mat- ter was dropped. To mention the songs, sketches and plays which Harrigan wrote and pro- duced would fill a dozen volumes. They called Edward Harrigan “The American Dickens”. He took his char- acters from life, placed them on the rtage and the New York public recog- nized its fathers and mothers and next- door neighbors. Harrigan and Hart passed on many years ago. Most of their famous com- pany have followed them. And how well the members of that company understood their master. When he handed them their parts it was with the request that they go forth and study the characters from real life, and how successful they were was seen on the opening night; character after character walked on the stage to instant recognition and the im- personators were accorded hearty ap- plause. One-hundred-night runs were common with Harrigan plays. Two and three hundred nights were also noted, and in those days a run meant genuine success and real money. The New York Public Library has re- quested copies of Harrigan’s works to commemorate a phase of New York life in the '70s, "80s and "90s. It was up to Captain William Harrigan to oblige. Has he Cone so? I do not know. : In passing we must not forget David Braham (Harrigan’s father-in-law), the man behind the baton. He never failed to get his little round of applause when he appeared with his orchestra prepara- tory to beginning the performance. In days of old when the business of a play was of more importance than the lines—so with Harrigan’s songs—unless you could handle Braham’s music you were lost. Because Braham’s music has a peculiar tempo. His march songs have a swing unknown to the present genera- tion. (To Be Continued) - |
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The Billboard Motion Pictures (Communications to 1560 Broadway, New York, N. Abolishment of é Censorship Urged State Censorship of Motion Pic- tures Termed “Useless Activ- ity of Government” by Governor Smith im Mes- sage to Legislature Albany, Jan. 11-—The abolishment of motion picture censorship as far as New York State is concerned, was urged last week by Governor Smith in his annual message to the New York Legislature, assembled in its 149th session. The Governor, urging the discontin- uance of the State Motion Picture Cen- sorship Commission, said, in part: “Foremost among many useless activi- ties of the government is our attempted censorship of motion pictures. Censors ship stands in open opposition to the American idea of freedom and liberty. We have sufficient laws to publish those who outrage public decency. If we haven’t they should be enacted. But the arm of the State should never reach out against freedom of speech or: freedom of the press, and the exhibition of motion pictures is not far removed from those *‘undamental liberties that we have sought to guarantee to every citizen. It will be no backward step, because the censorship of moving pictures was caught in the mad scramble to censor every- thing only a few years ago. “We have retraced our steps from the policy of subjecting our school teachers to a loyalty test, as we have likewise turned our backs on the governmental policy of licensing private schools. The security of the State does not rest upon its ability to condemn acts before their commission, but rather upon its ability to punish violators of the law.” Sennett and Pathe / Sign New Contract New York, Jan. 11.—Mack Sennett and Pathe have just signed a new contract, calling for one two-reel comedy a week over a period of several years. One of the series will feature Ben Tur- pin. Raymond McKee and Ruth Hiatt will appear in a new series to be called The Smith Family. There will be six re- leases with Harry Langdon, one group with Alice Day, one with Ralph Graves and the Sennett two-reelers. The Langdon series will include Lucky Stars, There He Goes and Saturday Af- ternoon, each in three reels; Junk Man in two reels; The King, in four reels, an His First Flame, in five reels. Glynne’s New Chain New York, Jan. 11.—Four theaters on Long Island have been taken over by Mke Glynne, owner of the Patchogue, at Patchogue, Long Island. He an- nouneees that there will be important additions in the near future. The houses taken over are the Baby- lon at Babylon, the Regent and the Carl- ton Opera House at Bay Shore, and the Garden at Southampton. This gives Glynne a chain of five theaters, The Carlton. Glynne announces, will be ’rebuilt. giving the house a seatng capacity of 2,000. He will also rebuild the Ria'to at Patchogue, which burned down recently. Important Newsreel Contract New York, Jan. 9.—An important cone tract recently has been closed whereby International Newsreel will be shown ex- clusively first run in the 168 California theaters of the West Coast Theaters, Inc., chain. The contract was signed by Sol Lesser and J. H. Goldberg, of the West Coast chain; Don Mitchell, Universal manager in Los Angeles, and Joseph Hubbell, Pacific Coast representative of the Inter- nationa] Newsreel. New Third Avenue Movie New York, Jan. 11.—Edward P. Sobel and Abraham Sachs sold the southwest corner of 79th street and Third avenue to the Syndic Realty Corporation for the erection of a 2,500-seat motion p cture theater. The property, consisting of seven buildings with a frontage of 125 feet on 79th street and 102 feet on Third ave- nue, was held at $400,000. By CLARK BRANION PARAMOUNT OFFERS $10,000,000 BONDS New York, Jan. 11.—A_ $10,000.000 bond issued offered last week by Kuhn, Loeb & Co.: Hallgarten & Co., Marshall Field, Glore, Ward & Co., in behalf of the Paramount Broadway Corporation, was entirely placed within 30 minutes of its offer. The property is that which takes in the entire front of the west side of Broadway between 43d and 44th streets, which when completed will be known as the Paramount Building, a 31-story office structure, housing the last word in thea- ter construction, a motion picture house with a seating capacity of 3,700. The corporation is a wholly owned subsidiary = the Famous Players-LasKy Corpora- tion. The offering consisted of first mortage 5% per cent 25-year sinking fund gold loan certificates, due January 1, 1951. The offering price was 98% and accrued interest to date of delivery, at which the yield will be more than 5% per cent. The appraised value of the land is $6,000,000 and of the completed and equipped building $10,700,000, a _ tbdtal appraised value of $16,700,000. The loan will be secured by a first mortgage on the land and building owned in fee, and the Title Guarantee and Trust Company will issue its policy insuring that the mortgage is a valid first lien on the prop- erty. The entire building wiil be leased to Famous Players-Lasky Corporation for a period of 25 years from January 1, 1926, at a net annual rental equal to the largest amount reGuired for interest and sinking fund on the loan in any year. FAMOUS-UNITED DEAL CONFIRMED New York, Jan. 11.—The report that Famous Players-Lasky Corporation had purchased the United Studios at Holly- wood, related in the last issue of The Billboard, was confirmed last week by Jesse L. Lasky, vice-president of the cor- poration, in the New York office. Mr. Lasky said the studio would be taken over in April, and at that time production activities will be transferred to the new home, which consists of 26 acres of property and 9 stages. Sorne production is expected to con- tinue at the Lasky studio, altho the ulti- mate disposition of this property has not yet been decided. Along with this confirmation comes the report from the West Coast that First Na- tional, whose production activities there have been carried on in the United Stu- dios for the past several years, is nego- tiating with the De Mille and Metropol- itan studios in Culver City and Holly- wood for temporary space to accommo- date its units now working. Independent Movie Men Fight Theater Chain St. Paul, Minn., Jan. 9.—A _ concerted move has been started by exhibitors here to compete with the city motion p cture houses controlled by the Finkelstein & tuben Circuit. A new organization has been formed, primarily for, advertising purposes, w th a membership of 10 theaters, to band together in the purchase of newspaper spac Heading this advertising will be copy_on the Tower, operated by Jo enh Friedman, proclaiming it St. Paul’s only independent first-run motion picture theater. Stars Expected at Naked Truth Dinner New York, Jan. 11. — Nat Rothstein and the committees in charge of the Naked Truth Dinner, to be given at the Hotel Astor February 6 under the aus- pices of the Associated Motion Picture Advertisers, announce the contemplated presence of 100 stars. There is a limit of 100 tables. Charles Ejinfeld, First National Pic- tures, is in charge of arrangements. Witwer Sues Harold Lloyd New York, Jan. 11.—H. C. Witwer, the author, has sued Herold Lioyvd for $250,- 000, alleging that The Freshmcn,. Liovd’s latest picture, was taken from one of his books, The Emancipation of Rodney, pub- lished in 1923. The report emanated from Los Angeles. Lloyd, thru his manager, William R. Fraser, has denied all the charges. bg Help Choose Proper _ Music for Comedies New York. Jan. 9.—The importance of proper music in putting over comedy on the screen is emphasized by the offer of the Music Publishers’ Protective Associa- tion of the fullest co-oneration with ex- hiditors in arranging their musica! pro- grams for “Laugh Month”. Exhibitors are asked to communicate with E. C. Mills, chairman of the board of the association, 56 West 45th street. who will be glad to give any assistance in the arrangement of musical programs, espe- cially to write to each exhibitor individu- ally, offering suggestions as to the proper musical treatment for comedies under each exhibitor’s conditions. Mr. Mills is a for- mer exhibitor. The Music Publishers’ Protective Asso- ciation is preparing under Mills’ d'rec- tion some concrete suggestions on the best music to use with comedies and other short features which will soon be ready for distribution. CENSORS ACTIVE IN TWO STATES New York, Jan. 11.—Censorship boards in various States have been active of late in banning several feature pictures which have enjoyed runs in this city. Sally, Irene and Mary, after a run of four days at the Garrick Theater, Minne- apolis, was taken off the screen by order of the mayor, and Free Lips, starring Norma Shearer, was substituted for the remainder of the week’s run. This, too, was taken off after the objections of club women in the city. D. W. Griffith’s picture, That Royle Girl, was banned in Portland, Ore., by the censorship board. Mrs. E. O. North- rup, chairman of the board, refused to give and reason for its prohibition. North American Has 192 Portland, Ore., Jan. 9.—North Ameri- ean Theaters’ Corporation, regarded as an affiliation of the M. P. Capital Cor- poration and Producers’ D stribut'ng Corporation, now has under its man- agement a total of 192 theaters. Harry Cc. Arthur, general manager of North American, has secured a lease on the Ackerman & Harris theater now under construction. Sam Harris of A. & H. de- clares the deal is a consolidation of in- terests, and that his company wil! han- dle the vaudeville and North Am r'can will supply the product. The pictures therefore will be those released thru Pro- ducers’ Distributing Corporation. In addition there will be other houses built in the Northwest. Prologs and in- ec dental entertainment will be handled on a road-show basis similar to that used by the Publix Theaters’ Corporation. “Ma” Ferguson in Pictures New York, Jan. 9. — Ma Ferguson, Governor of Texas, and Nellie Ross, Governor of Wyoming, are to be drama- tized in a photoplay, Her Honor the Governor, according to an announcement by J. I. Schnitzer, vice-president, in charge of production of F. B. O. The picture will be put into production imme- diately at the F. B. O. West Coast stu- dios under the @irection of B. P. Fine- man, general manager of production for the company. Schindler With Roxy New York, Jan. 11.—Kurt Schindler, for many years associated with choral activities of this city and one of the guiding hands of the Schola Cantorum, has been engaged by Roxy to direct the permanent chorus of 100 which is to be a feature at the new Roxy Theater, Broad- way and 50th street. Griffith at A. M. P. A. Lunch New York, Jan. 9.—David Wark Grif- fith was the speaker at the regular weekly dinner of the Associat on of Mo- tion Picture Advertisers at the Hofbrau January 6. Floyd Jones Engaged For B. & K. Circuit New York, Jan. 9.—Floyd Jones, juve- nile tenor, has been engaged by the Bala- ban & Katz Circuit of theaters for a four-week engagement at the Chicago Theater, Chicago, beginning January 8, thru the office of Rycroft-Perrin. January 16, 1926 Warmers’ To Be $2 Top With Two Shows Daily New Policy Starts With Open- ing of “The Sea Beast” Jan- uary 15---Will Be Perma- nent Schedule New York, Jan. 11.—Warners’ Theater will undergo a complete change of policy January 15, by the permanent raising of its prices to the rank of the $2 top movi. house, and the abolishment of the con- tinuous performance in favor of only two performances a day. Prices heretofor: have been 50 and 85 cents. This innovation will be commenced with the premiere of The Sea Beast, star- ring John Barrymore, which comes to the theater January 15. The.theory of the Brothers Warner is that in view of the important and worthy pictures which are scheduled to succeed it, they are perfectly justified in maintaining this price and performance scheduled from then on. For the time being, it is announced, the regular week-day afternoon performance at the theater will begin at 2:45; the eve. ning program at 8:30, and the Sunday matinee at 3 p.m. Sunday evening per- formances will begin at the same time as those during week days. Evening prices for all pictures will be $1, $1.50 and $2. Matinee prices will! be 50 cents and $1. In the future there will be an elaborat: prolog for each feature picture shown at the house, and much closer attention wi!! be paid for this feature of the program when the two-a-day starts. There will be an important and ostentatious pro- log to The Sea Beast, it is announced EXHIBITORS PROTEST CIVIC MOVIE SHOWS Cleveland, O., Jan. 9.—In a letter to the exchanges of this city the Cleveland Motion Picture Exhibitors’ Association makes vehement protest against the prac- tice of the exchanges serving film to churches, schools. armories and other halls, stating that the theaters cannot possibly hope to compete with these places, which are free from the majority of operating expenses attendant upon the exhibition of motion pictures in actual theaters. The letter states, in part: “We feel that it is inimical to the in- terests of our theater members to have to meet such unfair competition, and we pro- test against serving them with film which enables them to run competitive shows to our members. Moomaw To Produce In Hollywood Studio Hollywood, Calif.. Jan. 9.—Lewis H. Moomaw, film producer, who for some years past has confined his activities to Portland, Ore., where he has a modern studio, is negotiating for a studio here for the permanent production of his pictures. He is shortly due in New York with his latest picture, Only the Brave, which will be released thru Associated Exhibi- tors. While here he will lay plans for an affiliation with a similar organization to release pictures made by a unit which he has just added to his present organ- ization. Beatty Hays’ Assistant New York, Jan. 9.—Jerome K. Beatty. who handled the Greater Movie Season campaign for the Motion Picture Pro- ducers and Distributors of America, has been appointed an assistant to Will H. Hays, president of the organization. Powers Has Selig Studio Los Angeles, Jan. 9.—F. A. Powers has taken over the old Selig Studio here as a central studio for Associated Exhibitor units, EXPLOITATION Seven days of front-page publicity, re- sulting In an opening on Christmas Day to unparalleled business, was the result of a tieup with The Daily News, St Paul, Minn., in running an identity con- test in connection with exploiting Metros victure The Masked Bride, starring. M.° Murray, when it played at the Tower Theater there. Two pap er mache cows were placed on exhibition, one in the lobby of the thea- ter and the other in the windows of the theater building, when Buster Kea- ton's picture, Go West, played at Loews State Theater. St. Louis, Mo, The cows were about five feet high and six feet long. One contained a motor that moved tie head from side to side and at the terminat'on of each movement caused one eye to wink. They were painted in natural colors, Besides the cow n ‘he obey was a placard reading: “Repro- duction of Buster Keaton’s New Lead'ng Lady, Brown Eyes, in Go West Next (Continued on page 94) pe - 50 es | S ik crear 2 sae scent e : | ae OE —_ — } = ____ — om a Po | | i aii | es | a a | Po
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January 16, 1926 AS THE N. Y. REVIEWERS SEE THE FILMS “Womanhandled” (Paranount at Rivoli) SRNING WORLD: “. . «. @ good- + ; itty and altogether adult come- dy based on the passing of the American cowboy. . - a story bringing out the amusing aspects of the change in man- » taking peace out there on the broad and sun-baked prairie. . « much of the picture's appeah must have been supplied by the expert and easy acting of Richard Dix and his associates. I liked it tremendously.”—Quinn Martin. TIMES: “. . « provoked a good deal of boisterous laughter, but the humor could seldom be termed sharp and brght. Miss Ralston is charming in the role of Mollie. It is a theme which might have been handled far more ef- fectively by James Cruze, for he is clever enough to picturize this type of story in a subtle fashion.”—Mordaunt Hall. EVENING WORLD: “. . another director with a flair for light comedy. a happy-go-lucky film. oo a light comedy of considerable merit, a little slow now and then, to be sure, and me not as smoothly developed as to con- tinuity as one might wish, but enter- taining nevertheless. Richard Dix per- forms with ease in the leading role, with Esther Ralston a decorative heroine. _ , sereen entertainment presented in an intelligent fashion."—Palmer Smith. “Infatuation” (Corinne Griffith Productions, Inc., First National at the Strand) TIMES: “. . a fairly interesting picture with signs of strain in_ certain for episodes based on W. Somerset Maugham’s play, Caesar’s Wife. +. * it almost seems as tho the producers were asking for much credulity from the spectators. Warner Oland is master of his part. Percy Marmont gives a sound performan The settings are splendid.” =—-Mordaunt Hall. MORNING WORLD: “, - en Enclish-Egyptian chowder of loye with the diplomats is this slow-moving drama. . . « back in 1919 the piece was called a comedy, a fact which apparently escaped notice when the screen script was made. In the matter of plot the picture fitted itself tightly in the play’s foot- prints."—A., T. POST: “Her representatives seem to be having a hard time of late finding stories worth the attention of a star of Miss Griffith's well-known beauty and not inconsiderable talent. . . . seems to be very badly photographed much of the time, thus making ;the picture even duller than it needs to be.” SUN: “. . . a rather commonplace effort, offering nothing more than the usual undistinctive acting, direction and story. It will make money, of course, for it presents a dose of romantic love on the borders of the desert, with an injection of self-sacrifice for the heroine and it enables the orchestra to strum up some of that ‘hoochie’ music which somehow manages to drown out imbecilities. Some war scenes at the beginnine of the film are quite well executed. The continuity is elaborate and probably perfect. but this hardly raises it above the level of & third-rate film."—The Moviegoer. “Soul Mates” (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer at Capitol) TIMES: “Judging by that which con- s one in Elinor Glyn’s latest picture, it seems almost as if the violet-eyed authoress had been so long in Hollywood that she had forgotten certain well- founded English customs. Mr. Lowe (Edmund Lowe) : permits himeelf ho freedom of action. . . Aileen Pringle seems to forget that she is the heroine in the picture."—Mordaunt Hall. MORNING WORLD: “Bdmund Lowe » - . held to Mrs. Glyn’s spirit of in- hocent merriment by being mildly roguish and mildly tender as the occasion de- manded. Aileen Pringle, on the other and, seemed obsessed by memortes of the author's more lurid writings, for she writhed and smoldered her way thru this entirely innocuous role to the end of the chapter."—A. 8. ree “se. hardly suitable for revival by the International Film Arts ruild, but it will make a great deal of + tg for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. af men capably enough and there are oderately handsome settings, clothes and actors and a generous portion of what Madame Glyn calls ‘it... . « bet- ter directed and better acted than the — program picture. I have seen al! cola many times that it leaves me as as Nanook of the North.” Movie roer. hate eat NG WORLD: “Aileen Pringle “amund Love manage to be interest- ing And entertaining except when the is vo il¥yn plot interferes. The plot S utterly impossible. It is @ gad mix- UD."—Palmer Smith. “The Unguarded Hour” (Paramount at Rialto) The Billboard ‘ tet ‘ “OT w HIG VAL DIAGRAM | ADVANCE SALE RA Tr ‘AGO,/ SS LL. ¢ 28 YEARS EXPERIENCE AT YOUR SERVICE 4mm TATES RO | TY Uni TEP nD on ST EVERY “G KE T GO. TIMES: “. , , @ wild effusion. Doris Kenyon is fraceful and pretty. Her act- ine, however, seems more prompted than inspired. While Mr. Sills gives one an idea of strength, his characterization is not particularly impressive.’’—Mordaunt Hall. MORNING WORLD: “. . provides as totally’ decrepit a show as I have seen since the spring of 1922. . . so in- finitely bad its gloom cast a deep purpie about the whole. Unimaginative, hackneyed, straining for humor in its subtitles, stilted in its performance, it stood out as a glowing example of the things in the cinema which make me tired.”"—Quinn Martin. POST: “The whole picture, from maud- lin start to insipid finish, is unbelievable. Hundreds of individuals, lately emerged from the regions of black despair over the whole film business, will open the trap door and disappear again after seeing this international atrocity.” EVENING WORLD: “. — if another of the films when plot interferes with the entertainment. It is not much of a picture for Sills. Miss Kenyon has all the honors, comedy, tragedy and melodrama and a good variety of fetch- ing costume changes. Considering the plot, she makes it fairly entertaining.” Work Progressing Fast On Theater in the Temple Chicago, Jan. 7.—The vast new theater in the Masonic Temple, in Randolph street, will be finished about next March. according to a report this week. The house wll probably be named the Wash- ington Theater and w ll have 3.500 seats. It occupies the old Co'onial Theater site, together with additional ground. It is understood that Balaban & Katz will op- erate the house At the t'me the deal was con-ummated for the Temple t was announced that the B. & K. ople had leased the theater at a rental of about $327,000 a year. George Jessel in Movies New York, Jan. 11. — George Jéssel, now starring in The Jazz Singer in the legitimete, will go into motion pictures with a vehicle entitled The Cherry Tree, originally a vaudeville sketch, under a contract with Al Lichtman. L. Wolfe Gilbert Rialto Theater New York, Jan. 9.—L. Wolfe Gilbert, well-known songwriter, is making per- sonal appearances at the Rialto Theater, Broadway and 42d street, as a part of the regular incidental program to the feature picture. Two of his song hits are O Katharina and I Miss My Swiss. News for Exhibitors at John Hamrick, owner of the. Blue Mouse Theaters, Seattle and Tacoma, Washington and Portland, Oregon, will give The Sea Beast, John Barrymore's picture for Warner Brothers, a_ special showing at the Metropolitan Theater, Seattle, instead of at the Blue Mouse, as originally intended. The run of the pic- ture will be 12 days instead of one week and the prices will be considerably ad- vanced for the showing. They will range from 25 cents to $1.50. The picture will then be taken to the Blue Mouse for a second run. Cecil B. De Mille’s picture The Road to Yesterday has attained a considerable measure of success in Chicago, where it won the praise of newspaper reviewers. Rupert Julian's Three Faces East, for Producers’ Distributing Corporation, has met the public taste in Los Anzeles, where it recently played at the Forum Theater. Lee Marcus, general sales manager for F. B. O., will make a tour of the com- pany’s exchanges starting this month in the interests of distribution and sales. He will visit Denver, Salt Lake City. Los Angeles, San Francisco, Portland, Ore. ; Seattle and Chicago. The Chadwick Clarion, 2 semi-monthly newspaper, published by Chadwick Pic- tures, has just made its appearance. It is edited by Charles Reed Jones. Ben Hur will be the attraction at Grauman’s Egyptian Theater, Hollywood, after the present run of The Big Parade. Wallace A. Sault succeeds Jow Lieber- man as manager for Universal in St. John. N. B. Motion picture and theatrical interests in Spokane, Wash., have united to op- pose the strict censorship measure now (Continued on page G3) guaranteed. © a] = 4 atte sired, re ROLL TICKETS Five Thousand, ~ ‘ sik @ Bis itr ES ‘5 ie | | __e i “ 3 ; = me 7, » : ; | eS a et 7 a | en : | ee ee 4 : | ee Tearning. 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Be a dd 8 ats Pata ae 52 ADVERTISING NOVELTIES Darwin B, Silberer & Sons, 355 B’dway, N. Y. © ADVERTISING PENCILS 6. Musial & Co., 8-12 Lincoln st., Yonkers, N. Y. ADVERTISING SOUVENIR SONG R. L. Burtch, 307 E. North st., Indiunapis, Ind. AERIAL ADVERTISING MAN- CARRYING KITES AND HU ®* BALLOONS S. F. Perkins, 14 Rockland ave.,Dorchester,Mass AFRICAN DIPS Cooley Mfg. Co., 530 N. Western ave., Chicago. AIR CALLIOPES Pneumatic Calliope Co., 345 Market, Newark,N.J Tangley Mfg. Co., Muscatine, Ia. AIRPLANE MFRS. (Commercial and Exhibition) Anderson Aircraft Mfg. Co., Anderson, Ind. ALLIGATORS Alligator Farm,’ West Palm Beach, Fla The Florida Alligator Farm, S. Soskeenetiie, Fila. ALUMINUM COOKING UTENSILS Alum. Spec. Co., Ltd., 60 John St., 1Loronto, Can Amer, Alum. Ware Co. .374 Jelliff, "Newark, N.J. Jacob Bloch & §Sca, 283 Bowery, N. ‘Y oO. Buckeye Aluminum Co., Wooster, Illinois Pure Aluminum Co., Lemont, The Sunlite Co., Milwaukee, Wisconsin. ALUMINUM FEATHERWEIGHT STAGE CURTAIN ROLLERS Amelia Grain, 819 Spring Garden st., Phila ALUMINUM WARE Meyer Burnstine & Bros., Detroit, Mich. Karr & Auerbach, 415 Market St., Phila., Sterling Aluminum Co., Brie, Pa. Western Merchandise Oo., Abilene, Kansas. Pa. AMUSEMENT DEVICES H. C. Evans & Co., 1528 W. Adams, Chicago. ANIMALS AND SNAKES Bartels, 45 Cortland t-~ New York City. B'ville Snake Farm, Box 275, Brownsville, Tex. Max Geisler Bird Co., 50 Cooper Sq., N. : Hagenbeck Bros., Inc., Nashua, N. H. Henry Bartels, 72 Cortland et., N. Y. C. Louis Rube, 351 Bowery, New "York City. ANIMALS (Sea Lions) Capt. Geo. M. McGuire, Santa Barbara, Calif. ARMADILLO BASKETS AND HORN NOVELTIES Apelt Armadillo Co., Comfort, Tex R.O. Powell, 407% W.Commerce, San Antonio, Tex. ARTIFICIAL FLOWERS H. Bayersdorfer & Co., 1210 Arch 8t., Phila.,Pa. ASBESTOS CURTAINS AND FIRE- PROOF SCENERY Amelia Grain, 819 Spring Garden, Phila., Pa. BADGES, BANNERS AND BUTTONS “‘Ace’’ Badge, Button & Medal Co., 303 5 av.,N.Y. Kraus & Sons, Inc., 133 Clinton st., N. Y. City. BANNERS-BADGES-FLAGS Bands, Pennants. Cat GEO. TAUTERER co., 222 W. Madisse St. “Chicago. Wm. Lebmberg & Sons, 138 N. 10th, Phila., Pa. BADGES FOR FAIRS AND CON- VENTIONS ““Ace"’ Badge, But., Med. Oo.,803FifthAv.N.Y.C. Cammall Badge Co., 301 Washington, Boston. BALLOONS (Hot Air) (For Exhibition Flights) Northwestern Balloon & Tent Co., 1635 Fal- lerton ave., Chicago. Diversey Thompson Bros. Balloon Co., Aurora, Ill. BALLOON-FILLING DEVICES FOR BALLOONS THAT FLOAT Bastian-Blessing Co., 252 B. Ontario st., Chgo. BALLOONS, WHIPS, CANES, NOV- ELTIES AND DOLLS Kindel & Graham, 782-84 Mission, San Francisco Tipp Novelty Co., Tippecanoe City, Qbio. H. Tammen Co., Denver, Colorado. BAND AND ORCHESTRA MUSIC Fillmore Music House, 528 Elm st., Cinti, 0. BAND INSTRUMENTS Crawford-Rutan Co., 1017 Grand Av., K. C. Mo. Nuss Mfg. Co., llth & Mulberry, Harrisburg, Pa. BAND ORGANS Tangley Company, Muscatine, Ia. BANJOS Vega Co., 155 Columbus Ave., Boston, Mass. BARBECUE OUTFITS Rotisserie aage Co., 26 Sullivan St., N. Talbot Mfg. z. . 1200 Chestnat, St. Louis, Mo. The Billboard A ince and Sellers’ Guide and Reference List * Show World Enterprises and Allied Interests RATES AND CONDITIONS Your name and address, if not ex- ceeding ONE LINE in length, will be published, properly classified, in this Directory, at the rate of $20.00 in ad- board and one line name and address inserted in 52 issues, properly classi- fied, for $23.00. RATES FOR TWO-LINE NAME AND vance, per year (52 issues), provided ADDRESS the ad is of an acceptable nature. If a mame and address is too long to insert in one line there will be a charge of $15.00 made for a COMBINATION OFFER whole or part of the second line used, or $35.00 a year. 9 ee m The Billboard and two-line name and address, under One year’s subscription to The Bill- | one heading, $38.00 a year. BASEBALL MACHINES AND GAMES Neal Mfg. Co., 1310 Elm st., Dallas, Texas. CANES Chas. Berg, 69 Beekman st., N. Y. BASKETS (Fancy) Apelt Armadillo Co., Comfort, Tex, Marnhout Basket Co., 816 Progress, Pittsburg. Golden Rule House, 1212 Madison av., Pgh. Pa Advance Spec. Co., CARNIVAL GOODS AND CONCES- SIONATIRES’ SUPPLIES 807 W. Poplar, Columbus, 0. — se Nor een. Oo at cans Bian, Ro International Bath Robe Co., 53 W. 23d st.,N.¥. Carnival Supply Co., Ine., Bridegport, Conn. Karl Guggenheim, Inc., 45 W. l7tb st.. N. Y¥. BEACON BLANKETS Karr & Auerbach, 415 Market St., Phila., Pa. E. C. Brown Co., 440 W. Court st., Cinti., 0. Midway Nov. Co., 302.04 W. 8, K. C., Mo Karr & Auerbach, 415 Market 8t., Phila. mm "Pa. Oriental Nov. Co., 28 W. 3d st., Cincinnati, 0. Edward E. Pittle Co., New Bedford, Mass. Singer Bros., 536 Broadway, New York City «IT’S ALWAYS ON THE JOB” HE Trade Directory will work for you and help you to find new cus- tomers and hold the old ones if your name and address are placed under a proper heading describing the line of goods you sell. The Trade Directory: covers a large field. It represents business lines Long Eakins Co., 1976 High st., in The Billboard Trade Directory for $20. line, write me about rate. If it cannot be set in one STH H EHH HHH HEHEHE ETOH HEHEHE EE Eee SOOTHE EOE EH HEHEHE HEHEHE EERE EES PROSTHET HHHHEH ETH EEE EEE EH EEE TEE EEE EEE EEE EES ¥ \ =————————_ BEADS (For Concessions) Mission Factory K., 519 N. Halsted, Chicago. CARNIVAL BLANKETS Western Merchandise Co., Abilene, Kan. CAROUSELS BIRDS, ANIMALS AND PETS ™. ©. Illions @ Sons, Coney Island, New York. Bartels, 45 Cortland st., New York City. Buffalo Canary Plant, 11 Niagara, 0 i ™ . & Max Geisler Bird Co ae omy A 8q., N. C. Wm. J. Mackensen, Yardl Overbrook Kitten Exch., 262 Ww. Fyoth St., N.Y.0. CARS (R. R.) Premier Equip. Corp., Box 228, Houston, Tex. CARVING SETS AND CUTLERY BLANKETS AND ROBES (Indian) Fottle Cutlery Co., 368 6th ave., New York. Kindel & Graham, 782 Mission, San Francisco. CHAIRS (Folding) BOTTLES & SUPPLIES Lafayette Chair Corp., White Plains, E. B. Hill & Sons, 2700 S. 3rd st., St. Louis, Mo. a CHEWING GUM MANUFACTURERS The Helmet Gam Shop Cincinnati, 0 BURNT CORK Toledo Chewing Gum Company, Toledo, 0. Chicago Costume Wks., 116 N. Franklin, Chgo. ° CHILE AND TAMALE SUPPLIFS CALLIOPES W. A. Dye, 122-124 N. Mosley, Wichita, Kan. Tangley Mfg. Co., Muscatine, Ia. CIGARETTES CANDY IN FLASHY BOXES Kageett f, Mioes, Typecee Company, 212 Fifth Edwards Nov. Co., Sunset at Wash., Venice, Cal. CIRCUS HARNESS—TRAPPINGS CANDY FOR CONCESSIONAIRES yax Kurzynski, 1608 Cent. ave., Cin’ti., O. Chocolate Products Co., Baltimore, Md. CIRCUS WAGONS CANDY FOR WHEELMEN Beggs Wagon Co., Kansas City, Mo. E. Greenfield's Sons, 95 Lorimer st., Brooklyn. COCOANUT BUTTER FOR SEASON- ING POPCORN Syra. Popcorn Mach. & Sup. Oo., Syracuse, N. Y. CANDY (NOVELTY PACKAGFS) Gordon-Howard Co., 717 Wyandotte st., K.C.,Mo. » B. Courtemanche, 350 W. 6384 st., January 16, 1926 COSTUMES (Minstrel) Chicago Costume Wks., 116 N. Franklin, icage Hooker-Howe Costume Co., Haverhill, Mass John D. Keller, 96 Market st., Newark, x 7 3 COSTUMES (To Rent) Brooks Costume Rental Co., 1437 B'dway, N. y. Chicago Costume Wks., 116 N Franklin, Chicago Hooker-Howe Costume Co., Haverhill, Mass. + Kampmann Costu. Wke., S. High, Columbus, 0. COWBOY AND WESTERN Goops Harrelson Costume Co., 1827 Main, K. ¢., Mo. CRISPETTE MACHINES Springfield, 0. CUSHIONS (Grand Stand) Peoria Bedding & Supply Co., Peoria, I. DART WHEELS AND DARTS Apex Mfg. Co., 184 Elm st., Norristown, Pa. ‘DOLLS «Italian Art Co., 312 8. Fourth, St. Louis, Mo. Karr & Auerbach, 415 Market St., Phila., Pa. Lawler Doll Mfg., 3311 Grand rand Ave., Dallas, Tex DOLLS—DOLL LAMPS California Dolls, Tinsel Dresses, Plumes, etc. PACINI & BERNI, 1424 W. Grand Ave., Chicago. Wm Rainwater, 2084 Westlake, Seattle, Wash DOLL DRESSES Edwards Nov. Co., Sunset at Wasb., Venice, Cal. Ben Hoff, 29 B. 10th St., New York, N. Y DOLL HAIR SUPPLIES Roser & Jacoby, 195 Ohrystie st., New York. DOLL LAMPS Kindel & Grabam, 782-84 Mission, San Francisco DRINK CONCENTRATES Beardsley Spec. Co., 217 18th, Bock Island, il. ELECTRICAL STAGE EFFECTS ‘ a : Chas. N - . . that are of interest to showfolk and the various enterprises with which as. Newton, 244 W. 14th et., N. ¥. C. they are associated. ; EMBOSS X¥ Look this list over, then fill out the coupon. Pg 0 ae ws ee ns : 6th st., St. Louis, Mo. = "% >. THE BILLBOARD PUB. CO., ESMOND BLANKETS Cincinnati, Ohio: Dessauer, F’ & Co., Adams & Market st., Chgo. If my name and address can be set in one line under (name EET ER ELLE et eee POPOL T ET TT es. insert it 52 times FAIR AND a MERCHAN- Donlon, Wm. P., & Oo., 28 Bank Pl., Utica,N.Y. FEATHER FLOWERS DeWitt Sisters, E. Prairie, Battle Creek, Mich. FELT RUGS Eastern Mills, 425 Broadway, Everett, 49, Mass. FILIGREE WIRES (Colored) Arthur B. Albertis Co,, 487 B’dway, New York. FIREWORKS American Fireworks Co. of Mass., 77 Summer st., Boston, Mass., and 1560 B'way, N. Y. Amer. Fireworks Co., 739 R. E. T. Bidg., Phila. N. oe Bareshe Firew'ks Mfg. Co., New Rochelle, Fidelity Fireworks Co., 9th ave., Ft. Dodge, Ia. Gordon Fireworks Co., ‘190 N. State et., Chicago Illinois Fireworks Display Co., Danville, Il International Fireworks Co., 999 Bergen Ave.. Jersey City, N. J., and 19 Park Pl., N. Y. C. Liberty Fireworks Co., Franklin Park, Tl Martin's Fireworks, 201 Ave. ‘‘E’’, Ft. Dodge, Ia. Potts Fireworks Display Co., Franklin Park, Ill. Schenectady Fireworks Co., Schenectady. N. Y. Star's Fireworke Displays, Canton, Ohio Thearle-Duffield Fire works Co., United Fireworks Mf ' St. Lovis, = Vitale Fireworks Co mE 194, New Castle, Weigand Suscuun Co., Franklin Park, a Chicago, FLAGS AND DECORATIONS TO RENT Anderson Tent & Awning Co., Anderson, Ind FLOODLIGHT PROJECTORS Cahill Bros., 519 W. 45th et., New York City. FLOWERS (Florist) Chicago. GAMES H. ©. Evans & Co., 1528 W. Adams, Chicago. GASOLINE BURNERS Mtz. Oo ‘. 1211 Chestnut, St. Louis, Mo. ight & Heat Co., 550 W. 42d, N.X.0 Talbot Waxbam ey = 7 ee a PO a 6 a ~ a Pe | me ude Dircctoy —— | —=E E—Ee—_ | es a a | po a | a eee soe a EL Vr eee Ss — NS a | ee : pe ee : Oe —_— | ee a — PO — | Po ve i an (ii, | ee ee es ee rere | Pe ZT CEIRRES WRT ERECT | | USSCSC=*” a ee 2a a A ee ee eee Po a Pn : a §=—=—_ a ee | aa a , _ Te] aE ee ' i Po : a i a ; Op h : Sr
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=- January 16, 1926 GASOLINE ENGINES cyshiman Motor Works, Lincoln, Nebraska. GASOLINE LANTERNS, STOVES AND MANTLES . Wonder Light Co., Terre Haute, Ind. Little Mite. Co., 1217 Chestnut, St. Louls, Mo, Waxham Light & Heat Co., 550 W. 42d, N.Y.C. NT PALM TREES FOR DESERT — SCENES, CONVENTIONS, HALLS, ETC. Amelia Grain, 819 Spring Garden st., Phila. GLASSINE POPCORN CONES Britzius Mfg. Co., Dover, Minn. GOLD LEAF Hastings & Co., 17 Filbert, Philadelphia, Pa. HAMBURGER TRUNKS, STOVES, GRIDDLES Talbot Mfg. Co., 1209-17 Chestnut, St. Louis, Mo. HATS (Theatrical) A. L. Magerstadt, 617 Pine st., St. Louls, Mo. HORSE PLUMES H. Schaembs, 10414 89th, Richmond Hill, N. Y. ICE CREAM CONES AND WAFERS Consolidated Wafer Oo., 2622 Shields Ave., Ohi. ICE CREAM SANDWICH WAFERS Consolidated Wafer Co., 2622 Shields av., Chgo. Rainbow Sandwich Co., 715 Victor, St. Louis, Mo. INDIANS AND INDIAN COSTUMES W. G. Barten, Gordon, Neb. KETTLE POPCORN MACHINES Talbot Mfg. Co., 1208-18 Chestnut, St.Louis,Mo. LAMPS Karr & Auerbach, 415 Market St., Phila., Pa. LIGHTING PLANTS J. Frankel, 184 8. Clinton St., Obicago, Ill. MAGIC GOODS Chicago Magic Co., 140 S. Dearborn et., Chicago. MAGIC PLAYING CARDS Aladdin Spec. Co., 8489 Indiana ave.. Chicago. MAKEUP Chicago Costume Whks., 116 N. Franklin, Chi’go MANICURE—FILES Buchanan & Burns Co., 45 Austin, Newark, N.J. MARABOU & OSTRICH TRIMMINGS N. ¥. ©, N. ¥. 4 gp & 2 Superior Marabou & Ostrich Co., 79 B. 10th, N.Y. MEDICINE FOR STREETMEN Amer. Pharmacal Oo., 1551 Donaldson, Cin'ti, O. Becker Chemical Co., 235 Main et., Cin'ti, 0. _ ee Sa Med. Co., 1016 Central ave., Cin., O. N Yore Mfg. Co., 185 Naghten, Columbus, 0. vat'l Med. Oo., 143 6th av., N., Nasbville, Tenn The Quaker Herb Co., Cincinnati, 0. Dr. Thornber Laboratory, Carthage, [ilinols. MONOGRAMS World Monogram Oo., Dept. 200, Newark, N. J. MUSIC COMPOSED & ARRANGED C. L. Lewis, 429 Richmond, Cin'ti, 0. MUSIC PRINTING The Otto Zimmerman & Son Co., Ine., Cin., O. MUSICAL BAND INSTRUM™NT RE- PAIRING George Goetz, 785 6th av., New York City. MUSICAL GLASSES A. Braunelss, 9512 109th et., RichmondHill,N.Y. NEEDLE BOOKS AND NEEDLES Fifth Ave. Notion Oo., 801 Sth, Pittsburg, Pa. NEEDLE BOOKS AND SELF- THREADING NEEDLES Kinde! & Graham, 782-84 Mission, San Francteco NOVELTY CLocKs The Billboard ORGANS AND ORCHESTRIONS Johannes §. Gebhardt Co., Tacony, Phila., Pa. ORGAN AND ORCHESTRION RE- PAIR SHOPS A. Christman, 5712 Indep. Av., Kansas City. Mo PADDLES Schulman Printing Co.. 39 W. 8th et., N. Y. PADDLE WHEELS Bay State Novelty Co., Westfield, Mass. H. C. Evans & Co., 1528 W. Adams, Chicago. Rumpf Balti, Wheel Co., 204 N. Gay, Baltim’re. PAPER BOXES The Columbia Carton Co., Inc., Covington, Ky. PAPER CUPS (LILY) AND DISHES Public Service Cup Co., Bush Terminal, B’klyn. PAPER CUP VENDING MACHINES Dixie Drinking Cup Co., Inc., 220 W. 19tb,N.Y.C. PEANUT ROASTERS Holeomb & Hoke Mfg. Co., 912 Van Buren, Indianapolis, Ind. ° PENNANTS AND PILLOWS American Pennant Co., 66 Hanover St., Boston. Newman Mfg. Co., 107 Leverett, Boston, Mass. Trench Mfg. Co., 25 B. Huron St., Buffalo, N.Y. PENNY ARCADE MACHINES B. Madorsky, 689 Howard av., B’klyn, N. Y. PERFUMES & TOILET ARTICLES Bulk Perfume Co., B. 507, 30 Irving pl., N. Y. C. H. Selick, Inc., 56 Leonard St., tee York. PHOTO ENG. AND HALFTONES Central Eng. Co., 187 W. 4th, Cincinnati, 0. PHOTOGRAPH REPRODUCTIONS J. J. Becker, Jr., 211 8. Elsie, Davenport, Ia. W. L. Dalbey Photo Co., Richmond, Ind. PILLOW TOPS Muir Art Co., 116 W. Illinois, Chicago. Western Art Leather Co., Denver, Colorado. PLAYS Dramatic Pub. Co., 542 8S. Dearborn st., Chicago. POCKETBOOKS FOR MEN (T-in-1 All-Leather) A. Rosenthal & Son, 804 Washb., Boston, Mass. POPCORN FOR POPPING Syra. Popcorn Mach. & Sup. Oo., Syracuse, N. Y. POPCORN MACHINES C. Cretor & Co., 620 W. 22d st., Chicago. Dunbar & Co., 2654 W. Lake St., Chicago. Holcomb & Hoke Mfg. Co., 910 Van Buren St., Indianapolis, Ind. Long-Eakins Co., 1976 High St., Springfield 0. National Peerless Sales Co., Des Moines, Ia. North Side Co., 1206 Fifth Ave., Des Moines, Ia. Pratt Machine Co., 2 Bissell st., Joilet, Ill. Talbot Mfg. Co., 1209-11 Chestnut, St.Louis, Mo. POPCORN SPECIALTIES MFRS. Wright Popcorn Co., 355 6th 8t., San Francisco. POSTCARDS Etoile Felante, Livry-Gargan (8S. & 0.), France. Gross & Onard, Sta. D, Box 132, N . City. Koehler View Postcard Co., 150 Park Row, N.Y. PUSH CARDS ; Peerless Sales Co., 1160 E. S5th et., Chicago. RHINESTONE SETTING MACHINE Handy Rhinestoner Co., 492 B. 2d st. Bklyn,N Y. RHINESTONES and JEWEL PROPS. Chicago Costume Wke., 116 N. Franklin, Chi'go Handy Rhinestoner Co., 492 E. 2d st, Bklyn,N.Y. The Littlejohns, 254 W. 46th 8t., N. ¥. C. ROLLER SKATES jcago Roller Skate Co., 4458 W. Lake, Chicago Th Samuel Winslow Skate Mfg. Co., Wor- cester, Mass. RUBBER STAMPS (And Accessories) fliss Stamp Co., 53 B. Gay et., Columbus, 0. SALESBOARD & CARD MFRS. U.S. Printing & Nov. Co., 195 Chrystie, N.¥.C. SALESBOARD ASSORTMENTS AND SALESBOARDS Flecht, Cohen & Co., 201 W. Madison, Chicago. é SAXOPHONE BOOKS AND SUPPLIES Virtuoso Music School, Buffalo, N. Y. SCENERY SCHELL’S SCENIC STUDIO 581.583-585 South High Street, Cotumbus, Ohio. Williams, 21st & Chelten, Germantown, Phila. SCENERY (That Carries in Trunks) M. B. Denny, 380 8th Ave. W., Cedar Rapids, Ia. SCENERY AND DRAPERIES Armbruster Studio, 247 S, Front st.,Columbus,0. SCENERY FABRICS Mendelsohn’s, 156 West 45th et., New York. SCENERY TO RENT Amelia Grain, 819 Spring Garden st., Phila. SCENIC ARTISTS AND STUDIOS Tiffin Scenic Studios, Box 812, Tiffin, Ohio. Toomey & Volland Scenic Co., 3731 Cass, St.Louls SERIAL PAPER PADDLES Phil J. Anthe & Co., 113-15 W. 4th, Cin’ti, 0. Schulman Printing Co., 89 W. 8th, New York. Smith Printing Co., 1324 Walnut st., Cincinnati. SHOOTING GALLERIES JNO. T. DICKMAN COMPANY 245 S. Main Street, LOS ANGELES, CALIF. Established 1905. Send for Catalogue. SHOOTING GALLERIES RANGE) & SUPPLIES H. C. Evans & Co., 1528 W. Adams, Chicago. (LONG SHOW AND POSTER PRINTERS AND LITHOGRAPHERS E. W. Allen & Co., Atlanta, Ga. Dallas Show Print (Robt. Wilmans), Dallas,Tex. Planet, Chatham, Ont., Can. SIGN PAINTERS’ BRUSHES Dick Blick Co., Box 487-B, Galesburg, Ill. SILVERWARE Karr & Auerbach, 415 Market st., Phila., Pa. SILVER-PLATED HOLLOW WARE Mills Silver Works, 661 Broadway, New York. SLOT MACHINES Automatic Coin Machine Supply Co., &2 W. Jackson Blvd., Chicago. Exhibit Supply Co., 4222 W. Lake St., Clricago. Sicking Mfg. Co., 1922 Freeman ave., Cin'ti. SNOW MACHINES Crystal Snow Mach. Co., 428 B. 2d st., Cin. 0.- SOAPS FOR MEDICINE MEN Columbia Laboratories, 18 Col. Hgts., Brooklyn. Geo. A. Schmidt Co., 286 W. North Ave., Chi. SPANGLES AND TRIMMINGS Arthur B. Albertis, 487 Broadway, New York. Chicago Costume Wks., 116 N. Franklin, Chi'go STAGE APPARATUS AND TRICK : BICYCLES Tom Simmons, 409 W. 42d, New York City. STAGE CLOG SHOES Chicago Costume Wks., 116 N. Franklin, Chi'go STAGE HARDWARE J.R.CLANCY '7acE HARDWARE THEATRICAL Se nncuen lt 53 TENTS Amer. Tent & Avning Co., Minneapolis, Minn. Anchor Supply Co.. Water St., Evansville, Ind. Ernest Chandler, 252 Pearl St., New York City. Clifton Manufacturing Co., Waco, Texas. Crawford-Austin Mfg. Co., Waco, Texas. Daniels, Inc., CO. B., 101-103 Crosby St., N. Y. C. Fulton Bag & Cot. Mills, B’klyn, M’apoiis, Dsl- las, Tex.; Atlanta, St. Louis, New Orlexas. Geo. T.Hoyt Co., 52S. Market et., Boston, Ma:s. C. E. Lindh, Ine., 512 N. 9th, Philadelphia, Pa. St. Louls Tent & Awning Co., 21st & Pine, St.L. A. Smit & Son, 1239 Ridge Ave., Philadelphia. THEATRICAL COSTUME SUPPLIES Chicago Costume Wks., 116 N. Franklin, Chicago THEATRICAL FABRICS Mendelsohn's, 156 W. 45th st.. New York. TICKET PRINTERS Ansell Ticket Co., 730 N. Franklin, Chicago. Elliott Ticket Co., Canal & Vestry, New York. Trimount Press, 115 Albany S8t., Boston, Mass. TIGHTS Arthur B. Albertis, 487 Broadway, New York. Chicago Costume Wks., 116 N. Franklin, Chicago TOASTY SANDWICH MACHINES Talbot Mfg. Co., 1215 Chestnut, St. Louis. Mo. TOASTED SANDWICH MACHINES (Electric) Holcomb & Hoke Mfg. Co., 912 Van Buren, Indianapolis, Ind. TOBACCO (Chewing and Smoki Tobacoo, and oking J Cigars P. Lorillard Co., Inc., 119 W. 40th st., N. ¥. ©. TRUNKS (Professional and Wardrobe) W. W. Winship & Sons, Inc., Utica, N. ¥. TURNSTILES H. V. Bright, Prospect Bidg., Cleveland, 0. Damon-Chapman Co., 234 Mill, Rochester, N. ¥ Perey Mfg. Co., Inc., 101 Park ave., N. Y¥. C. UKELELES FOR CARNIVALS A. Favilla Mfr., 411 Berry st., Brooklyn, N. Y. UMBRELLAS Famous Umbrella Co., 88 B. 2let et., N. Y¥. C. UNBREAKABLE COMBS Ohio Comb & Novelty Co., Orrville, 0. UNIFORMS Brooks Uniform Co., 1437 Broadway, N. Y. ©. De Moulin Bros. & Co., Dept. 10, Greenville, Ill. B. W. Stockley & Co., 718-B Walnut, Phila., Pe. VASES Otto Goetz, 48 Murray et.. New York. VENDING MACHINES Caille Bros. Co., 6210 24 Blvd., Detroit, Mich. VENTRILOQUIAL FIGURES Alex. Cameron, 58 W. Erie st., Chicago. VENTRILOQUIST Lingerman, 706 North Sth st., Philadelpbia. VIOLINS Aug. Gemunder & Sons, 125 W. 424 et., N. ¥. WAFFLE MACHINES (Sugar Puff) Talbot Mfg. Co., 1200-15 Chestnut. St.Louis, Mo. WAGONS Wm. Frech & Co., Maple Shade, N. J. A. M. Buch & Oo., 228 8. 11th St., Philadelphia. Chicago Costame Wks., 116 N. Franklin, Chicago of all descriptiong and The- atrical Make-Up. THE KETTLER Co.. 82 W. Washineton, Chicago. STAGE LIGHTING APPLIANCES Display Stage Light Co., 834 W. 44th, N. Y. C. Chas. Newton, 244 W. 14th St., New York City Universal Electric Stage Lighting Co., Elieg! Bros., 321 W. 50th St., New York. STAGE PROPERTIES Theatrical Prop. Studio, 309 W. dist st., N,Y.O. “SWAGGER STICKS FOR LADIES Frankford Mfg. Co., 121 N. Sth st., Phila., Pa. TAXIDERMIST Taxidermist Studio, 11 Niagara, Buffalo, N. Y. TEA SBTS, ART PANELS, ETC. Alex. Marks, 662-B 8th Ave., New York, N. Y. WIG ane mAngee, cee Tee F. VW. NACK, 86 S. State St., Chicago, til. G. Shindhelm & Son, 144 W. 46th, New York. Zauder Bros., Inc., 113 W. 48th, New York. WIGS AND TOUPEES FOR STREET WEAR ONLY W. Solomon, 101 W. 4ist st.. New York. WIRE WORKERS’ SUPPLIES Jnergens Jewelry Co., 235 Eddy, Providence, RJ. 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54 AT LIBERTY AND WANT SITUATION ADVERTISEMENTS AT LIBERTY ACROBATS 5e wens, CASH (First Line Large Black ) 2¢ WORD, CASH (First Line and Name Black Type) fe WORD, CASH (Small Type) (No Ad Less Than 25¢) Figure Total et Words at One Rate Only. Want To Join Recognized Tra- peze Act by lady of ability and experience. Weight, 120.' Address AERIALIST, 5924 San- som Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. AT LIBERTY AGENTS AND MANAGERS — Sone, CASH (First Line Large Black Type) 2e WORD, CASH (First Line and Name Black Type) te WORD, CASH (Small Type) (No Ad Less Than 25c) Figure Total ef Words at One Rate Only. MANAGER OR ASSISTANT MANAGER IN vaudeville or picture house by Vaudeville Artist, 38 years old; married, two children. At present on road, wants permanent position where a home is more of an object than large salary. High-school education. Managed road shows. Good pefsonality: good mixer, and have made study of business-getting methods used in theatres I have worked. Address BOX 290, Billboard, 1560 Broadway, New York. THEATRE MANAGER AT LIBERTY -— 20 years with Nixon & Zimmerman. Would ac- cept a permanent location as advertising agent if offered chance of advancement. Would also like to hear from A. H. Varley one Frank De Shon. Address J, F, SMALL, 354 E. Chest- nut Street, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. WAGON SHOW AGENT AT LIBERTY—USE ‘brush. ED FENTON, 609 N. Hibbard, Jack- son, Michigan. AT LIBERTY BANDS AND ORCHESTRAS Se WORD, CASH (First Line Large Black Type) WORD, CASH (First Line and Name Black Type) ie WORD, CASH YK Type) (No Ad Less Than 25c Figure Total ef Words at One Rate Only. Sanso’s Band—Open for 1926 contract for parks, piers or chautauquas. Es‘ablished reputation. Extensive repertoire. 8. SANSO, Director, 1520 E. Passyunk Ave., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. jan23 AT LIBERTY — HIGH-CLASS SEVEN-PIECE Entertaining Orchestra open for hotel, cafe or dance hall. Piano, Alto Sax. doubling Clarinets, Soprano and Baritone Sax.; Tenor Sax. doubling Clarinet and Soprano, Banjo doubling Sax. and Soprano, Trumpet, Trom- bone and Drums. All gold instruments. Or- chestra settings and instruments displayed on racks in brilliant manner. We feature novelty oumbers with eccentricities galore with a va- riety of sweet numbers to your taste. A com- plete line of up-to-the-minute music, arranged and played in a real ‘“‘up-town’’ style. Fea- ture solo singing, duets and group singing. Bach member an artist of renowned reputation as well as entertainer. Therefore, we do not hesitate to present this orchestra to you in- dividually or as a whole. Have been on pres- ent location 36 weeks and have gained great popularity during our stay here. Can furnish references, photos, cuts, newspaper write-ups. Let us hear from you. All correspondence answered. Address EARL PARKS and HIS ORCHESTRA, care Oak Park Gardens, Green Bay, Wisconsin. jani6 BARTELT’S MIDNITE ROUNDERS AT LIB- erty after January 7th. From five to eight men. Union. Responsible managers address N. G. BARTELT, Hotel George, Racine, bs - an CONCERT BAND OPEN FOR TOUR. 18 TO 25 musicians; pleasing programs from the best concert music. JOHN G. MAHER, 5 W. 125th St.. New York City. ORGANIZED EIGHT-PIECE BAND, NOW working, would like to hear from respomsible managers of hotel or dance pavilions desiring a first-class organization with plenty of real references Specializing in singing, individual hot choruses, Dixieland clarinet, symphonic ar- rangements and low-down dirt. Band com- posed of real gentlemen, musicians, young, with wardrobe. We keep our repertoire strictly up to date. BOX ©-1244, care Billboard, Cin- cinnati. jontt SUNNY BROOK SOCIETY ORCHESTRA— Open for engagement after January 15th. Just closed eighteen-week engagement at Asia Restaurant, Syracuse, New York. Nothing but location accepted. This is seven-piece band. All singers and double. Banjo man feature entertainer and dancer. Have large library of up-to-the-minute numbers. For reference wire or write manager, Asia Restaurant. Address all communications to SUNNY BROOK OR- a care Asia Restaurant, Syracuse, ew Org. DON AUSMAN and His Orchestra desire engagement in a good hotel or lake resort. Only best con- sidered. Must have contract. Can furnish references. Eight or nine pieces, with or without Vocalist. Can play hot and sweet. Tuxedo and several changes. Last summer with M. C. A. Union. Write DON AUSMAN, West Side Station, Medina, Ohio. jan23 AT LIBERTY CIRCUS AND CARNIVAL Se WORD. CASH (First Line Large Biack Type) WORD, CASH (First Line and Name B'lack Type) WORD. CASH (Small Type) (No Ad Less Than 25¢) Figure Total ef Words at One Rate Only. =? At Liberty — Contortionist, band boleaeing. for indoor circus. Address FRANK KOSS, 5760 Rivard St., Detroit, Mich. jan30 The Billboard iClassitied er Rates see Headings. For Set in 5%-pt. type without display. No cuts. No borders. charges for ads in the Classified columns upon our books. e do No bills rendered. CASH MUST. *,CCOMPANY THE COPY. No ad accepted for less than 25 cents. Count every word and combined initials, alse»numbers in copy. and figure cost at one rate only. Advertisements sent by telegraph will not be inserted unless money is wired with copy. to reject any advertisement and revise copy. in rate without notice. Mail addressed to initials p= Bn ey Delivery will now be delivered. We reserve the right rr orbid’’ orders are without time limit and subject to change FORMS CLOSE THURSDAY, 4:30 P.M., THE FOLLOWING WEEK’S ISSUE. THE BILLBOARD PUB. CO., 25-27 Opera Place, Box 872, Cinsinnati, Ohio. At Liberty — Mystery Show, comp and half entertainment. JOHNSON, Poe Kokomo, Indiana. AMON AND ELLA SIMMS AT LIBERTY— Man and Woman. It will pay you to get acquainted with us. We do not give ithe whole show, but give you your money's worth Comedy is our biggest asset; acrobatic, con- tortion, clowning. We do juggling and slack wire for second act. Our wardrobe we pride. 1321 E. Main St., Highland, Llinois. AT LIBERTY UNTIL MAY 1ST—NEW AIR Calliope on International truck, available for indoor circuses, bazaars, auto shows, etc. Can frame two or more concessions, or will work your concessions on a percentage basis. Ref- erences. Address A. W. HOWELL, 1906 Com- monwealth Ave., Kalamazoo, Michigan. Bell phone 4799-W. AT LIBERTY FOR SEASON 1926—MAN AND Wife. Four circus acts. Overland show pre- ferred. We have own living truck. Address SAVVI LA STARR, Bullard, Texas. CARNIVAL ELECTRICIAN AND LOT SUPER- intendent for coming season. Twenty years in business. Married. Wife, tickets or con- cession “HAPPY” H. E, CLIFTON, Bill- board, Cincinnati, Ohio. jan23 ED RAYMOND, PRODUCING CLOWN NOV- elties that appeal to everybody. 10 years of success. 1317 East 66th St,, Cleveland. Ohio. jan30 FRED WELLE’S ORIGINAL FLYING CLOWN Novelty Table Act and Sensational High Swinging Trapeze. For terms address, Hotel Liberty, 706 Randolph St., Detroit, Mich. jani6 AERIAL COWDENS—Lady and gent. Two separate and distinct. acts. Sensational flying trapeze and comedy revolving ladder. Terms and descriptive liter- ature on request. 229 Patterson St., Chester, Ones an: ay t LIBERTY—A Good Rube Clown for circus, fairs. ndoor Circus Announcer, Bube Cop Track Worker sue Sign Painter, plenty stops, walkarounds. RUBE STONE, Marion Hotel, Birmingham, Alabama. CHURCHES, Clubs, Societies, etc., desiring a novelty motion picture attraction, te me. Something different. Reasonable __ rates. Address EVERT KNOX TRAVEL FESTIVAL, Orange St., Asbland, Ohio. janl6 AT LIBERTY DRAMATIC ARTISTS 50 worD, CASH (First Line Large Black Type) 2e WORD, CASH (First Line and Name Stork Type) le WORD, CASH (Small Type) (No Ad Less Than 25c) Figure Total ef Words at One Rate Only. At Liberty — Juveniles and General Business, for high-class dramatic stock, rep. or one piece. Plenty of wardrobe. ability and experience; ¢ study. Dancing specialties when rts permit. Age 25; weight, 155; height, 5-1 type, blond. Have ticket. Will go ome ony Join on wire. Salary your limit. Wire or write JAMES A. COLLEY, 1239 Carondelet St., New Orleans, Louisiana. Johnny K. Sullivan, Comedy, Age, 31; height, 5-7; weight, 165. Top salary. Address 219 N. Osage St., Caldwell, Kansas. AT LIBERTY—YOUNG MAN AND WOMAN. Leads, second business, ingenues, single and double specialties. TOM GOULD, General De- livery, Pittsburgh, Pa., or in care of Western Union. AT LIBERTY FOR REP. JANUARY 15TH. Anything cast for; specialties; age, 26; height, 5 ft. 9; weight, 140; Equity. Address M. A, FOWLER, Memphis, Missouri. ©4252 W. MAGICIANS 7Je WORD, CASH. NO ADV. LESS THAN 25c. Se WORD, CASH. ATTRACTIVE FIRST LINE. Figure Total of Words at One Rate Only. CHARLES THOMPSON, STURGIS, MICH., Handcuff Escape, Magician, Punch and Judy, Rube and Clown. AT LIBERTY M. P. OPERATORS 5e WORD, CASH (First Line Large Black Type) 2e WORD, CASH (First Line and Namo Black Type) fe WORD, CASH (Small Type) (Neo Ad Less Than 25c) Figure Totat ef Words at One Rate Only. A*1 PROJECTIONIST AT LIBERTY—DESIRES permanent connection in first-class theatre. Do own repairing, any machines. Assistant manager if desired. Best of references. 0, T, PLEDGER, Spencer, W. Va., until January 17, after that General Delivery, Detroit, Michigan. OPERATOR—Long experience, wants steady employ- ment. Theatre closed reason for this ad. Write or wire OPERATOR, 1921 East Virginia S&t., Evansville, Indiana. jan23 January 16, 1926 At Liberty — Cellist. Experi- enced picture, vaudeville, hotel. A. F. of M. Address ART JUNGLING, Billboard, Kansas City, Missouri. At Liberty—A-1 String Bass. Neat and reliable. Age, 26. Experienced in symphony, pictures and vaudeville. Write MUSICIAN, 113 Grand Ave., W., Bau Claire, Wisconsin. At Liberty—Violinist. Vaude- ville or pictures. VIOLINIST, 318 N. Spring Street, Pensac ola, Florida. For At Liberty —- Cornetist. troupe; union, pictures, vaudeville. Locate, good standing. FRED OC, SMITH, 3050 Third Avenue, New York City. At Liberty January 23—A-1 Violin Leader or Side in first-class house. Extensive picture library. Satisfaction guar- anteed. 10 years’ experience ip all lines. House closing orchestra. tre, Goldsboro, At Liberty—Flashy Drummer, Entertainer and Alto Sax., doubling Straight and Tenor Sax. Both congenial and young. Neat, union. Do not misrepresent. Can also furnish other Musicians if needed. Wire or write MUSICIAN, Hotel Dayton, Kenosha, Wis At Liberty—Good Amateur Trap Drummer, play in band and orchestra. wants to locate in South. Age 18. FRANCIS HULME, Elberton, Georgia, At Liberty—Theatre Drum. P. H, BAYNES, Mason Thea- North Carolina. mer. Twelve years’ experience vaudeville, pictures. Tympani, Bells, Drums, complete Traps. Union, references. BOX C-1316, Lill. beard, Cincinnati 100% COMPETENT PROJECTIONIST seeks perma- nent connection anywhere. 100% satisfaction. Any Projector; references. Nonunion. Please state salary. PROJECTIONIST, 3766 West Florrissant Ave., St. Louis, Missouri. AT LIBERTY MUSICIANS 5e be CASH (First Line Large Black Type) 2e WOR CASH (First _ and Name Black "Fype) le WORD. CASH (Smail T pe) (No Ad Less Than 25c) a Total ef Words at One Rate Only. A-1 Band and Orchestra Lead- er with good library. Can teach in all in- struments high school or any other organization. VINCIS FORTUNATO, Bandmaster. Address 2ist Place, Chicago, Illinois. A-1 Theatre Drummer — 12 years’ experience vaudeville and _ pictures. Tympani, Bells, Drums, complete Traps. Union, references, BOX C-1316, Billboard, Cincinnati. A-1 String Bass at Liberty— Best experience in Keith vandeville and pictures. Keith house closing. Wire R. R. SAWYER, Carolina Theatre, Greenville, 8. C. jan23 A-1 Trumpet at Liberty—Re- liable and experienced in vandeville and pictures. Union. Address TRUMPET, 2435 Casper Ave., Detroit, Michigan. jan23 At Liberty—Trombonist After January 23. Experienced Keith, pictures. Age 25, union Theatre cutting orchestra. HARRY E. FAIRBANKS, Carolina Theatre, Greenville, Sonth Carolina. jan23 At Liberty—Violinist Desires hotel, cafe or dance. Good technique and unusually good tone. Union, tuxedo. ROL COUSE, 3016 Liberty St., Erie, Pennsylvania. At Liberty — Organist, Lady. Experienced picture player. Union; library. ORGANIST, 914 McKinley Ave., N. W., Can- ton, Ohio. janl6 At Liberty — Violin Leader Union. Large library. Long experience. Permanent position in theatre desired. South- ern location preferred. ERNEST E, POUND. Durham, New Hampshire. jJanl6 Cellist, Well Schooled, Experi- enced theatre and hotel musician, desires permanent location after February ist where good tone and technique are required. Hotel engagement preferred. Willing to join union Age, 25. ARTHUR BACHMANN, 615 East Second St., Flint, Michigan. Cellist at Liberty — Double some banjo Vandeville and picture experi- ence. H, RAMSDELL, Cairo, Mlinois. A-1 Cello at Liberty—Experi- enced in pictures and vandeville. Steady and reliable. cen Address BOX 264, Smith Center, Kan. A-1 B. and O. Trumpeter— Dance Violinist—Pep and Per- sonality galore. Read, fake, single, age 25, steady, reliable, no booze, tux., double stops, lots of rhythm and sock. Now working with one of the South's best dance bands. Ham and bands lay off. Do not misrepresent, I Have band library.. Direct same. Reliable} don't. Hotel, cafe, corcert and ball-room ex- rep. show preferred. -UEBERGAN, R. 3, Jack-| perience Address VIOLINIST, 219%, West sonville, Arkansas. janl6| Sixth, Little Rock, Arkansas. A-1 Trumpet — Thoroughly competent, experienced. Union. J, BAKER, Virginia Theatre, Champaign, Illinois. jani6 A-1 Band Master. Instructor of all instruments. DIRECTOR, 318 N. Spring St., Pensacola, Florida. At Liberty—Double Bass. The- atre preferred. Long experience in vande- ville, pictures, road show. W. H. GRU. Zz , Little Rock, Arkansas. AT LIBERTY FOR DRAMATIC STOCK FOR one-night or week stands. General Business, Juveniles and Characters in all lines. I do not sing or dance. 5 feet 7 inches; 135 pounds; age, 35. A No. 1 on and off. Shows who use characters write me. Stock managers who want characters I wonld like to hear from. Will send one trunk for R. R. ticket to open- ing point. Address to BOBBY G. WARREN, 648 Ninth Ave., care Mrs. Driscoll, New York City. CHARACTERS, GENERAL BUSINESS, SOME Specialties. Age, 40; height, 5 ft. 6; weight, 130; 20 years’ experience in rep., stock and one-nighters; sober; reliable; good study. W. LEROY, 417 E. Indiana Ave., South Bend, Ind. AT ~ LIBERTY a Ingenve, Woman. Soubrette and Character Feature singing, dancing, comedy. Double specialties. Change for week, for tabloid, medicine, rep. show. A-1 wardrobe. oin on wire. MORGAN SISTERS, General Delivery, Chicago, Illinois. AT LIBERTY now, Director al ey” summer, when boat is pref Characters, General Business. Wife Ingenues, a Business. M. DEVEREAUX, 84 Broyles, Atlanta, Georgia. also for At Liberty—A-1 Sax., Alto, Eb and Bb sopranos, baritone, alto Silver instruments. S‘ght, experience, neat. BOX C-1321, Billboard, Cincinnati. clarinet. young, Dance Trombonist at Liberty— A-1, read, fake, improvise and special cho- ruses. Young, tuxedo, union and congenial Promoters, lay off; cause of this ad. Need ticket if too far. Join on wire. TROMBONIST. care Winston Inn, Winston-Salem, N. C. Dance Violinist — Thoroughly experienced in dance game. Don't misrepre- sent, I won't. Young, reliable, personality, union. Join immediately. Wire PHIL JOHN- SON, 166 McKee St., Batavia, Illinois. Drummer — Dance Orchestra preferred. Double Saxophone. Read, fake, thythm, young, dependable. Go anywhere State highest salary. 1618 MAIN, Richmond, Indiana. At Liberty — A-1 Violinist. Young; thoroly experienced pictures, vaude- vile. CAROLINA THEATRE, Greenville, South Carolina. jan23 At Liberty—Violin, Sax. and . ct ge Hotel DON a experience. mm e engagement. co RB 2705 Euclid Ave., Cincinnati, Ohio — At Liberty — A-1 Trumpeter. Thoroughly experienced in all lines, desires permanent position with good picture house, hotel or concert work. Young; union; tech- nique; eight reader. Only reliable parties need reply. Go anywhere, Wire or write pectiestane. Can join at once. TRUMPE inci : Drummer — Experienced in pictures, vaudeville, ete. Tympani, Bells, Xylophone. First-class. Can join immediately. Union. FRANK VALLELY, 5183 Kenmore Ave., Chicago. Experienced Organist — Com- Petent, union. Am also Orchestra Pianist Please state all. MRS. NORMA McGRATH. Gen. Del., Chicago, Mlinois. jan23 Experienced Trap ~ Drummer would like position playing with dance or chestra playing every night. I am a married man. None but reliable manager need answer. PAUL CORTEL, 715 Ash Street, Anaconds, ee Y | iil | = ae — + |] | ——i | es — ee se Es eee oe | ee eee ee ——g 4 + eee re
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— 16, 1926 January Experienced and Reliable The Billboard Violinist at Liberty—15 Years’ Euobonium for concert bands. Will also experienced in p'c’ure and vaudeville. Union ‘so.pe FRED HANSON, 119 Neunan, Jackson-| JACK BANDA, 314 BE. Boardman St., Youngs- ville, Florida. town, Ohio. Flashy Drummer at Liberty—| Violin Leader and Soloist, Di- ck twirling, singing entertainer, pep, per- rect or side man, doubling flute, piccolo, aa. young, neat. Best of _references.| obeo, B-flat soprano, E-flat alto, E-flat bari- Just closed full season on Keith. Want to join| tone, clarinet. Ten years’ theatre and hotel good vaudeville or real dance band. Go any-| experience. References. Age, 28. LEADER, where on reasonable offer. JACK KINNEY.| Hippodrome Theatre, Okmulgee, Oklahoma. 190 So. Highland, Aurora, Illinois. Liberty_C - Wanted — Summer Engage- Flutist at 1pe y= onserva- ment for a first-class Tri °. Violin, Cello and tory training, experienced Wants steady} Piano, which is doing hotel work now and a position Write ALEXANDER RIQUELME, | liberty after May Ist Can augment trio to 1318 Edmondson Ave., Baltimore, Md. janl6 |} orchestra any size with good men if desired. Experienced in standard work and dance . s Leader-Viol'nist, 25 years’ experience. Ref>r- Flute at Liberty—Experienced ences. Will consider engagement hedans tha and reliable. Desires first-class permanent] date. BOX C-1318, Billboard, Cincinnati. job. Union. State all in first. BOX C-1313, ———- Bill board, Cincinnati, Good Violinist Wants Hotel, cafe, dance or theatre work. Single; good teacher; gO anywhere. Address VIOLINIST, care Billboard, Kansas City, Missouri. Leader—Violinist. Competent. Experienced theatre, pictures. Large library. References. Address CROWN THEATRE, Mo- bile, Alabama. feb6 Musical Director at Liberty— A-1, with large library. Cue pictures cor- rectly. Wife Pianist. Will go anywhere. Write MUSICAL DIRECTOR, 86 l4th Street Wheeling, West Virginia. jani6 Organist of Experience—Ex- pert picture player. Excellent library. Thor- ough professional. LEON YACKLY, 644 West Walnut, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. jan Organist — Experienced, RFe- liable. Available for high-class prmenest proposition. Large library. Union. H. GORDON, 2636 Bellevue Ave., Cincinnati, “0. Organist — Experienced, Male, married, library, accurate picture cuing. re- Mable, union. 45 per week. Wire. RYAN, Andrew Hotel, Wilmington, North Carolina. Organist at Liberty—Picture, concert, jazz 5 years’ experience. Any make. Large library. Double Piano. Perma- nent. Best references. Union. Short notice preferred. A. R. WILSON, Organist, Roswell, New Mexico. Organist — First-Class Picture player. Large library. Ten years’ experi- ence. Good organ essential LOUIS TURLEY CULLING, Mayflower Theatre, Florence, Kan. Organist — First-Class, Reli- able man of long experience. Library. Ex- cellent references. ORGANIST, 306 Columbia Theatre Bldg., New York City. Sousaphonist — Young, Union, tuxedo, reliable. Dance band only. Travel or locate. Ticket if far. Wire or write, RB. F, LARSON, Cambridge, IlMnois. String Bass, Double Trombone. Experienced vaste or ures. Join a* once. Un on, BOWMAN. care Plaza Theatre, woe _ Tenor Banjoist at Liberty— With executional ability. 8 years’ experi- enoee. 2S years old, married. Doubles. W'!! fo anywhere. Address PAUL DIAL, Box 161, ‘ershing. lowa. Theatre Violinist, January 10. _ Experienced in all Hnes. Last four years ablod. burlesque, movies and road shows. jo n and reliable. J. F. REED, JR., 508 Ohio Ave » Glassport, Pennsylvania. Trio—Violin, Piano, Cello at liberty Jan. 25th. Go anywhere. Large library ond play it. Pictures correctly cued Union. TRIO, 94 E. Norwich Ave., Columbus Ohie jan23 Trio at Liberty—Leader Vio- lin, with library; Piano, double organ; Cellist, double banjo. Picture, vaudeville ex- perience Would join larger orchestra. Ad- dress BOX _C-1322, care Billboard, Cine! nnati, Trumpeter — Experienced band and orchestra musician desires perma- nent engagement with concert, theatre or — e er where good tone and technique Will join union. Age, 25. C. 612 West Fifth St., Flint, Mich. isemble necessary F “PERRY. ——. Trumpeter — Can Read and rR Pienty good tone. TRUMPET PLAY- R Dayton Hotel, Kenosha, Wisconsin. Tuba Player—2 Years’ Record. eunt hand ®xperience. No iand bags. Give rE partculars first letter or wire. RAY TZER, Wyoming Ave., Wyoming, 0. Jfani6 Unit Organist at Liberty—Two weeks’ notice, State all truthfully; canse ‘his ad. Union, Address UNIT, Box 0-1296, Biliboard, Cincinnati, AT LIBERTY — CLARINETIST, alto sax., desires position. picture theater but would consider dance job if location. Experienced all lines. Write or wire. E ROY HEATH, 451 S. Warren St., Syracuse, New York. A-1 TROMBONE, DOUBLING SAXOPHONE. Young man, experienced in theatre or legiti- mate posi‘ion. Distance no object. M. BERG- MAN, 53 East 102d St., New York City. jan23 DOUBLING Prefer hotel or A-1 THEATRE DRUMMER. perience, pictures, vaudeville and concert work. Tympani, bells, xylophone and fu'l :ire of traps. Gentile managers only. DRUMMER, 104 Ohio St., Danville, [llinois. : 16 YEARS’ EX- A-1 CLARINETIST AT LIBERTY—WILL GO anywhere. Good tone; transpose. Write or wire PIETRO SELVAGGI, 86 lith S&t., Wheeling, West Virginia. jan23 AT LIBERTY — DRUMMER. PIPE ORGAN replaced orchestra. Ten years’ exp-.rience pictures and vaudeville. Union; references. Pedal Tympani, Bells, Marimbaphone. First- L. H. SIPPLE, 125 Broadway, Wisconsin. janl6 AT LIBERTY—A. 1 VIOLINIST. LEADER. 20 years’ experience, all lines Recently with Dub nsky S‘ock Co. 12 years’ moving picture ‘heatre experience. Double alto if necese*ary. Address ED ROCH, care General Delivery, Kansas City, Missouri. class orchestra. Eau Claire, 55 DRUMMER AT LIBERTY—AGE, 25; MAR- ried; chimes, tympani, marimba; well schooled in standard overtures; libraries, and Jazz. Prefer location with good theatre or dance or- che*tra or consider music as side line if good proposition. Willing to join union. Write BOX C-1294, Billboard, Cincinnati, Ohio. E-FLAT SOUSAPHONE, DOUBLE BARITONE. at Lberty. Experienced; read, fake, rhythm, sweet or dirt bands; union; tuxedo. Write SOUSAPHONIST, 1853 Harvard Drive, Louis- ville, Kentucky. AT LIBERTY—A-1 VIOLINIST-LEADER. EX- perienced all lines. Recently with Dubinsky Stock Co. 12 years’ experience, moving pic- ture show. Double alto if necessary. Address GEO. E. RAUSCH, care General Delivery, Kan- sas City, Missouri. = LIBERTY—CLARINETIST, Eb OR Bb. nion; 15 years’ experience; troupe or locate. JOHN CUNNINGHAM, 3101 15th St., Detroit, Michigan. jan23 AT LIBERTY—BANJOIST. WOULD LIKE posiion with n.ce p.aying orchestra. No objection to big job, or what have you? Have, own and play plectrum banjo. Have tuxedo, but tle my own tie. More information if in- terested. Address BOX C-1314, care Billboard, Cincinnati, Ohio. AT LIBERTY—A-1 DRUMMER. COMPLETE outfit. Vaudeville, pictures amd dance. Age, 26. Tuxedo. Will join union. Write or wire your best offer. CARL OSER, %15 Clifford Street, Flint, Michigan. AT LIBERTY--SAX. TEAM, NOW WORK- ing, but contract expires January 19th. We play tenor and alto and clarinets. Have been on present engagement four months. We can deliver, so don't misrepresent. Prefer join’. but will accept single. Address MUSICIANS, 07 East Jefferson st., Syracuse, New York. - 3 _ PROMISE OF THE NEW YEAR ternational horizon. what has gone before. “the outlook on Janu: ary 1, 1926, and security. of war is unthinkable. lay down old ones. joice and be glad. At home flattering forecasts afe heaped upon the American people. All the pradictions are of continuous prosperity even more Such warning notes as are sounded, for example, by Secretary Hoover re- late to the dangers of straining credit by excessive speculation. and reckless extremes, It will not do for even fortunate Americans to live in a fool’s Business cycles will not break off their relentless march just Economic laws and forces cannot be suspended at the sole this rise to new portion. paradise. to oblige us. behest of the richest nation on earth. harmful tendencies which conscientious observers detect in our financial and industrial methods may be checked gradually so that the cure may come without violent remedies. Divisions of time are arbitrary. and slip into each other just as do the generations of men. The New Year cannot of itself mark any abrupt or important change from what Yet the customary surveys of the day are full of hope, as it is given to fallible men to read the future. in addition to the kindly men, for wishing every man his neighbor a Happy New has been. outside warrant, HE brightest signs in the New Year sky are those visible on the in- Their promise is the greater by contrast with This is so marked that we read periodical sworn to pessimism and ordinarily refusing to be comforted, that for a sensible and healing conduct of world politics is substantially better than it was on January 1, The harbingers of peace and stability are too numerous to be jgnored. Locarno was but a final step in the long progress toward appeasement It is impossible today to imagine a serious war in Europe. That any nation now hard at work and seeing the fruits of labor ac- cumulate would deliberately turn pack to the huge waste and devastation Instead of forging new arms the impulse is to The United States will soon be taking part in an international conference on disarmament, just as it will before long be joining the World Court. The entire international outlook is thus one in which the whole world on this first day of the New Year may well re- even in @ 1925.” unbounded. Should the fall would be severe in pro- What is to be hoped is that the The years really overlap each other so far Thus there is plenty of prompting * nny hearts of —NEW Y ORE TIMES. A-1 DRUMMER AND FEATURE XYLOPHN- ist Complete outfit; experienced theatve and dance; double saxophone; also hand in- structor. State salary, etc. DRUMMER, 1104 First Ave., Eau Claire, Wisconsin. AT LIBERTY—THEATRE CELLIST. BROAD tone and absolutely compe ent. Doubles banjo or saxophone. Wishes a permanent en gagement. Address BOX C-1309, care Bill- board, Cincinnati, Ohio. A-1 TENOR BANJOIST, DOUBLE VIOLIN, sing, en'ertain. At liberty January 19th State al! and best salary. J. A. PERRY, General Delivery, Syracuse, New York. AT LIBERTY—BANJOIST, TENOR. DOUBLES alto and soprano saxophones Young; experi- enced; go anywhere. Wire details. M, LIEB- ERMA Hotel Cleveland, Clearwater, Fla. A-1 DRUMMER AT LIBERTY—EXPER‘ENCED in all lines. Wishes a steady engagement with theatre or dance orchestra. Read. fake. S‘ate salary. Address WINDSOR EGGLESTON, 5840 Brooklyn, Detroit. A-1 TRUMPET AND SAXOPHONE PLAYERS would like to locate in Southern Florida. Experienced men in dance or hotel work. Can join on week's notice. Wire MUSICIAN, 138 King St., St. Augustine, Florida. A-1 VIOLINIST—EXPERIENCED HOTEL, ALL I'nes theatre work. Twelve years teaching State popula‘ion. VIOLINIST, 528 E. Nor- wegian St., Pottsville, Pennsylvania. jan30 A-1 VIOLINIST LEADER OR SIDE MAN double trumpet. Good library of concert and jazz music Troupe or loca‘e. State salary. WwW. J. EPPINGER, 4429 Floriss — _- an3o ALTO SAX.—CLEAN, FAST, LEGIT. SNAPPY feature choruses. Red-hot clarinet and a really effec’ive soprano. Double Banjo. Can arrange special effects. SAX., 1521 B, 86th, Cleveland, Ohio. jan23 Lonuts, Missouri. AT LIBERTY JANUARY 14—ANTHONY SALA- mack, third alto with Dan Gregory, dou- bling soprano, baritone, also sing, want a good steady job in city. Will not travel being my reason for quitting. Wire, do not write. Re- liable; married. General Delivery, Columb”s, Obio, jan23 BAND ORCHESTRA AND COMMUNITY MU. sical Director—Conservatory training, log experience in schools and municipal bands, community chorus work and opera produc lon Age 39, married and family. Strictly sober, fine personality and always on the job. Results guaranteed. Want a place where absolute co-operation {s given. OX 190, care Metro- nome, 62 Cooper Sq., New York City. jJani6 BAND LEADER—MUNICIPAL, FACTORY OR Knight Templar. Will organize or re- organ'ze. Permanent first-clas« position only. Married. Go anywhere. Ability; personality Wri‘e full particulars to BOX C-1298, Billboard. | Cincinnati. jan) ’ CELLIST AND BANJOIST. pictures or hotel South C-1320, Billboard, Cincinnati, Ohio. jan2 3 | EXPERIENCED preferred. BOX, ALTO SAX., DOUBLING SOPRANO CLARI- net. Good tone and sight reader. Dance, concert experience. First-class jobs only. MU- SICIAN, Smith Cottage, No, 20, Miami Beach, Florida. Ed ALTO-SAXOPHONE PLAYER AT LIB- erty after Janua-y 10, 192% Dance or classi- cal; band or orchestra. Electrical or radio} work side line. MARTIN BENGAL. 4654 N. | Boudinot St., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. LADY VIOLINISTE—FIRST CLASS. UNION. Wide experience. De ires position in movie theatre. Can furnish ladies’ orchestra. Large library. BOX C-13C4, Billboard, Cincinnati MUSICAL DIRECTOR AND VIOLINIST FOR high-class p.ctur house, arge library. Highest references. Will go anywhere. FELIX TUSH, 123 W. llith St., New York. janso ORGANIST—UNUSUAL PICTURE ACCOM- panis'. One who reads and plays all classes of music but can improvise and play from memory. Now employed, but want to change. Nonunion and not afraid of work. Write only; s ating all. ORGANIST, care of Smith's Cafe, Nevada, Missouri jan23 SOUSAPHONE AT LIBERTY — JUST OFF Keith’s vaudeville. Union, 12 years a mu- sician. Can fake. Age, 24. LARRY CAREY, 1527 Blair Ave., Cincinnati, Olio, TENOR SAX., DOUBLING SOPRANO CLARI- net, oboe. R ae w ll: good full tone; ref- erences from best in Ohio; age, 24. Location preferred. MICHAEL HAVER, 228 Wortman Ave., Dayton, Ohio. jan23 TENOR BANJOIST, DOUBLING CELLO. EX- perienced concert and dance. Will join good orchestra. Must be musicians. No hokum. Play special arrangements. Join one week's notice. Union. BOX 19, Billboard, Chicago. - janl TENOR SAX.—SOPRANO. UNION. AT LIB- er.y January 15. Prefer location with band. Age, 25; married; good tons; goed reader; steady and reliable; best of references. AL. McCLENAHAN, 614 No. Superior St., Ap- pleton, Wisconsin. jan23 TENOR BANJOIST—SOLOIST, EXCEPTIONAL ability, sight reader, double violin Young. neat appearance, personality. Consider first- class engagement onlr. HARRY MILLER, 616 East Quincy, San Antonio, Texas, THEATRE DRUMMER, TYMPANI, MARIMBA, barpaphone, full line of traps. Highly ex- perienced in pictures, vaudeville and dance; age, 27; union. House changing policy cause of this ad. Wire. SAM lina Theater, Greenville. CANTRELL, Carm- South Carolina. TRUMPET AND TROMBONE AFTER JANU- ary 10. We read, fake, improvise; also hokum. Both get real tone. College men; young; neat; union; tuxedo. Contracts? Yes. Are now in South but will go anywhere. Trans- portation if far, as guarantee, Only real en- cagement considered. Write, stating all. BOX C-1300, Billboard, Cincinnati. janl6 TRUMPET, EXPERIENCED, DESIRES LOCA- tion, preferably Central New York. Troup- ing considered. Pupil Kloepfel, Boston Sym- phony. Must give notice. H, SUITS, Maple St., Norwood, Massachusetts. jan23 VIOLIN LEADER AND PIANIST—EXPERI- enced musicians, We cue the pictures. Large and up-to-the-minute library. Will take charge of orchestra or consider violin and piano. Go anywhere. Don't wire, write full particulars. MUSICIANS, 101 West 115th St., Apt. 1A, New York City. jan16 VIOLINIST, LEAD OR SIDE. EXPERIENCED in pictures and vaudeville. Library; reli- able and sober; union. VIO ST, 2104 14th Street, Meridian, Mississippi. jan23 VIOLINIST LEADER OR SIDE, WISHES TO locate in good-sized town. Experienced; age, 32; reliable; large library; good tone; willing to join union POLJOSE, 500 Lorimer Street, brooklyn, New York. A-'| VAUDEVILLE large a, State all vauderille. A-! ROUTINE Theatre Orchestra Violinist desires year round engagement State full particulars. Experienced and _ reliable. Good sight = reader. HARRY IVERS, General Delivery, Utica, New York. jan2%3 and Picture Violin Leader with desir es ae d round theatre ition. articula ding salary. usiness pox NY- “19, “Bitibosea, New York. jan23 A-| PIT DRUMMER — Union Marimba, “‘full line’’ Traps. ville, pictures, concert, dance. A able. A-1 references. Billboard. Cincinnati, Ohio, ALTO SAXOPHONIST LEAD. ome read. Age 24, neat appearance, tuxedo, B. O. Sure salary; fare please. A. W. ZELLERS, “R.. Dittridge St., Jeannette, Pennsylvania, AT LIBERTY—Lady Violiniste wants position picture house, nights only, leader or side; ow as side line. Large a references, union. Ad- ce RUTH J. AKINS, 215 Bucklin, La Salle, 5. AT LIBERTY—A_ F. of M. Baritone Player. Prefer concert band. Florida D. CARRAFIELLO, 82? Bowen Ave., Chicago, Diinole, aT LIBERTY—Trombonist, on account of disappoint- ment. Experienced in theatre and theatre preferred. Can join at once. 212 Stone St., Oneida, New York at LIBERTY—Monster Eb Tuba, ters. for vaude., band, orchestras, repertoire, ary show paying salaries in money, gas. OTTO JOHNSON. Bosworth Missouri, doubling charac- AT” LIBERTY—Snire Drummer, band, season 192¢ J. South Johnsen St., intuarton, rnival 708 citreus oF STEPHE NSON, Indiana. a LIDERTV—aAke Saxophonist Lead. Double little Violin fve Ford Age 24, neat. reliable. Show or dance. B. or O. Sure salary; fare. AL ZELLERS, B. F. D. 1, Jeannette, Pennsyiv ee eal — cad mide es. ee Oe a ee = Ei} | —— — ff xin —_| NEES | | hn ee | ee = = | st | e |) eee ee |) —— = ss ——— ia : : J _—______— k | po an 8 | | — ER Po & ——— my es | | | —_——f i ee | __| a ae a —l_ ————T—~™ po es — i ———*
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en ee 56 AT LIBERTY for season 1526—A-1 Clarinet, also Sax., for theatre orchestra or concert; fine tone. good reader; go anywhere. Singie, no boozer. Write or wire J. P. 1852 West 18th St., Chicago, Illinois. AT LiIBERTY—A-1 Cornet ist ro theatre, va udeville and bigh-class hotopiay and concert orchestra. Address V., C ORNETIST Billboard, 1560 Broadway, New y. wk City, “a 0 RUMMER—Laion, Tymps., Bells, Marimba, “full line’ Traps, pictures, —— dance. Go anywhere if guaranteed steady ate all. i misrepresent. DRUMMER, Box ul Hastings, Neb. CELLIST, experienced all lines, including vaudeville, concert, pictures, ‘. FF, hotel, within 175-mile radius Paltimore. Lowest $40. Tuxedo. CELLIST, care Groseup, Box 248, Baltimore, Md. 23 jan2 AT LIBERTY PARKS AND FAIRS Se WORD, CASH (First Line Large Black Ty 2e WORD, CASH (First Line and Name Black * fe WORD, CASH (Small Type) (No Ad Less Than 25¢) Figure Total of Werds at One Rate Only. FOR MED.—That Different Novelty Man or Lecturer. No system lecture. Escapes, Lifting Stunt, Con- tortion, Magic, Vent., Impersonations, one Comedy Musical Specialty. Angel outfits lay ‘off; guess you know me. DOC EL VINO, Stevens Point, Wis. GAYLOR BROS.—Three Free Ac Acts for fairs, cele- brations; two Acrobatic Frogs, Chinese Nove ity Equilibrist, Original Com: dy Troupe of Dogs. Perma- nent address, 3918 17th St., Detroit, Mich. julylo AT LIBERTY PIANO PLAYERS 5e WORD, CASH (First Line Large Black e) 2e WORD, CASH (First Line and Name Black Type) fe WORD, CASH (Small Type) (No Ad Less Than 25c) Figure Total ef Words at One Rate Only. The Billboard THEATRE ORCHESTRA PIANIST — WELL routined. Play Belwin, Fischer, Schirmer libraries. At, liberty January Ist. WN. WIL- | BER, 915 Clifford Street, Flint, Mich. jan30 | AT LIBERTY—Thoroughly qualified and emperianeed motion picture Pianist. Prefer Piano alone. Would consider accompanist to voice. Nonunion; improviser ard faker; undersianding cuing pictures. HAZEL E. WAGENER, 1436 Spencer Ave., Marion, Indiana. PIANIST AT LIBERTY—Long experience in med. and rep. ork in acts. Double bits. Reliable, no booze. ED WARD, 48 Demond Pl., Buffalo, N. Y PIANIST AND VIOLINIST at liberty. to join musical comedy or young, neat and sober. Would like dance orchestra. Both Read and fake all popular music at sight. Pianist will double on the stage if necessary. Union and reliable. Will go anywhere. Tickets if far. Would like to join some one I've been with before. Write or wire JAY ADAMS, Pianist, 211 S. Court St., Marion, Ilinois. PIANISTE AT LIBERTY — ee Pianiste, sight reader only. For any reliable show. Specialties; professional. BOX 177, Jacksonville, Illinois. AT LIBERTY VAUDEVILLE ARTISTS 5e WORD, CASH (First Line Large Black Type) 2c WORD, CASH (First Line and Name Black Type) fe WORD, CASH (Small Type) (No Ad Less Than 25¢e, Figure Total of Words at One Rate Only. AT LIBERTY FOR VAUDEVILLE OR MIN- strel (colored). Straight, can sing, voice, bass; can do s@me black; some darcing, soft shoe. Contracts. Ticket? Yes. Not mis- representing. Address VANCE WHITE, 3227% Avenue M, Galveston, Texas. Agencs-—- Our Gold-Eyed Needle Cases are wonderful sellers. Immense profits. $50 to $300 weekly. Proof and par- ticulars free. Sample outfit, 15c, factory prices. PATY NEEDLE CO., 108 Davis Square, Som- erville, Massachusetts. febéx Agents—Our New Household Cleaning Device washes and dries windows, sweeps, cleans walls, scrubs, mops. Costs less than brooms. Over half profit. Write HAR- PER BRUSH WORKS, 320 Grimes St., Fair- field, lowa. feb6 Amazing 30-Day Special Of- fer! To convince agents our Mexican Slu- Flash Diamonds (guaranteed 20 years) possess brilliancy and rainbow fire matching finest genuine diamonds, we'll send perfect one- karat $6 gem for only $1, C. O. D., with catalogue and agents’ sample outfit proposition free. ae like wildfire; enormous profits Act quick Postal card will do. MEXICAN GEM IMPORTING COMPANY, Box N, Mesilla Park, New Mexico. janld Auction Goods and Rummage Sale Store can be started with $20.00. Some- thing new. YOUNG COMPANY, 2063 S. State Street, Chicago. febs Bankrupt and Rummage Sales. Make $50.00 daily. We start you, furnishing everything. CLIFCROS, 609 Division, Chicago, AT LIBERTY—SINGLE LADY. CHANGE specialties for one week; double parts; thoroughly experienced and reliable. Address PROFESSIONAL, Box 177, Jacksonville, Ill. At Liberty—Madam Espnola, Mental Mystic, Piano Player. Good reader. Orchestra or single. Play specialties, double big mind reading. Best of references. Any kind of show if good. Wire. Tingley, lowa. At Liberty — Pianist. Union, tuxedo, experienced, young. Tenths in bass, chime effects, arrange hot hokums, feature com posing. Write, don’t wire. THAI WALTHALL, Coffeyville, Kansas. At Liberty — First-Class Rhythm Dance Pianist that has had plenty of experience. Read, fake, improvise. Union. Three years and half with recording band. Will go anywhere for right price. (PUT) PUTNAM, ville, Kentucky. At Liberty — Pianist, Lady. Experienced picture player. Union; library. Prefer Southern engagement. Write LOCK BOX 210, Bailey, North Carolina. Orchestra Pianist at Liberty January 16. Age 82. Thoroughly experi- enced at playing both vaudeville and pictures and familiar with modern libraries, including Jacobs, Fox, Boston, Jungnickle, Schirmer, Dit- son, Fischer, Photo-Play, Ricord!, Hawkes, etc., publications. Eastern and Southeastern States only. Address MALE PIANIST, 10 West Camp- bell Ave., Roanoke, Virginia. 2304 Garland Ave., Louis- A-1 ORGANIST OR PIANIST AT LIBERTY, desires position in good theater. Several years’ experience, playing for pictures. BOX 531, Spencer, W. Va., until January 17th, after that, Mrs. 0. T. Pledger, General Delivery, Detroit, Michigan. A-1 PIANIST-LEADER—LARGE LIBRARY. Theatre or road. Anywhere. First-class offers invited. State full partienlars. AL. MORTON, 108 West 43d St., New ed - an AT LIBERTY—DANCE PIANIST. AGE, 22, and union. *lenty blues, rhythm and a good reader. Have a heavy left hand, an asset to any’ band. Must be good proposition and ticket if far. HOWARD McMURCHIE, Nee- nab, Wisconsin. AT LIBERTY—PIANO PLAYER (MALE). AR- range, transpose, fake. Over 30 years’ ex- perience. Very active. VON, 4337 Troost. Kansas City, Missouri AT LIBERTY—HIGH-CLASS PIANIST OR AS- sistant organist. Large orchestra or alone Respectable picture house in medium-sized city. South preferred. MELVIN Merkle Ave., Marion, Ohio. . AT LIBERTY—DANCE PIANIST FOR REAL sock band. Experienced; 23; collegiate type; read, transpose and fake. Nothing but reli- able managers need answer. “RED” C. G BENELEIT, 1319 Sixth St., N. E., Canton, Ohio. jan30 DANCE PIANIST—AT LIBERTY JANUARY 3. Young; union; tuxedo; read, fake, improvise Will go anywhere. Travel or locate, but must be good band. Hams lay off. PIANIST, care Billboard, St. Louis, Missouri. PIANO PLAYER—AT LIBERTY AFTER THE Ist Can read very good. Sober and re- liable. Fake and transpose. Photos on request. Non-union. Do not misrepresent. Wire or write. HERBERT ANDERSON, 1309 Wash- ington St.. Vicksburg, Miss., care Bell Cafe. PIANO-LEADER OR SIDE—EXPERIENCED burlesque, vaudeville, pictures and dance. Good library. Tnion. Join immediately Strictly sober and reliable. State all. E. M. THORNBROOKE, 824 Lockhart St., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. PIANIST AND ARRANGER — EXPERIENCED all lines. Non-union. Location only. Two weeks’ notice. THEO, CMAS, Genera) De- livery, Houston, Texas. HARLOW Bankrupt and Rummage Sales $50.00 daily. JOBBERS, 223 Sixth, Jeffer- sonville, Indiana. AT LIBERTY—FORD AND FORD B. F, Comedian. Strong specialties, musical act. Up in acts. Lady real Piano Player. Doubles Piano Accordion in specialty. REVERE HOUSE, Chicago, Illinois. janl AT LIBERTY January 1—Young Man, A-1 Amateur Entertainer. desires place in show with chance to learn or team with partner who knows the business. I do a Hick Novelty Comedy Musical Act playing the Hand Saw; also bits of Dancing. WENDELL B. ROGERS, Box 21, Cortland, Ohio. AT LIBERTY—Young man of good habits, neat ap- pearance, reliable and willing party, desires posi- tion at theatre as superintendent, chief usher or doorman, ny other work will be given considera- tion I am _ capable. .Can give good references. Salary no object. Make me an_ offer. Address BOX X, Billboard, Kansas City, Missouri. CHARLES MALCOLM, Grotesque Comedian and Raconteur. Large repertoire, experienced, would join vaudeville or medicine show. Address 497 Brandon Ave., Winnipeg, Canada. jan30 COMMERCIAL ACTS, SONGS AND PARODIES 6e WORD, CASH. NO ADV. LESS THAN 250. 8c WORD, CASH. ATTRACTIVE FIRST LINE. Figure Total ef Words at One Rate Only. Acts, Sketches, Monologues. Written to order. Recognized writer. PETER SCHILD, 3718 N. Richmond St., Chicago. x Fool-Proof Specialty Lead Sheets with correct harmony arranged from single melody notes, $1. Remit by money order to D. S. POWERS, care Simpson Theat- rical Exchange, Gayety Theatre Bldg., Kansas City, Missouri. Manuscripts Bought and Sold. T. E. CROSBY, 111 East 56th Street, New York City. jan30 Vaudeville Material Written to order or revised. Guarantee results. Refer to well-known acts using my material. SAM J. PARK, Room 600, 177 North State Street, Chicago, Dlinois. janl6 I USE A TYPEWRITER, NOT A PRINTING presss. Original Songs, Poems, Gags, etc., for you, and you only. Write THOS. DUFFY, 117 Sixth Ave., Juniata, Pa. NAT GELLER, AUTHOR, 538 EAST 175TH St., Bronx, New York; MUSIC ARRANGED FOR ANY COMBINATION under guarantee of absolute’ satisfaction Copyrights secured. Submit scripts for estimate and free advice. WALTER W. NEWCOMER, 1674 Broadway, New York. feb6 VAUDEVILLE ACT FOR TWO BLACE-FACE Comedians, real novelty. Price right. Par- ticulars write LESLIE CARTER, 1061 Market, San Francisco, California. jani6 10 ALL DIFFERENT VAUDEVILLE ACTS, 50c; Joke Book, 25c; 100 Comic and Dramatic Recitations, 25c; Makeup Book, 15c; Everything for e. 2 ane 150 Parodies. Catalog free. ADOLPH REIM, Station E, Milwaukee, Pt an AGENTS AND SOLICITORS WANTED 7e WORD, CASH. NO ADV. LESS THAN 25c. Se WORD, CASH. ATTRACTIVE cnet TNE. Figure Total ef Words at One Rate Only. Agents—$60-$125 Week. Free samples Gold ee +H for store windows. METALLIC LETTER , 442 N. Clark, Chi- Big Profits Handling Our Sec- ond-Hand Clothing. We also start you in this business. Experience unnecessary. AMER- ICAN JOBBING HOUSE, Dept. 10, 2036 Grand Avenue, Chicago. jan30 Large Manufacturer Wants Agents to sell Shirts direct to wearer. Ex- clusive patterns easily sold. Whole or spare time. Free samples. No capital required KALENDER SPORTSWEAR CO., 543 Broadway, New York. jan30 Marvelous New Invention— 400% profit. Liquid Quick Mend for hosiery and fabrics. Tremendous demand. Over hun- dred other fast sellers. ‘Local and genera! agents. J. E, JOHNSON CO., Dept. 1437, #9 E. South Water St., Chicago. jan3o New Trust Plan That Is Going big with Catholics. Big returns guaranteed Boys and girls, it’s new. 15 dollars a day is the average by this plan. Gilt sample, 6 cents. UNITED *pRopucTs CO., Pawtucket, Rhode Island. Replate Automobile Parts, Spoons, Forks, etc., with pure silver. $1 buys complete sample outfit. Agents wanted . § NACOL, 636 Houston Ave., Port Arthur, Texas. feb) Sells Like Blazes—New, In- stant Stain and Rust Remover. For cloth- ing, table linen, etc. Fine premium with every sale. Big quick | +9 ree nog Write today. C. STY, 504 Union, Newark, N. Y. x The Agents and Buyers’ Guide tells where to buy everything. Copy, 50c. WILSON, Box 74, Madison Square Station, New York. Wonderful Invention! Elimi- preserves records nates phonograph needles, abolishes scratching. 14,000,000 prospects. $20 daily. Supply in 4 Sample on approval if requested. E LAY, Desk C-1, McClurg Building, Chicago. jan30 250,000 Articles at Wholesale. Where to buy everything under the sun at rock-bottom prices. Most complete and latest directory published. Postpaid, $1. HARRIANN TRADING COMPANY, Dept. B, 162 East 23d St., New York City. jan30 A BUSINESS OF YOUR OWN—MAKE AND sell Chipped Glass Name and House-Number Plates, Checkerboards, Signs. Booklet free. E. PALMER, Dept. 501, Wooster, Ohio. tf AGENTS, STREET MEN, $20.00 DAILY SELL- ing our new, big flash, $1.50 Combination for $1.00. Agents’ price, 25c. “a Lys" CAN, 77 Park Pl., New York. feb20 AGENTS—TWO USEFUL COMMODITIES, HAN- dycap Milk Bottle Opener and Cover and Handygard Broom Saver. Needed in every home. Household Department, THE HANDY- CAP CO., Newark, New Jersey. feb20x AGENTS—WOMEN AND MEN TO SELL A complete line of Ladies’ Fine Rayon Lingerie Direct from manufacturer. Lowest prices, good commission. THOMAS MFG. CO., Pottstown, Pennsylvania. ) 4euuts — THE BIGGEST MONFY-MAKING proposition that ever came your way selling | Burena Patching Paste, the substitute for needle and thread, mending fabric and rubber, that will wash, boil and iron. Sample dozen, a 25; sells for 35c or 50c each tube. EUREKA CO., B208 E. 53d St., Chicago, Mm. febs AGENTS, DEMONSTRATORS — EUCALYPTUS Inhalers, $6.00 es, sample 15c. DILL 683, Ohio. jan23 January 16, 1926 AGENTS — MAKE A DOLLAR AN HOoOvrR. Sell new kind of sharpeners. Sharpens all knives and tools quickly Demonstrating sam- ple free. PREMIER MFG. COMPANY, Dept 131, Detroit, Michigan. may29 AGENTS, DEMONSTRATORS —BIG PROFITS selling United Tube Patch. UNITED PATCH co., Covington, Kentucky. jan23 AGENTS oe $75 WEEKLY, GUARANTEED Spectacles. Write for agency. SNODDY CO., St. Louis, Missouri. AGENTS MAKE 500% PROFIT HANDLING Auto Monograms, Sign Letters, Novelty Signs, ete. Catalog free. HINTON CO.,, 122 East 58th St., Chicago, Illinois. AGENTS, DEMONSTRATORS — BRAND-NEW Idea, sells itself; pack it at home yourself, Pays 900% profit. Plans plus $1.50 free. N, PATTON, Pana, Ilinots. x AGENTS— NO CANVASSING, NO DELIVER. ing, no money invested. Pleasant work, big money, appointing Local Agents to introduce Welcome Foods. WELCOME PRODUCTS, 225, Harvey, Illinois. mar6 AGENTS — 14 HOSIERY STYLES, GUARAN. teed; best commission; 28 colors. We deliver. Samples furnished. 8. Q@. 8S, Lexington, Ky. febi3 AGENTS OR SALESMEN—SIDE LINE CALI. ing on drug, a ae cigar and confec- tionery stores. money for hustlers STANDARD SPECIALTY CO,, 601 Maple st., Rockford, Illinois. jan23 ATTA-BOY, PUNG CHOW AND THE JOKER, greatest amusement games ever played on billiard or pool table. Every billiard, club and pool-room owner a prospect. BROOKS MFG. CO., 1185 44th St., Brooklyn, New York. jani6é AUCTION, BANKRUPT, SALVAGE, RUM. mage Sales. Enormous profits. Particulars free. Oldest, largest, original - headquarters. DESK 1, 1608 South Halsted, Chicago. tf BUILD SPLENDID BUSINESS MAKING Chipped Glass Nomber and Name Particulars free. SIMPLEX CO., 1133 Broadway, New York. eno BE INDEPENDENT—MAKE AND SELL YOUR own specialties. Immense profits. Catalog dependable Formulas, ecially selected Agents’ best sellers, free, %. LUSTRO, 832 East Pershing, Chicago. jan30 CLEAN UP 50c TO $1.00 EACH SALE. PAID immediately. No delivering, license nor stock necessary. Free particulars. MISSION FAC. TORY L, 519 N. Halsted St., Chicago EARN $10 DAILY SILVERING MIRRORS, Plating, Refinishing Metalware, Headlights, Chandeliers, Bedsteads. Outfits furnished. ROBERTSON DECIE LABORATORIES, 1133 Broadway, New York. f ebe GET OUR FREE SAMPLE CASE — TOILET Articles, Perfumes and Specialties. Wonder- fully profitable. LA DE CO., Dept. RK, St. Louis, jan30 GIVE AWAY FINEST LAUNDRY SOAP FREE —You'll make $10 daily easy by new selling plan. Big repeat business. Write quick. WOLVERINE SOAP CO., 33 Wolverine Bidg., Grand Rapids, Michigan. jan30 IF WE GIVE YOU SHOES MADE TO YOUR measure in any one 69 leathers, 50 different styles, will you keep them, wear them, show them to your friends as sample of our $10 Made-To-Order Shoes to sell at $6.85? Advise us_ today. Your complete outfit will go for- ward absolutely free at once Dept. 4017, TAILOR-MADE SHOE SYSTEM, 932 Wright- wood, Chicago. jan30 MAIL ORDER AND AGENCY PROPOSITIONS, including large imprint catalog, free. PRUITT PUBLISHING CO., Station E-23, Kansas City, Missouri. jan30 MAKE MORE MONEY — EMBOSSED SHOW Cards for every line of business. Write for details and sample. EMBOSSED SHOW CARD CO., 9412 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, Ohio, jan30 “HANDLED YOUR CARDS 4 YEARS AS SIDE line. They always supply me with ready eash,’” says a Northwestern agent. Salable samples of 257 varieties, 10c. J. B, CAMERON, 1125 Royal St., New Orleans. MAKE $20 DAILY SELLING MERCHANTS $1.00 Changeable Letter Show-Window Sign. The profit every $1.00 sale. Fast seller. Every store keeper a hot prospect. Big season just starting Send for free sample offer today. MAZE MANUFACTURING CO., Dept. B. B,, Norwood Station, Chicago. MAKE AND SELL YOUR OWN GOODS — Guaranteed Formulas, all kinds. Catalog free. CLOVER LABORATORIES (Dept. BB). Park Ridge, Illinois. fae n23 MEN AND eg — Pare SELLING, FULL or part time Rig commissions daily. Free samples. BERKLEY SHIRT CO., 224 Smit! St., Perth Amboy, New Jersey. jani6 NEW CAMERA TAKES AND FINISHES photos in one minute. Make money selling Cameras or taking photos. Exclusive territory. CROWN CO., Dept. 973, Norwalk, Connecticut, NO DULL “IMES SELLING FOOD—PEOPLE must eat Federal distributors make big money, $3,000 yearly and up. No capital or experience needed; guaranteed sales; unsold goods may be returned. We furnish you with license. Your $20.00 starting order sent on trust. Free samples to customers Repeat orders sure, Exclusive territory; ask now. FEDERAL PURE FOOD CO., F2300 Archer, Chicago. jan30 SELL BOOKS BY MAIL — BIG PROFITS. oetticulare free. ELFOO, 523 So. Dear cago. oY | , 7 pS a SSS TF ———— = — on — — -_— a), a ee SS —$__——_ ee es i | i oes ee ee 2 ee ee y ) a _—l—+
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January 16, 1926 EN’S SUPPLIES — MAGIC PAPER to $6.00 per 100; Tripods, Pitch Cases, ILLINOIS MAGIC CO., for- et Free lists. 86 West Randolph merly Caesar's Supplies, st., Chicago. POLMET POLISHING CLOTH REMOVES TAR- nish from all metals without the use of liquid, paste or powder. Our agents say it sells like “hot cakes’. Retails 25c; sample free. A. H. GALE CO,, 15 Edinboro S&t., Boston, Massachusetts. x SELL FINE MADE-TO-ORDER ALL-WOOL Suits at $31.50, regular $55 values, Over 100 6x9 Cloth Samples, all one price, furnished. Hustlers earn $100 weekly. Write W. Z. GIBSON, INC., 161 West Harrison St., Dept. N-45, Chicago, Illinois. jan30 START A BUSINESS OF YOUR OWN. IN. crease your income. Catalogue dependable Porsulas free. § & LZ, LABORATORY, 821 Larimer, Pittsburgh, Pennsy!vania. janl6 THOUSANDS USING BES-TIZ ROLLER- Bearing Razor Blade Sharpener, Strop and Drssing. Resharpens old blades perfectly; save never wear out. Agents wanted. Kansas City, Missouri. WANT DISTRIBUTING AGENTS FOR HAN- slick, the new, original Powdered Hand Soap. Removes grease, grime, ink, paint and most anything from the hands without injury to skin Every mechanic and auto owner; everybody who gets his hands dirty will be a customer. Great opportunity for hustler to get a business. Full information and sample free. SOLAR PROD- UCTS COMPANY, 124 West’ Lake, Chicago. tf ‘WANTED — AGENT TO SELL A HOME Treatment Machine for chronic diseases, If vou know of a number of sick people you have a big field. Good commissions. Address LOCK BOX 788, Norfolk, Virginia. jan30 WE START YOU WITHOUT A DOIIAR — Soaps, Extracts, Perfumes, To'let Goods. Experience unnecessary. CARNATION CO., Dept. 235, St. Louis. jan30 38¢ PROFIT EVERY 50c SALE — ARTISTIC 11''x14"" Window Display Cards sell on sight. Merchants reed them. Exclusive designs. 100 sales daily anywhere. Send $1.00 for agent's complete sample outfit and prices. LER, 29 West Riverview, Dayton, Ohio. janl6 $10 DAILY SILVERING MIRRORS, PLATING and refinishing Thmps, reflectors, autos, beds, chandeliers by new method. Outfits furnished. Write GUNMETAL CO., Ave. G., meee ml an30 $110 WEEKLY SELLING FINEST GUARAN.- teed, union, made-to-measure Men's Suits, only $12.50; Boys’ Two-Pants Suits, Six latest patterns that sel] on sight. All-Wool Overcoats, Vests, Caps, Riding Breeches. Big commissions advanced. Free attractive outfit. DOUBLE SERVICE MANU- FACTUBERS, 1327-35AL Washington, =e. an3i ANIMALS, BIRDS AND PETS 6c WORD, CASH. NO ADV. LESS THAN 250, Se WOPD, CASH. ATTRACTIVE FIRST LINE. Figure Total ef Words at One Rate Only. For Sale—A Six-Legged Calf, 2 months old, with two legs grown ont between shouldera on back. E, F, KINTON, Box 86, Butler, Ohio. Healthy Stock, Right Prices, _ Tame Ringtail Monkeys, $20.00; finest reg- istered twelve-week German Police Pups, $50.00; grown genuine Texas Wild Cats, nearly extinct, $15.00 each; Grey Foxes, $5.00; Mink, $40.00; Cinnamon Bear, born last spring, tame, right to train now, $75.00; tame Honey Bears, $30.00; Snookum Bears, $15.00; Snakes, $15.00 den up; Guinea Pigs, $2.00 pair. and two thousand to pick from; Ocelote, $30.00; Jag- aurondii Cats, $75.00; Coyotes, $8.00; Raccoons, $8.00; Yellowhead Parrots, $7 00; Canaries, $6.00 pair. If it's from Texas or Mexico, Write, wire or cable. OTTO MARTIN LOCKE JR. CO., New Braunfels, Texas. AMERICAN BULL TERRIOR PUPS: SHOW Dogs for show people, IDEAL KENNELS Murray, Iowa. janl BADGER, $7.00; FIXED SKUNK. $5.00; OPOS- sum, $200. LEM LAIRD, Harper, Kansas. BEAUTIFUL REGISTERED BULL PUPS, $15. BULLDOGS, 501 Rockwood, Dallas, Texaee ft CANARIES, $10.50 DOZEN; Wooden Cages, $13.50 dozen. everywhere NATIONAL Louts, Missouri WITH SMALL We ship safely PET SHOPS, St. CHOICE CANARY BIRDS FOR SALE, REA. sonable, FT, J, . Route 7, Ft. Wayne, Indiana. jan23x Suetsam es —— SHOW SPECIMENS, champion bred. talogue, ten cents. TRI- ANGLE KENNELS, Box 109, Jackson Center, Wo. jan23 FEMALE FOX TERRIER, WIRE WALKER. Pe Rigging, $25.00; Rolling Basket, $5.00: Monkey Tread Wheel, $8.00; two Monkey Anto- Ms hiles, $3.00 and $5.00 each; two Female Spitz, $35.00 each; one large Rhesus Monkey, e.00 Want to 2 Small Mate Java Monkey. oan DAVIDSON, 1125 Vine St., Cincinnail, OuE HIGH LEAPING GREYHOUND, ONE — ling Fox Terrier, both young and healthy. “cod me $25 for beth and try them out: tf Satisfactory send $15 more. S. WOODS, Dola Ohio. CANARIES, PARROTS, PUPPIES, CAGES AND Supplies, log HO i wholesale and retail. Free cata- We ship everywhere. NATIONAL PET PS, St. Louis, Missouri. The Billboard BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES FOR SALE—3 CLEVER TRICK DOGS. FOR particulars write SAM STRICKLIN, 616 Fifth, N. W., Canton, Obio. MY NORTHERN DOGS HAVE NO EQUAL — Large and beautiful Males, $10; Canadian White Eskimos, $10. Safe arrival in prime condition guaranteed. BURTON ZOO, Fairmont, Minnesota, PARROTS ON HAND AT ALL TIMES — PAN-AMERICAN BIRD CO., Laredo, Texas feb13 PERFORMING BLACK BEAR, DOES TEN- minute act, genile, $20000. HENRY RAADE, 297 Eagle St., St. Paul, Minnesota. RHESUS MONK, $35; HIGH-SCHOOL HORSE, $150; Wire-Walking Dog, $25; Black Bear. $60. BERT BRIGGS, Box 120, Peru, Indiana jani6 SCOTCH COLLIES—PEDIGREED sHOW DOGS. Shipped anywhere. WELCOME ARCH COLLIE KENNELS, Adams City, Colorado, feb6 THE WORLD'S LARGEST DOG KENNEL HAS for sale Oorang Airedales trained as watch dogs, automobile companions, children’s play- mates, hunters, retrievers and stock drivers. Also Big Game Hounds, Foxhounds, Coonhounds and Rabbit Hounds. All dogs individually schooled and trained by our famous canine specialists and shipped on trial. Delivery and satisfaction guaranteed. Trained Dogs, $50.00 to $150.00 each. Thoroughbred Puppies, $15.00 to $25.00 each. Large illustrated catalog, ten cents, QOORANG KENNELS, Box 42, La Rue. Ohio. x TROUPE TRAINED DOGS (10), ALL WORK- ing with *props.; Barrels, High-Dive Ladder. Baby Buggy, Merry-Go-Round, ete. $200.00 fer —— . oe. K LAMB, 829 Michigan, et ° TWO FOX TERRIER DOGS, DO SOME tricks, easily taught, ten dollars. WILLIAM STEWART, Brighton Hotel, Bethlehem, Pa. WILL BUY DOG, PONY ACTS — TRAMER, Route 2, Blizabeth, New Jersey. 6e WORD, CASH. NO ADV. LESS THAN 25c. 80 WORD, CASH. ATTRACTIVE FIRST LINE. Figure Total ef Words at One Rate Only. Motion Picture Films and Stereopticon Slide exchange. Mailing list and good will. Fine chance. Reasonable price PASTOR'S CO-OPERATIVE SERVICE, 3246 George Street, Chicago, Illinois. ADVERTISE FOR AGENTS AND SALESMEN in Magazine, 60,000 circulation, 15c per word LORENZ ADVERTISING SERVICE, Box 154, Madison, Indiana. ARE YOU INTERESTED IN THE MAIL order business? Send 10c for the latest issue of “The Mail Order Success’’—contains 20 pages of advertising, plans, ideas and reading matter that makes the mail order field one of unlimited possibilities. HENRY E, PEIFFER, No. 1 Jay St., N. 8., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. INCH DISPLAY ADVERTISEMENT — 166 magazines, year, $50. WOOD'S POPULAR SERVICES, Atlantic City. STOP!—DON’T WORK FOR SOMEONE ELSE while we can tell you about 100 selected opportunities, free. Write MSMADISCO, Pat- terson Station, Box 128, Baltimore, — an2: THE ADVERTISERS’ MAIL ORDER BULLE- tin—Hints, Helps, Plans, Formulas for spare- time workers. Copy, 10c; three months, 25c. Display, $1.00 inch: Classified, 2c word. RICKETTI MAILING SERVICE, 2654 Earp St., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. WE START YOU IN BUSINESS, FURNISH everything—Men and women, $30.00 to $100.00 weekly operating our ‘“‘New System Specialty Candy Factories’ anywhere. Oppor tunity lifetime; booklet free. W. HILLYER RAGSDALE, Drawer 98, East Orange, N. J $50 A WEEK — MAIL ORDER BUSINESS. Free booklet tells how. Sample and Plans 25e. Complete outfit free. OMASKA SALES SERVICE, Box G-623, Omaha, Nebraska. feb6 OeoeoeK$$—————————————————————————————— STAGE PROFANITY personal opinion of the HE suggestion that a curb be placed upon stage profanity possesses many elements of merit, but it is to be hoped that the reform will come from the producers and the actors rather than that it should become the occasion for legal prohibition or police regulation. It ig quite true that in very recent years casual, vain, silly and even blasphemous lines have crept into the dramatic productions which make up the theatrical output of the Broadway year. omenstve, most frequently they are altogether unnecessary; but it must be remembered that the truthful, accurate and realistic presentation of certain classes of scenes, the reproduction of things as they happen in real life, ofttimes requires strong language for which “‘derns” and “‘darns”, “doggones” and “drats”, the “mischief” and “sheol” will not suffice: In the matter of when to swear or curse on the stage the conscience of the playwright, the producer and the actor should be the guide, not the , policeman or the clergyman. Many times they are —NEW YORK TELEGRAM. ATTORNEYS AT LAW _ NO ADV. LESS THAN 250. Wore: Sash: ATTRACTIVE FIRST LINE. Figure Total ef Words at One Rate Only. CARTOONS 5e WORD, CASH. NO ADV. LESS THAN 25¢. 7e WORD, CASH. ATTRACTIVE FIRST ‘LINE. Figure Total ef Words at One Rate Only. ; Attorney at Law—Counselor rsonal and all Legal Matters. Corre- oP _. strictly confidential. No publicity. Write or call. Hours 1 to 9. Address a. TORNEY LAW OFFICE, 5550 Market ——, Philadelphia. jani6 B. J. Cavanagh, Lawyer, 1310 Pquitable Bidg., Des Moines. Phone, Walnnt 2326. apr3 Don’t Worry About Troubles, difficulties, ete. For advice and prompt = tion regarding all legal matters or money e pa a R WALLACE, 2204 Michigan Ave., Chicago, Illinois. mar20 ATTRACTIONS WANTED . CASH. NO ADV. LESS THAN 25¢. z WORD: GASH. ATTRACTIVE FIRST LINE. Figure Total ef Words at One Rate Only. Karn Bros.’ Fat Family Would like to hear from al! people who are at liberty for 10-in--1, season 1926. D. D. Murphy Shows. ED KARN, 354 So. Seventh St., Newark, New Jersey. jan30 WANTED—CONCESSIONS AND RIDES FOR park with good drawing every day Write J. W. YOUNG, 422 Park Ave., Williamsport Pennsylvania. jan23 WANTED ON PERCENTAGE FOR SEASON 1926 at Lyra Park, Frederick, South Dakota, Merry-Go-Round, Ferris Wheel, Skating Rink or any good ride or attraction. WE CAN FURNISH YOU ALL KINDS OF Shows. FEIST THEATRICAL EXCHANGE, Gladstone Hotel Bidg., Kansas City, Mo. jan30 . CASH. NO ADV. LESS THAN wono: EASn: APrAACTIVE finst uae: Figure Total of Words at One Rate Only. CURIOUS BOOKS, UNIQUE NOVELTIES, Stunning Pictures. Samples, 10e,. prepaid. LIND, 214 W. 34th Street, New York. jan23 BALDA’S TRICK CARTOONS, tures and Perforated Sheets, for vaudeville. club, lodge and parlor entertaining. Catalog free. BALDA ART SERVICE, Oshkosh, Wis. feb13 CONCESSIONS 7e WORD, CASH. NO ADV. LESS THAN Re Se WORD, CASH. ATTRACTIVE FIRST LINE. Figure Total of Words at One Rate Only. RAG PIC- —_———* C. E. Pearson Shows Now booking concessions and shows. Ramsey. Illinois. jan30 COSTUMES, WARDROBES AND UNIFORMS Se WORD, CASH. NO ADV. LESS THAN 25¢. Je WORD. CASH. ATTRACTIVE FIRST LINE. Figure Total ef Words at One Rate Only. 57 A-1 STAGE WARDROBE—LOWEST PRICES. Specialize in Evening Gowns, Wraps, Irides- cent, Jeweled, etc., up-to-the-minute Models. Afternoon, Dancing and Street Dresses and Cho- rus Sets. House of class, flash, reliability and prompt service Over 40 years at former address. C, CONLEY, 404 West 36th St., New York City. jan30 BUNGALOW SHOP IS THE PLACE TO SHOP for Theatrical Wardrobe and Street Apparel. Full line of Evening Gowns. Bargains. Any color desired. Sizes from 34 to 42. Mail orders given prompt attention 136 South Oakley, Kansas City, Missouri. Phone: Benton 1996. MRS. ROY C. TRITLE. jan30 CHORUS COSTUMES — SATEEN DRESSES with Hats, $1.50 each; Sateen Pants Suits, $1.50 each; Silk Dresses, $2.00; Soubrettes, Evenings and Sateen Drops made to order. GERTRUDE LEHMAN, 13 West Court St., Cincinnati, Ohio. CLOWN SUITS, TIGHTS, PANTS SUITS, RAY DAVIDSON, 1125 Vine St., Cincinnati, Ohio. . ENGLISH MODELS NEW TUXEDOS, LATEST styles, any size, $20.00 to $35.00; Vests, $4.50, $9.00; Men’s Oriental Costumes, includ- ing Turban, Tunic, Trousers, etc., $15.00 per outfit; Woman's Orientals, $10.00 up, very flashy. STANLEY, 306 West 22d St., New York City. JARVIS RESALE SHOP, FORMERLY AN- drews & sarnett. Slightly Worn Afternoon and Evening Clothes. Prompt shipment. Rea- sonable. State sizes. Phone, Rogers Park 3137. 1403 Jarvis Avenue, Chicago. janl6 SPANISH OR MEXICAN VELVET SUITS (men's) made to order, $15.00. Ten assorted Masquerade Suits (new), $50.00. Suits made to order. FRANTZ, 7 East Main St., Battle Creek, Michigan. WIGS, 6 FOR $12; WOODEN-SOLE DANCING Shoes, $5; Charleston Coats, $3; Minstrel Suits, flashy, $5: Prince Alberts, $4; Over- coats, $5; Silk Hats, $3.50; Tuxedo Suits, $15; Big Bundle Clown Odds, $5; Beautiful Evening Gowns, $10. WALLACE, 1834 North Halsted, Chicago. nae ae ee 8S THAN ~ 7e WORD, CASH. ATTRACTIVE FIRST LIN Figure Total ef Words at One Rate Only. FLASHY BAND UNIFORMS FOR FEATURE Film. JOE FEAGANS, Petersburg, Illinois. NEW MILK-CAN ESCAPE FOR GOOD VEN- triloquial Figure and Small Magic. MARLIS, 510 South 2ist St., Birmingham, Alabama. PEERLESS 10-PIECE ORCHESTRA PIANO. nickel or dime slot, with motor, in good shape. Will trade for good Tent, Band ad or Roller Skates. Address M. W. SCHULTZ, eare Roller Rink, Olympia, Washington. jan30 WARDROBE TO EXCHANGE WITH. AN- other stock company. SAVOY THEATRE, Louisville, Kentucky. jan30 FORMULAS BOOK FORM. PAMPHLETS OR SHEETS. 6e WORD, CASH. NO ADV. LESS THA Se WORD, CASH. ATTRACTIVE FIRST LINE. Figure Total of Words at One Rate Only. Formula — Empire Beauty Ciasmic Pack and instructions for results, 25 cents. EMPIRE, 512 W. Third St., Lex- ington, Kentucky. Paris Pants Creaser. Formula, 10c. SCHILL, Martinsburg, West Virginia. FORMULAS, BEVERAGES, SYRUPS, EX- tracts, Flavors and other manufacturing spe- cialties. Free information. THE FORMULA CO.,. 1613 Queen Anne Ave., Seattle, Wash. feb6 BEST TATTOO REMOVER FORMULAS, $1.00. Supplies for tattooing. ‘‘WATERS’’, 965 tnam, Detroit. jan30 FORMULA AND MOLDS FOR MAKING Aluminum Solder Sub., cost 4 cent stick. Sample and _ particulars, 5c. ‘WESTERN CHEMICAL CO., Box 982, Rock Springs, Wyo. x MONEY-MAKING BOOKS, PLANS, FORMULAS —Catalog free. IDEAL BOOK SHOP, Dept. SB, Park Ridge, Illinois. jan23 Band Coats, $4.00; Caps, $1.00; Tuxedo Coats, $6.00. JANDORF, 698 West End Ave., New York. Complete Oriental Costumes, $15; White Silkolene Union Suits, $5; Short Dresses, $1 each. J. L. HOLZAPFEL, 4908 Franklin Ave., Cleveland, Ohio. SUPERIOR AUTO BODY POLISH — ENOR- mous profits making and wholesaling to agents, stores and garages. Formula and complete, easily understood instructions for making, 25e. FLETCHER, 510 Jefferson St., Jefferson City, Missouri. WRINKLES REMOVED, NO DRUGS — IN- structions, plain package, 10¢. CLOHESSY, 339 Woodbine, Brooklyn, New York. 18 Long Cavalier Swords (new), $7.00 each; 24 Male Scotch Costumes complete, $7.50; 24 Blue Cape Coats and Pants, $2.00; 1,000 Pairs Scale Armor Tights, 50c: 40 Scale Armor Suits, $3.00; 40 Steei Armor ee = ae 1,000 Pairs Worsted Tights, 75e Thousands of slightly used costumes for sale. KLEIN, 231 Tremont St., Boston, Mass. A LOT OF STAGE, EVENING GOWNS, each; other Soubrette Dresses, Satins, etc., $8.00 each. Used goods. Ten assorted Mas- querade Costumes, $50.00. STANLEY, 306 W. 22d Street, New York City. GENUINE SIOUX INDIAN COSTUMES AND Beadwork. Buying direct from the Indian. our prices are reasonable. Write for complete petce list. LYON CURIO STORE, Clinton, ebraska. jan23 $5.00 FOR SALE—NEW GOODS 7e WORD, CASH. NO ADV. LESS THA b 9¢ WORD, CASH. ATTRACTIVE FIRST LINE. Figure Total ef Words at One Rate Only. Beautiful Attraction, Wonder- ful mechanical device, largest money getter, legal any place, skill machine, is the Electric Traveling Crane. Price now $865.00. F. 0. B. FLEISCHER’'S AMUSEMENT DEVICES, % Van Sinderen Ave., Brooklyn, New York. Operators and Penny Arcades interested in a route machine that averaged $15.57 a day for over 60 days, and its now doing better, write GLOBE AMUSEMENT MA- CHINE CO., 93 Grand St., Brooklyn, N. Y. ihe one iy aw & oo =e ws ra apy cs 5ae = oe an | Ssez= es Se 1 | E--— —|__ FE - ee | —J_ es ey _ ft , ——__|
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58. Pictorial Banners, 8x10, $15.00. Sketches submitted. RODGERS, 637 Ejghth, Portsmouth, Ohio. Turn-Over Crazy House, Any — built by one that knows how. JOE KNIGHT, 614 Chapel St., New Haven Con- ny janl6 POP-CORN MEN — OUR POP-CORN CONES are the latest. Write us. BRITZIUS MFG. CO., Dover, Minnesota. feb6 TURN PENNIES INTO DOLLARS WITH Mutoscope, the only coin-operated movie machine. Every machine a movie theatre. Show ‘em the new pictures and collect th> money. Write INTERNATIONAL MUTOSCOPE CO., Union City, New Jersey. janli FOR RENT, LEASE OR SALE Je WORD, CASH. NO ADV. LESS THAN 25c. Se WORD, CASH. ATTRACTIVE FIRST LINE. Figure To Total tal of Words at One Rate Only. BUILDING EI EUILT F FOR RINK OR DANCING. JAMES T. McELROY, Mount Union, Pa jan30 The Billboard FORTY FLAT FOLDING CHAIRS. bot oms, $30.00; New Gas Outfit, comple te, $8.00. SLAT witb burner, H. A. GLASS, Oiden, Mo. NEW MILLS NICKEL- FRONT. VENDER, USED only few days, seventy dollars. GOODMAN, 1055 Sheridan Ave., Bronx, New York, REBUILT TRUNKS, ‘WARDROBE, DRESS and Salesmen’s samples at prices that will save you half. REDINGTON CO., Scranton, Pennsylvania. jani6é PEERLESS POPCORN KETTLE, NPW. $8. NORTHSIDE CO., 1306 Fifih, Des Mon Iowa. jan2 3 SLOT MACHINES, NEW AND SECOND ‘HAND, bought, so.d, leased, repaired and exchanged. Write for illustrative and descriptive list. We have for immediate @elivery Millis or Jennings 0. K. Gum Venders, all in 5¢ or 25¢ play. Also Brownies, Eagles, Nationals, Judges, Owls and a!l styles and makes too numerous to mention. Send in your old Opcrator Bells and let us make them into money-getting 2-bit machines with our improved coin detector and_ pay-out slides. Our construction is fool proof and mad» for long-distance operator with our improv d parts. We do machine repair work of all kinds. Address P, 0. BOX 178, North Side Staion. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. jani6 FOR SALE—SECOND-HAND GOODS CASH. NO ADV. LESS THAN 25c, oa. ATTRACTIVE FIRST wine: Figure { ef Words at One Rate Only. Arcades, Operators, Parks, Carnivals—Unusual assortment of New and Used Machines, including the finest up-to-date 6e WORD, 8e WORD, money makers. Our momanies install com- plete arcades if desired. B. MADORSKY, 689 Howard Avenue, Brooklyn, en York. jani) Operators Bells, All Make —— $40.00 each; Target Practice Ma- chines, 5c play, never used. $12.00 Lots 10. $110. AUTOMATIC COIN MACHINE SUPPLY CO., 542 Jackson, Chicago. jan23 Corn Poppers, Used, Cheap. NORTHSIDE CQ., 1806 Fifth, Des Moines, Iowa. feb6 Get in on the Big Cleanup— 100 Mills Slot Machines, 5-cent plays, while they last, $35.00 and up; Milis Target Practice, $12.50 each; Over the Top, $5.00 each; Juggler. $5.00 each. Bargain in New Mills 5, 10 and 25- ae We buy, sell and exchange. NOVELTY CO., 3557 W. 224 8t., Chicago, IDlinois. feb13 Jennings and Mills 0. K. 5c Venders, $50.00 each. ADVANCE SALES OMPANY, 830 Schofield Building, Cleveland, Ohio. janls Pop Corn Machines—Peerless Rebuilt. Low prices. Terms. Write Dept. M, NATIONAL ES ,» Des Moines, —. anls Portable Whip, Complete, practically new. BOX 283, The Billboard. New York, New York. jan16 Slot Machines Bought, Sold, leased. OHIO NOVELTY CO., 40 Stone Block, Warren, Ohio. mart Slot Machines — Leased 50-50 basis. Bought, sold, exchanged. ADVANCE 6ALES COMPANY, 830 Schofield Building, Cleveland, Ohio. janl6 Slot Machines—25 Mills O. K. Counter 5e Venders, in first-class condition. no junk; also 30 Cases of Mints. Will sell one or all. COLES, 22 Barberee Ave., Jacksonville, Florida. janis ARCADE — COMPLETE ve ARCADES equipped. New or used Mac . Only firs* class money getters handl e No junk. IN. TERNATIONAL wUTOROORS Cco., Union City New Jersey. janis ARCADE MACHINES FOR SALE—10 CAILIE Quarterscopes at $22.50: $200 for lot. Milis Lifter, $20; 10 Light Me'al Mx itoscopes, com- plete with reels, at $40; ~ r wit tower, $25; 3 Roover Name Plates at $35. Al these machines are in good Saws ng condition Bargain. S+.1 one-third with order, bal . Cc. 0. D. RABKIN, 926 E. 180th New York. jan BAND ORGAN, Skates. WM. 34 6 250 RICHARDSON FIBER BRIDGES, Mishawaka, Ind jan30 DIME AND QUARTER MACHINES, Rebuiit Venders, Operator Pells, TOTEM NOVELTY ©O., Aurora, Hlinois. jan23 $75; $35. THE NEW ONE—HINGE PIN ALLEY, A miniature bowling game, use cne and cue ball. A positive winner. Write for literature Sell or trade for Ten Pinnet Alley. Few Penny Machines. SHEARS AMUSEMENT CO., 830 West Tenth, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. TWO MILLS FIVE-CENT VENDERS. TOWN closed. Thirty dollars each. DAVID ROSEN, 72 East 106th St., New York City. TWO TRIPOD BUCKETS, ALMOST NEW. $40.00 takes. both, GEO. CAMPBELL, 308 West Second, North Little Rock, Ark. jan23 TWO COTTON CANDY MACHINES, BOTH good as new. Wil! sacrifice cheap. Wri'e for particulars. WM. B, SCOVERS, Larchmont Yacht Club, Larchmont, New York. 6,000 YARDS BATTLESHIP LINOLEUM AND Cork Carpet, government standard. Perfect goods at less than wholesale. For hotels, theatres, halls, clubs. J. P. REDINGTON, Scranton, Pennsylvania. febé FURNISHED ROOMS Sc WORD, CASH. NO ADV. LESS THAN 250. Be WORD C*SH. FIRST LINE LARGE TYPE. Figure Total ef Words at One Rate Only. Ogden Mews — At Lincoln Park. Studios artistically furnished, fire- place, kitchenette, bath, service; also rooms. reasonable. 12 minutes to theater, We cater to the profession. Write or wire ANNE HY- LAND, 309 Center St., Chicago. jan23 RICTON’S HOTEL—ALL READY FOR BUSI- ness. Come ahead. Corner E’ghth and Vine Sts., Cincinnati, Ohio. Canal 5806-J. Also 15 Rooming Houses, so no doubt I can take care of you. HELP WANTED 6e WORD, CASH. NO ADV. LESS THAN 25c. 8e WORD, CASH. ATTRACTIVE FIRST LINE. Figure Total ef Words at One Rate Only. Manager Wanted for a Large, high-class theatre showing vaudeville, road shows, pictures. Must have had wide and suc- cessful experience. State age, experience references, salary. Good onening for first-class man. Address BOX 286, Billboard, 1560 Broadway, New York City. jan30 WANTED — A PRODUCER FOR A FIVE.) | Practical Telepathy—A Tech- people medicine show that can work straight and play string instrument; also do specialty Steady work south; good salary and commission, Address DR. WHITEHEAD, Boaz, Alabama WANTFD—F 4ST TUMBLERS. WIRE ALL. BURKE, Revere House, C hicago. WANTED — BOOKING PARTNER OR AD- vance Agent. Commission. JOHNSON, Ma- gician, Kokomo, Indiana. ez EXCEPTIONAL OPPORTUNITY FOR ONE wanting learn business, taking share. Sate amount available. BOX NY20,_ Billboard, New York, WANTED—TOPMOUNTER FOR HAND-TO- hand State all in first letter. . B., care New York City. Billboard, 1560 Broadway, WANTED—CLEVER SINGERS, . COMEDIANS. Dancers and Principals for vaudeville acts Can always place good talent and alo vaude- v lle acts). JOHN H. BENTLEY AGENCY, 177 North State Street, Chicago. maré WOMEN AND CIRIS EARN MONEY IN spare time gilding greeting cards in you: home. No experience required. No canvassing For details write H. C. YOUNG, 71 Chure! St., Willimantic, Connecticut. jan23 YOUNG LADY WANTED FOR GYMNASTIC vaudeville act. lermanent posi ‘on; will teach reliable girl. Give age, height, weight, all particulars. Address W. RICHARDS, care Billboard, Cincinnati, Ohio. $115-§400 MONTHLY PAID—RAILWAY STA- tion office positions. Free passe@ Experi- ence unnecessary. Write BAKER, Supt. (Ban), Star Bldg., St. Louis, Missouri, HELP WANTED—MUSICIANS 6e WORD, CASH. NO ADV. LESS THAN 250. 8e WORD, CASH. ATTRACTIVE FIRST "ine: Figure Total of Words at One Rate Only. - . . Wanted—Banjo, Doubling Vi- olin, and must also do solo singing. Other musicians doubling strings and can sing write Steady theatre engagement. LEADER, Strand Theatre Orchestra, Madison, Wisconsin. SAXOPHONE DOUBLING CLARINET; PIANO Player; Banjo doubling Brass. Band and or- ches‘ra work. American Legionnaires only. Address BANDMASTER, Orange Band, Post 14, St. Petersburg, Florida. WANTED—RED-HOT TRUMPET AND TROM- bone, plenty dirt and sweet; also Pianist with good sock and rhythm. All must read, fake and take hot choruses. Agitators, floaters and boozers, don't answer. Other musicians on all instrnments write. State fully all you ean do. BOX C-1244, care Billboard, Cincin- nati, Ohio, WANTED — TENOR SAX., PREFER DOV. bling Clarinet or Trumpet, who would care to settle down in summer-resort region in town 3,000; play as side line; good pay. If married, ean place wife in office. Congenial dance or- chestra playing for good profit and pleasure. State trade. BOX C-1317, Billboard, Cincinnati. WANTED—EOT TRUMPETIST AND PIANIST. Theatre, tw ntr-five weekly; dance «de line; must read. PALACE THEATRE, Northfork, West Virginia. WANTED—GOOD CLARINET AND SLIDE Trombone for concert work Mnst be good or do not write. ANGELO MUMMOLO, Grove Apts., 217 Biscayne Ave., Miami Beach, Fla. . jani ‘WANTED. MUSICIANS, YEAR'S WORK — MGR. SHOW, Merna, Nebraska. Stage People Wanted — Both sex, ages 16 to *. Good salary. Experience unnecessary. Enclose stamp. NATIONAL. B-5428 South Wells, Chicago. febs Wanted—Groom To Take Care of animals. Write GUS THALERO, 21st, Palace, St. Panl, Minne ota Week 24th, Seventh Street Theatre, Minneapolis. EGYPTIAN DANCING GIRLS AND LADY MU- sicians wanted for mystic att raction. Long engazemert State lowest salary, ete., first letter. MYSTIC OHOMA, Plaza Hotel, Indian- apolis, Indiana es FOR FLYING RE. turn act NEST CLARKE, The lark- onians, Ringling ros. and Barnum & Balley Quarte “Ts, Bridgeport, Connecti cut. EXPERIENCED “COACH FOR “HOME- TALENT sows, Pr moter able fo sa gn cae 28 Teefal people write Want to b mest! rained Animals. BoB TAREE ‘S FRATERNAL CIRCUS, 5423 West Eighth, Riverside, California. MEN WANTING FOREST RANGER, RAIL- way Mail Clerk and other Government pos!- tions, write for particulars. MOKANE, B-%, Denver, Colorado. jan20 FOR SALF — JENNINGS MINT FRONT Venders, nickel and dime. ART CARLSON, Gibbon, Minnesota. FOR SALE—25 MILLS MINT VENDERS. $50.00 each. Rebuilt by experts from ton to bot- tom. Buy one “and use it. Yon will buy more if you need _ hines. One-third with order balance C. D. NORTHERN NOVELTY MDSE. CO., is E. Hennepin Ave., Minneapolis Minnesota. jan23 LEATHER BAGS SALVAGED FROM RAIL- road wreck, guaranteed abl a $5 up, de- livered any place. REDINGT N CO., “— MUSICAL COMEDY DEAMATIC PEOPLE Chorus Girls, Piano Player Address FEIST THEATRICAL EXCHANGE, Gladstone Hotel Bidg.. Kaneas City, Missouri. jan20 TALL, POWERFUL GIRL ATHLETE FOR athletic work and male impersonating Ama- teur considered and trained. C. DORNBERGER, General Delivery, Okeechobee, Florida. THEATRE MANAGER—YOUNG LIVE WIRE, WIRE, take complete charge of pictnre show, town of 5,000. Must know how to draw crowds, and invest $390. Salary and one-third of profits. Ready March ist. BOX O©-1319, Billboard, C' acinonati, INSTRUCTIONS AND PLANS 6e wone. gaen. NO ADV. LESS THAN 250, Be W H. ATTRACTIVE FIRST LINE, eowh Total of Words at One Rate Only. GRAB —— a I MADE $3 TO $40 A night with w cents capital. My Plan, Bec. J. GREENLEE. Rutledge, Tenn ssee, START THE PIANO- TUNING “BUSINESS yourself anywhere No enapital needed The demand far exceeds supply $20 to $500 monthly profits. Permanent, clean, «nre. Send for particu'ars MACK INSTITUTE, Wabash Station, BB, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. VENTRILOQUISM TAUGHT ALMOST ANY. one at home Small cost Send 2e¢ today for partienlars and proof. SMITH. Room 8-62, 125 North Jefferson, Pe- oria, Illinois. THEATRICAL SCENE PAINTING TAUGHT Pract! by mail é al low-priced correspondence courses, We ee!] Lithographed, Colored Se nery Models. Send stomps for literature ENKE- BOLL ART “ACADEMY. Omaha Nebraska x. RAYING THE ‘MIND! BROADCASTING thought. Senvational new concept on of mind- reading. Baffles even the prof ssionals. Can 4 by enyone $1.00 buys Seeret Address HARVEY DUNN, Gaines- Florida. feb MAGICAL APPARATUS FOR SALE. hee / and Cut Priced) > won, ‘cash NO ADV. LESS THAN 250, CA°H. ATTRACTIVE FIRST LINE. “Views Fetal of Words at One Rate Only. Laurice Magical. Shop, 799 sroadway, Brooklyn, New York. Jani6 ville, | | January 16, 1926 nical treatise for professionals. Contains 23 effects in somnolency, 6 slate tricks, 1385 stock answers, hints on private office work (worth $100.00 alone), sugges ions for handbills, sam- Ple question sheets, 125 pages of information you need Bound tn black and gold. Price only $1.00 Order at once, supply limited DAVID JAMES LONERGAN, 431 North Clark, Chicago. ACTS THAT MAKE GOOD—LOWEST PRICES. Mind Reading, Crysial Gazing, Magic, Escape Acts, Secrets, Plans, Drawings. Big selection Six cents brings catalog, none free, Prompt service. GEO. A, RICE, Auburn, New York ee ae ee ee Phy Jjan30 ESCAPE " ACT—STRAIT. JACKET, MAIL BAG, Six (6) Pair Handcuffs, 1 Leg Iron, 5 Lock Chain Escape Keys, Chains, 8x10 Banner. Taylor Trunk 24"; first $35.00 MICKEY MANSION, 2100 Third Ave., Wa ervilet, N. Y. MAGICIANS’ FULL DRESS SUITS, $12; Tuxedo Suits, $15.00; Mu nstrel Suits, $5. WALLACE, 1834 North Halsted, Chicago. PROFESSIONAL "MINDREADERS, CRYSTAL- Gazers—Our new large catalogue, conta!ning the largcst select'on of Mental and Spook Effects and Apparatus in the world, is ready. Ilustrated, better descriptions, lower prices, new effects galore. With Horoscope Samples, ane NELSON ENTERPRISES, 84 W. Town, Columbus, Ohio. SPECIAL ‘BARGAIN LIST FOR STAMP ~= CHESTER MAGIC SHOP, 403 North State, Chicago, VANISHING BIRD CAGE, Petrie Lewis make, like new, $5.00. Fels- man’s Drumhead ‘Tambourine and Stand, nic- keled, like new, fine, $10.00. THOS. L, FINN, Hoosick Falls, New York. WALKING THRU A RUG ILLUSION—GOOD for side show or stage. This is a pippin. Price complete only $35.00. Stamp for full particulars. E, EASTWOOD, 243 Front, Ports- mouth, Ohio. THAT'S IT, THE NEW CARD Write for particulars. Wholesale and retail manufacturers and dealers in Mage. Illusions, Escapes, Crystal] Gazing, ete also build from your ideas. ILLINOIS MAGIO CO., 36 West Randolph St., Chicago. MISCELLANEOUS Je WORD, CASH. NO ADV. LESS THAN 25¢. 9e WORD. CASH. ATTRACTIVE Balu LINE. Figure Total of Words at One Rate Only. Enigmas, Good Luck, 100 aplece. GEORGE, 216 Winston St., Los Angeles, California. NICKELED, “wow”, Trick. SIX TO SEVEN-FOOT MOUNTED TTLE- snakes, Skins, Oil, Deer, Antelope, Elk Heads, high class. CHAS. L. EVANS, Taxidermist, Phoenix, Arizona. jani6 10 10 VALENTINES, WORTH $1.00, iy 35 cents; 100, $2.50. Easy to sell, H. KRAUS, 409 Chestnut St., Milwaukee, Wis MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS AND ACCESSORIES FOR SALE——WANTED TO BUY. & Were. CASH. NO ADV. LESS THAN 25e. Be WORD, CASH. ATTRACTIVE FIRST LINE. ___ Figure Total @ Words at One ) Rate Only. Dulcimers, Chromatic, ‘World’s best. $1 brings one, C. 0. D.; examination. F. M, REHPUSS CO., La Crosse, Wis. janié One Pair Leedy Standard Tym- panis, 25x28, in fiber trunks, fine condition, £165.00. Ship C. O. D., subject examination on receipt of $15.00. T. W. LYNN, Chester, South Carolina, One Wurlitzer Tenor Banjo outfit with resonater, ease, three ‘iInstruc- tion books. three months old, cost $85.00, will sell for $50.00; one Deagan 8'4-octave Marimba- Xylo. with traveling box, cost $285.00, sell for $150.00, only six months old; one Lyon Healy E-fiat Alto and one C-melody Profes- sional Model Satin Finish Saxophones, need new pads and cleaned, $50.00 each, good cases for beth; one Columbus Traveling Plano Case, $7000; one Italian Piano Accordien &% base notes, case, $100.00. CHAS, WORTHAN, Blue Mound, Illinols. Wanted — Good Automatic Piano. One with pipes preferred. Skates, Tent and Small Generator. State truthful con- i ro GROVER SWEARINGEN, Frankfort, ndiana. Wanted — Sousaphone, Bell- front type, silver finish preferred, standard make and a bargain. Address w. BAILEY, Flandre ‘au, South Dakota, jan23 A ‘No. 125 ‘WURLITZER ‘BAND ORGAN, G00D Playing condition, $275.00; 17% pairs Richard fon Steel Roller Skates, $15 000. WICHNER BROS., Winner, South Dakota. jant DFAGAN UNA.FON (3 OCTAVE) *4ND B‘T- tery, or trade for canvas. HARRY WEBB, Winchester, Indiana. HAND-MADE VIOLINS. $150.00 UP, VIOLINS bought and exchanged. Expert repairing ® speciality. A, REITZ, 406 8. Western Ave., Chicago. jan0 ee Y —+ _———— A ——— = — 4 —— es == a—_ F343
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Slaweoiesa ty ft Se: =i January 16, 1926 INSTRUMENTS AND SUPPLIES FOR ind orehe tra New and robullt in- «tt ts, many standard makes, completely ove d and made over in our own shop 0 “ao in stock; here are a few: Freneb Clarinet. t-flat, Albert, in case, $27.50 Cor \lte Saxophone, silver pla ed, gold bell, f All band lition in case, $9000; Buescher Alto Sa late silver-plated model, in fine case, ’ onn C Melody Sax., late mode! silver ved, in case, $95.00; Harwood © Melody condit on, model, silver , e, $85.00; Cornets and Trumpets team $825.00 to $40.00; Trombones, standard £16.50 to $40.00 Send for complete bulletin, free. Our big pew catalog sly; sent to everyone who aske for it today, it's free. Complete line of new instruments, including Saxophones , Banjos, Ludwig Drums and Drummers’ “ties. Deagan Bells and Marimbas, Violins Violin sts’ Supplies, Band and orches'ra » vocal or plano) all published in popu- standard Best service our motto with the Professional House." Everyone coerien ed band and orchestra musicians \ rve traveling musicians all over the CRAWFORD-RUTAN co., Kansas City, Mise vari 8A XOPHONISTS. CLARINETIOSS, CORNET- ‘ Trombonists—Get Free Pointers’’. VIkTUOSO MUSIC SCHOOLS, Buffalo, te ii an PIANO- ACCORDION, 2% OCTAVES, veap. Address WM, AUTON, 517 Kansas City, Missouri. COMPLETE TUXEDO la‘est —set%ess272 ( 1 Av SMALL r sale ¢ Bast 15 th St., TUXEDO COATS, $5; Suits, $15; Derby Hats, $1.00; Policemen ( $4.00; Minstrel Suits, flashy, $5.00; Red Bell Hop Suits, $12; Overcoats, $5.00; Ladies Ey ning Shoes, 6 padr, $3.00; Bi fey Clown Oide & Ends, $5. WALLAC 182i North Halsted, Chicago. — . N DEAGAN, WANTED AND FOR a _ Ls re or write C. W. DUCHEMIN, Washi ngton St., Indianapolis, Ind. et Eust WANTED - — _ UNA- FON. WHAT CONDITION, lowest price. BEN CRAMER, Saginaw, Mich. WURLITZER 146A BAND ORGAN, CRAZY House, PEARSON, Ramsey, Illino's. jan30 | XYLOPHONE, 2', OCTAVE, PRICED RIGHT. MATT RICHTER, Milford, Iowa. 1.800 resus. ORGAN, ‘STYLE 8S. A. ©. $1,200.00; one Expression Piano, A a motor st $1,100.90, price $500.00; two Mot } res, A.C. motors, each $75.00. w STERN “PENNSYLVANIA AMUSEMENT COMPANY, Forbes St., Pittsburgh, Pa. PARTNERS WANTED FOR ACTS (no iuvesT ween) Se WORD, CASH. NO ESS THAM 25¢. 7e WORD. CASH RO RACTIVE FIRST LINE. Figure Total ef Words at One Rate Only. Wanted—Young Lady Partner Who can sing or dance or play. Height not more than 5 feet. Address ALLEN RHODES. Billt ard. _ Chie: ago. Wanted — Female Partner, Hate contract for carnival season. Wrestler. MOLY DELIVUK, Wichita, Kansas ACROBAT, FEMALE “R MALE, NONPRO- Soest nal, for acts. HARRY MORER, Bridge- onnecticut 1012 LADY OR GENTLEMAN — SINGING, TALK- ing act. MILT WILLIAMS, General Delivery, Brooklyn, 1, New York. YOUNG LADY FOR RECOGNIZED VAUDE- ville act Must sing snd talk lines, some experience. JACK WATKER, Hotel Hermitage. Grand Rap! ds, Michigan. PATENTS 6¢ WORD. CASH. NO ADV. LESS THAN 250. 8e WORD, CASH. ATTRACTIVE FIRST LINE. Figure Total ef Words at One Rate Only. PATENTS. TRADE M*RKS, COPYRIGHTS, very reasonable, SANDERS, 8 Rand McNally Building, Chicago, IMinots. jani6 PERSONAL 6e WORD, CASH. NO ADV. LESS THAN 250. Se WORD, CASH. ATTRACTIVE FIRST LINE. Figure Total of Words at One Rate Onty. c. v. McD.—RECEIVED TELEGRAM. GLAD to hear from you. Write me. GOORINNE, 118 Jefferson Ave., Memphis, WANTED - _ ADDRESS OF GREGORY HUNT. Impor'ant. EDW, STONE, care The Billboard, 1560 Broadw ay, New York City. WANTED — ADDRESS OF HARRY HEMING- w Ay or Moe L. Young; impor ant. G. EVANS, 1632 North Racine, C hieago, Ilinots —_—. jant6 RADIO EQUIPMENT WORD, CASH. NO ADV SS THAN 25e. 6 WORD. CasH. ATTRACTIVE FIRST LINE. Figure Total of Words at One Rate Only. FOR QUICK SALE—CROSLEY 2-TUBE RADIO we ne ver, less accessories, ten dollars Cros h be Receiver complete, tube, batteries, ead net, aerial and ground wire, fifteen dol- h with order PETERSON & WIL- Strum, Wisconsin, SCHOOLS LIAMS. 4 WORD, CASH. NO ADV. LFSS THAN 25e. WORD. CASH. ATTRACTIVE FIRST LINE. Figures Total ef Words at One Rate » Only. meoNr. CORRESPONDENCE, 500 do LESSON. M Cooper Ave., Brooklyn, N. P as e g (DUAMATIC. MUSICAL AND DANCING) | The Billboard SALESMEN WANTED 7o WORD, CASH. NO ADV. LESS THAN 25¢. Ge WOND, CASH ATTRACTIVE FIRST LINE. __ Fewre Total of Words at One Rate Only, CHINESE JAIL AND SPEAR BOX, COMBINED; Levita‘ion and Sprit Cabinet, combined; Tux- edo Suit, 36; Grey Uniform, 36: Se “rpe “ntine Dress, cheap. HERBERT DeGREAT, Se.igman, Missouri, Newest Invention—Sells Every office, home, store. Automatically coils tele- phone and iron cord Abolishes snarls - kinks. Great time and temper saver daily. Samples for test. if desired. NEVER. KNOT, Dept. 1-8, McClurg Bldg., Chicago. jan3o AVOID AUTO ACCIDENTS—SALESMEN, 25c ar icle eliminates automobile accidents. 400% profits Sample free KLEAR-VU CO.. 62 tuder Bldg., St. Louls, Mis-ouri. janl6x FIVE MILLION PROSPECTS—THE KENDALL Envelope Sealer, retails $3.50, seals 50 minute, Big pro fits Exclusive te rritory. Sole manufacturers. KENDALL SEALER CO., Box 64, Jaitre y New Hamy shire LIVE. WIRE § SALESMEN TO JOIN OUR PROS- perous sales force. New spring 1926 lines now ready. Earn $75-$125 from the start, selling the largest and fastest selling tailoring line. Set your own profits on each sale. 300 All-Wool Fabrics, retailing from $22.50 to $45.00. Satisfaction guarantecd. Experience helps, out not necessary—we teach you. Write for complete free sample outfit today. Amb)j- tious men can become district managers. EDWARD E. STRAUSS & CO., INC., 402 S. Market St., Dept. 503, Chicago jan30 WANTED — A SALESMAN TO CARRY OUR line of Toy and Juvenile Cedar Chests as side line. Will pay 10% commission. Write to NUSSBAUM NOVELTY CO., Berne, Indiana. — Brighton Hotel, ELECTRICAL EFFECTS, CLOUDS, WAVES. K pples, Waterfalls, Fire, Flowers. SPOT- LIGHT NEWTON, 244 West lith St., New York. teb13 FOR SALE—CIRCUS SEATS. 75 LENGTHS 10 tier high, 20 Lengths 7 tier high, and all with foot rests. Used one week only; used for reserved sea‘s. Sell all or separate; very reasonable. Address WELSH BROTHERS, 1207 W. Thompson St., Philadelphia. Pa. jan30 FOR SALE—15 K.W. GENERATOR, MOUNTED on 4-wheel rubber-tired trailer, bargain, $350.00. Fordson Rubber-Tired Tractor, good as new, price $500.00. Lot Carnival Equipment cheap. JONES SHOWS, Danville, Ke ntucky. FOR SALE—THREE PORTABLE CAROUSELS, Caterpillar, Miniature Train, Seaplane, Three Electric Motors, Fordson Engine, Electric Candy Floss Machine, Striker, Big Tom; also Carousel and Seaplane for sale, located in good park. Everything in A-1 condition, nearly new. HOWARD RINARD, Everett, Pa. FOR SALE—8x10 AND 10x12 CONCESSION Tents with pin-hinge frames at $30.00 each; and six Fiber Panel Trunks at $5.00 each; Fish Pond, Five French Make Wheels at $12.00 each, and 3 Drum Wheels, $8.00 each. Banners, Base Drum, Steam Table, Stoves, Griddles, Waffle Irons, Hoop and Watch La Blocks, Spindles, Lay Downs, Lo’s of Slum, Peanut Machines, Ball Hood, cheap. STEWART Bethlehem, Pa. MOTION PICTURE TITLES Seven Years Ago and Today to a month they were the popular releases of the day. Yet only a H® many of these films do you remember? Seven years ago almost few of the most ardent fans are likely to have recollection of the following list: After the War, A Lady’s Name, All the World to Nothing, Arizona with Douglas Fairbanks, Branding Broadway w'th William S. Hart, Buchanan's Wife, Captain’s Captain with Alice Joyce, Caught in the Act, The Daicn of Understanding with Bessie Love, The Eagle’s Mate with Mary Pickford, Eye for Eye, Fuss and Feathers, The Goddess of Lost Lake with Louise Glaum, The Heart of Humanity, Hitting the High Spots, Hitting the Trail with Carlyle Blackwell, Infatuaticn with Gaby Deslys, The I'll Say So with George Walsh, Kaiser's Finish. The Lone Net with Madge Evans, Love’s Pay Day, The Man Who Wouldn't Tell with William Desmond, M’Lady of the Beanstalk, The Mystery Girl with Ethel Clayton. The Narrow Path with Fanny Ward, The Perfect Lady with Madee Ken- redy, The Road Thru the Dark with Clara Kimball Young, Set Fiee, The Sjzuaw Man, The Strange Woman, String Beans with Charles Ray, Sy!via on a Spree with Emmy Whei'in, Testing of Mildred Vane, Three X Gordon with J. Warren Kerrigan, Tonques of Flame, Too Fat to Fight with Frank McIntyre, Too Many Millions with W allace Re'd, Under the Greenwood Tree with Elsie Ferguson, Wanted for Murder, The Wildcat of Paris, Wild Honey, the Zero Hour. This list indicates the type of title that was used for pictures seven years ago. lowing names: In contrast, current and forthcoming releases bear the fol- Scandal Street, The Substitute Wife, The Unnamed Woman, Camille of the Barbary Coast, The Adventurous Sex, His Buddy’s Wife, The Midnight Girl, The Unwritten Law, When Husbands F irt, One Glori- ous Night, The Human Tornado, If Marriage Fails, The Lady Who Lied, The Pace That Thills, Why Women Love, Erchange of Wives, Scandal Proof, Love’s Gamble, Pearl of Love, Unrestrained Youth, Shattered L'res, The Part-Time Wife, Trouble With Wives, Was It Bigamy’?. The Masked Bride. Night Life of New York. Stop Flirting, For Another Woman The Price of Pleasure, The Wife Who Wasn’t Wanted, The Virtue’s Revolt, Compromise, Enticement and Kiss Me Again, Have the titles of the films shown any advance in this time? thing the present year has done—“Passion” One and “Passionate” appear to be out as far as the titles are concernen, Nor have we had any successor to Flaming Youth. ON MILES, in Minneapolis Journal. Ce —___________________________ ~ SCENERY AND BANNERS WORD, CASH. NO ADV. LESS THAN 25c. +4 WORD. CASH. ATTRACTIVE FIRST LINE. Figure Total al Werds at One Rate Only. ARTISTIC MODERN SCENERY, DYE DROPS. Ranners at creatly reduced prices if you order now. Send dimensions for _ prices and catalogues. ENKEBOLL SCENIC CO., —. an3 Nebraska. 2ND-HAND SHOW PROPERTY FOR SALE ASH. NO ADV. LESS THAN 25c. $ Wono: eth ATTRACTIVE FIRST LINE. Figure Total ef Words at One Rate Only. FOR SALE—4 K. W., 110-VOLT gy agg Lighting Plant, in A condition, $325.00; Power 6 Road Mach ine, $100.00; 1 35x75 Tent, used one season, Cc J. PEABODY, Stephensville, Florida. PUNCH AND VENTRILOQUIST FIGURES, Magic; Sterling Silver Professional Punch Whistles, $1. PINXY, 3 Liberty, Charleston, South Carolina. TWO MILBURN LIGHTS, 60x90 TENT. SIDE- wall, 45 Canvas Benches, Baggage Harness, Typewriter. K. COUCHMAN, Ilion, New York. WAGON AND TRUCK a'so Dogs, Pon'es, Winchester, Indiana, SHOW, COMPLETE; Monkeys. HARRY WEBB, Nickel-Plated Tables, Jucgling Clubs, Knives, Trapeze. TED BURES, Gen. Del., Des Moines, Iowa. Parker’s Three-Abreast Carry- Us-All. No. 5 El) Wheel, white seats, model 24, with power unit; Merry-Go-Round, | has forty horses, one chariot, crestings, three feet; aweep lights, brass rods, good inside scenery new Duplex Organ. Rides are in A-No. one condition. Two Steel-Frame Box Wagons, eight by bwonty pol one Steel-Frame Flat Wagon, geo Ar ored near Colorado Springs, Col FRANK BURKE Box 1408, Stroud, Oklahoma TENT SHOWMEN. NOTICE — WRITE FOR eirenular on Rest Two-Peomle Seat Built". Can hand'e few wore orders, JONES MFG, CO., Danville, Kentucky, CONCESSION TENTS BALL GAME, ILLV- sions, Magic, Koyal Picture Machine, cheap. RHEA, East Bernstadt, Kentucky. $250 BALLY MUSIC OUTFIT. MAGNAVOX, 3 step, tubes, etc., $100.00; Induction Mind Reading Outfit, $20.00; Key Check Outfit with stock to take in $100.00, $12.50. Magic Ontfir, $15.00: Suspension Illusion, ' $25.00; 100-foot Show Front with banners, 90-foot Animal Front with banners, $150.00 5-tube Radio, $25.00; 4-wheel Tra‘'er Chassis, $25.00; Human Fish Tank, $20. FRANK LAMB, 829 Michigan Ave., Detroit, Michigan. FOR SALE—CONDERMAN FERRIS WHEEL, complete, good cond'tion, bargain, $500.00, JONES SHOWS, Danville, Kentucky. 8x8 KHAKI CONCESSION TENT, AWNING, Counter, Curtain, wed two weeks, $30. Khoét Concession Tent, 8x13 wall, 10-foot Awning, Counter, Curta n. pin hinges, red wood frame, lights, wiring, wheel, used one season, $60 takes all. Ball Hood, khaki, used 8 weeks, $15; Box Slum, new, for country store, oe $50; take $15. Deposit, balance C. 0. D. J. HOLZAPFEL, 4908 Frankiin Ave., Cleveland, ry 59 SONGS FOR SALE 5e WORD. CASH. NO ADV. LESS THAN 25c. 7e WORD, CASH. ATTRACTIVE FIRST LINE. Figure Total of Words at One Rate Only... Music Lovers, Attention! ‘‘The Love You First Gave Me’’, a beautiful sone of the better class; ““Melody Waltz’, a pret: waltz for piano, not difficult. l5e a copy one copy of each for 25c, postpaid. WILLIA» STERN, Publisher, 6331 S. Ada St., Chiezas Illinois. janze TATTOOING SUPPLIES . Machines, cy F NO ADV. LESS AN ATTRACTIVE FIRST LINE. Figure Total of Words at One Rate Only. PAIR BEST TATTOOING MACHINES, FOUR tubes, $5.00. WAGNER, 208 Bowery, New York. jan30 1926 PRICE LIST FREE—MACHINES, $2.50; 20 Sheets, 18x: 24, $5.00: 10 Sheets, $3 00. Complete outfits. “WATERS”, Mfr., 1050 Ran- dolph, Detroit. mar27 TENTS FOR SALE 6e WORD, CASH. HAN 250, 8e WORD, CASH. AT TRACTIVE® Piast LINE. Figure Total of -Words at One Rate Only. One Fifty-Foot Dramatic End Tent with two fifty-foot middles, new side wall and a marquee, and proscenium arch, poles, stakes and a 25x15 stage with two sets of flat scenery, and a Columbus Piano, and 45 Canvas Benches in good repair. This tent is good for another season, and will sell for $500.00. CHAS. WORTHAN, Blue Mound, Il. AIRDOME TENT, $100.00. GUY HALLOCK, Duluth, Minnesota. jan23 COOK TENT, FIVE- REEL FEATURE AND Machine. ALDERFER, Brady, Texas. FIFTY BY NINETY-FIVE SQUARE-END Dramatic Top, ten-foot sidewall, marquee and proscenium; no poles or s akes. For price, ete., address ess H. B. MARSHALL, Sabula, Iowa. FOR SALI SALE—ONE 60x30, 12-0Z., TOP ONLY; one 24x14, 12-0z. Top, complete for Corn Game, used two weeks. Bargan for cash OC. B. CORNELL, Lake Village, Arkansas. TYPEWRITERS FOR SALE NO ADV. LESS T ATTRACTIVE cuRST hi Ee. Figure Total of Words at One Rate Only. TYPEWRITERS — REMINGTONS, CORONAS, Underwoods, Sm‘ths and Victors. All new. Rankrupt stock, guaranteed. $15 up. RBED- INGTON CO., Scranton, Pennsylvania. THEATRICAL PRINTING 6e WORD, CASH. NO ADV. LESS THAN 250, 8e WORD, CASH. ATTRACTIVE FIRST LINE. Figure Total ef Words at One Rate Only. Curtiss, Continental, Ohio. Letterheads—100 Flashy Ones, any color, only $1.00. CURTISS SHOPRINT. Continental, Obio. janié6 CUTS AND DRAWINGS MADE TO ORDER, $1.00 up. Sample free. CRESSMAN, Wash- ington, New Jersey. febs OUR PRINTING HELPS TO SAVE THE renutet‘on of the word ‘‘Service’. Try us. DISPATCH PRINT, Dassel, Minnesota. jan23 PICTURES MAKE PRINTING POWERFUL. Cut catalog, 10¢. SUPERIOR, 3127 Grand River, Detroit. jan30 TONIGHTERS, COMERS, 3x8. COLORED, 1.000, $1.00; 5,000, $4.00; 10,000, $7.00; 3,000 3-Form 4x9 Bills, $3.75; 200 Hammermill Letterheads, $1.10, prepaid. KING PRINTERS, Warren, Illinois. YOUR INITIALS, 1 OR 2 COLORS, OR ANY cut you may have. printed on 100 Note Paper, $1: 540 Fnvelopes, printed, $2; 1,000, $3. C. W. JAMIESON, 215 8S. Sheridan Road, Waukegan, Illinois. 200 BOND LETTERSHEETS-AND 100 ENVEL- opes, neatly printed with your name and ad- dress, only $100, postpaid. THE L. J. OBER- MAN COMPANY, 144 North Ashland Bivd., Chicago, Illinois. jan23 250 BOND LETTERHEADS, ENVELOPES, $1.00 each: 100 Business Cards, 30; Combination of 100 Letterheads and 100 Envelopes, $1.00. WwW. R. RMAN, 1501 Jackson, Joplin, Missouri. THEATRES FOR SALE 7e WORD, CASH. NO AD ESS THAN 25c. Se WORD, CASH. eORACTIVE FIRST LINE. Figure Total ef Words at One Rate Only. MOVIE SHOW FOR SALE—INCLUDES BRICK Building with two flats above; fully equipped house; 350 seats. Here is a place for man and wife to make money. Everything modern and up-to-date. $7,500 handles it, balance long time. W. H, STEPHENS, Danville, Illinois. WANTED PARTNER (CAPITAL INVESTED) 6e WORD, CASH. NO ADV. LESS THAN 25c. 8e WORD. CASH. ATTRACTIVE FIRST LINE. : Figure Te Total of Words at One Rate Only. WANTED — PARTNER. UNUSUAL OPPOR- tunity for a wide-awake man to fill the place as Sales Manager. Manufacturers of Office, Factory and Household Specialties. “Get promes'tion at once—Now." GENERAL PRO- DUCTS 0O,, Bradford, Obie. Pe ra) 2 me. 3 are ne ead CL Ne a > oe rrr 4 | ; : f ; a ee ——— = a —— = _ — ——E—— a | yh: LU ee ———— | i a a || ] =H ——— ri fT
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60 WANTED — AN AMUSEMENT MANAGER with $5,000 to $10,000, in a grand spectacular carnival of exiraordinary merit and great reputation. More than $200,000 in sight for this winter. An indoor and open-air exhibition Address A, K. CARNIVAL ©CO., Billboard, Cincinnati, Ohio. WANTED TO BUY, LEASE OR RENT Se WORD, CASH. NO ADV. LESS THAN 25¢. 7eo WORD, CASH. ATTRACTIVE FIRST LINE. Figure Total ef Words at One Rate Only. Marionette Figures —Give Full particulars, condition, price. SUMMERS, 10; Pricefield Road, Toronto, Canada. Wanted To Buy—Crank Piano or Hurdy Gurdy. State fullest pentieere condition and lowest price for cash. JAM J. McGUCKIN, 2344 N. Orianna Street, Pie delphia, Pennsylvania. jan30 Wanted at Once—Mills or Jen- nings Mint Venders. Address LEQ MILLIS, 1518 First, Dallas, Texas. mar20 Wanted To Rent Theatre Li- brary. EVA BRITTAIN, 59 Chatham, Pitts- burgh, Pennsylvania. ARCADE MACHINES WANTED—ALL KINDS. Write immediately. LOUIS RABKIN, 926 PB. 180th Street, New York City. janl6 DESIRE CONCESSION FOR SHOOTING GAL. lery in good city park for summer of 1926. Have good gallery, and thoroughly experienced. J. W. BLACK, Route C, Box 644F, Indian- apolis, Indiana. MAGICS WANTED — 813% CHURCH, Lynchburg, Virginia. PENNY ARCADE MACHINES WANTED FOR traveling purpose. State price and do not misrepresent. Address WM. DE MOTT, 1928 ‘x. 13th St., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. janl6 LOCATION WANTED FOR PENNY ARCADE in amusement park. Send details. LOUIS RABKIN, 926 BP. 180th Street, New York hx? anlé SECOND-HAND POOL TABLE AT ONCE — RUSSELL GODWIN, R. 3, Box 11, Dunn, North Carolina. WANTED — JUVENILE RIDES, CHAIR-0O- plane, cash. Don’t misrepresent. FRED’K THORNTON, 61 Riverdale Ave., Buffalo, = sf anis WANT PUNCH AND JUDY FIGURES OR Outfit; examinat on privilege. BELGORAY, Billboard, 1560 Broadway, N2w York City. WANTED TO BUY — TWO WHIRL-O-BALL Bowling Alleys, cheap for cash. Address EDWARD O'LEARY, 106 Rhine Ave., Staple- ton, Staten Island, New York. WANTED—WIRE RIGGING, NICKEL-PLATED and in good condition. State ali first letter. MISS IONE DARCY, General Delivery, Norfolk, Nebraska. The Billboard “AEROPLANE INVENTOR”, COMEDY, 2 reels, $9.00; “‘Spirits Move’, comedy, 2\reels, $9.00. H. A, - GLASS, Olden, Missouri. CLOSING OUT ENTIRE STOCK OF ‘FEA. tures, Westerns, Comedies, Scenic, Interna tional News. Half price, or will exchange for machines or equipment Easy terms to those who buy machine. Bargain lists free. NA- TIONAL EQUIPMENT CO., 409 West Michigan St., Duluth, Minnesota. COMEDIES, WESTERNS, $5 A REEL; NEWS Weeklics, $2.50; 800 feet Movie Film, $3: 5-reel Drama, $10; Uncle Tom's Cabin, $45. RAY, 296 Fifth Ave., New York. CUSTER’S LAST FIGHT SMASHING RECORDS in States already sold will smash records for you in States still open! If you do not grasp this opportunity it will smash records for your competitor! So think and act while oppor- tunity is pounding at your door to double your bank account. WESTERN FEATURE FILMS, 730 S. Wabash Ave., Chicago, Illinois. Your Greatest Opportunity— Buy now. Power's, Simplex, Motiograph Guaranteed Rebuilt Projectors, $50.00, 875.00 $100.00, Easiest payment plan Special pink bulletin explains everything. MONARCH THEATRE SUPPLY CO., Me mphis, Tennessee DeVRY PORTABLE MOVING PICTURE MA- chine, perfect condition, $150.00 H, M SMITH, 1237 Vine Street, Philadelphia, Penn sylvania. janis FOR SALE — MOVING PICTURE OUTFIT, amazing bargain. Write BOX 519, General Post Office, New York. janes MOTION PICTURE MACHINES. FILMS. SUP- plies, Stereopticons, Spot Lights; Power Veriscope, Motiograph, Edison, Zenith Proje« tors. Suit-Case Machines; Theatre, Road Show and Home Machines. Bargain lists) NATIONAL EQUIPMENT CO., 409 West Michigan St., Duluth, Minnesota. “EAST LYNNE’, $50.00; WM. S. HART. “Lone Avenger” $35.00; Neal Hart, ‘God's Gold”, $25.00; “Inside the Lines’’, 6 reels, cood, $15.00; Portable Machine, $50.00; a lot others, $2.00 a reel, real good. LAMB'S ATTRAC- TIONS, Radcliff, Iowa. FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE — “SEVENTH Sin’’, seven reels, $30.00; ‘‘Bast Lynne’’, “Mother’s Love’’, ‘Greater Sinner’, five reelers, $20.00 each; Comedies, $3.00; Dramas, $2.00 per reel. No lists. Write what you want. JONES FILMS, Danville, Kentucky. FOR RENT—UNCLE TOM’S CABIN FILM. Cc. J. MURPHY, Elyria, Ohio. janis HARRY CARY, “THE MARKED MAN", : reels and paper, $50.00; James J. Corbett, reels and paper; ‘“‘Black Sheep’’, 4 reels Sad paper; ‘“‘The Reckoning’, 4 reels and paper; $25.00 each, F, N. LAMB, 829 Michigan, Detroit. “HELL BOUND FOR THE WEST”, HOXIE, LIGHT PLANT, 30 REELS arr POWER'S 6A Picture Machine; sell toget or separate HERBERT DE GREAT, Seligman, Missouri MOVING PICTURE MACHINES, SCREENS Portable Projec'ors, Stereopticons, Spot Lights, Booths, Opera Chairs and everything required for movies MOVIE SUPPLY CO S44 S. Wabash Ave., Chicago, Illinois. jan3o PICTURE MACHINES, $10.00 a ry lists, stamp Everything Bible Slides. F. L. SMITH, Amsterdam, New York $150 MOVIE CAMERA, WITH CASE, $30; New One, $35; New Home Projector, en ; New Motor-Driven Projector and Stereoptt $85; Visible Typewriter, $18. RAY, 206 F th Ave., New York. 500 FOLDING CHAIRS, $1.25; 800 VENEER Opera Chairs, $1.50; 6A Power's, $100; Latest Pathescope and 3 Religions Films, $15 Asbes tos Booth, $75; 3 and 100 other 5 reelers, $13.75 per feaiure. | Simplex bet : t Camera TULSA FILM EXCHANGE, 1223 S. Lewis Pl., | with tripe 125; Go ims, tc foot. A. B Tulsa, Oklaboma. KEMPTON. 11 Winchester St., Boston, Ma*s. XN WHO DIED IN 1925? LIST has been compiled from the obituaries published weekly in The Bill- “Deaths will be published in our List Number dated January 30. Ir inclades the mames of men and women directly connected with the amusement world in all Whenever possible the age, date of death, place of death and occupation of the deceased are given. board, under the heading, its branches who died in that time. ; in the Profession’, during 1925 and PRE-INVENTORY “yay SIX, SEVEN- reel Features, $20.00. List free Officia! War reels, $7.50 per. APOLLO FILM CO., 2s Market Street, Newark, New Jersey. jan3) “PUNCHER AND PUP”, WESTERN, 2 REELS, $5.00; ‘‘Jealousy’’, comedy, 2 reels, $5 others, $1.50. J. J: SUTHERLAND, B: uahaen, Missouri. ROAD SHOWS, WE HAVE THE STUFF FOR you. Write ACME, Box 6, Atlanta, at ~ a. || MOVING PICTURE | FILMS FOR SALE—2D-HAND 7e WORD, CASH. NO ADV. LESS THAN 25c. Se WORD, CASH. ATTRACTIVE FIRST LINE. Figure Total ef Words at One Rate Only. ROAD FEATURES, RAFFLES, 7 REELS, $75. including Posters, Banners, Lobby Frames; Finger of a 5 reels with Banners, Frames, etc., $75.00; Passion Play, 7 reels anid Advertising, $150. APOLLO FILM CO., 286 Market Street, Newark, New Jersey. janl6 Annual Clean-Up Sacrifice Sale—Don’t buy until you have seen our ecrackerjack list. One to seven-reel Westerns, Comedies, Cartoons, Educationals, Special Fea- ture Subjects, Mix, Hart, Hoxie and hundred other stars. $3.00 per reel up. Posters free. MONARCH FILMS, Memphis, Tenn. jan30 From the Manger to the Cross, 6 reels. new laboratory prints, $250.00 Greatest authentic Biblical masterpiece. Order yours today. DIXIE FILM CO., Memphis. Tennessee, jan30 Lecture Films, Slides, Ma- chines, bargains CHARLES WARNER, 24 7th Ave., New York Sacrificing—Westerns, Special Productions. METROPOLITAN FILMS, Al- toona, Pennsylvania. Sample Prints as New. Mix, Hart, Hoxle and others. Advertising free. Features from $3 reel up. Lists. ECONOMY, 814 Corinthian, Philadelphia fehs Cinch These Bargains, Quick—- Each $75.00. Ten Nights in Barroom, Vigi- lantes, Fortune Teller, Silas Marner, Mother Eternal, Phantom Honeymoon, Spiritualism. All 100% road-show money getters. Plenty posters Big list free. MONARCH FILMS, Memphis, Tennessee. jan30 Hell’s Oasis, Texas Ryan, Black Sheep, Ranger and Law, Apache Dancer and hundred other special road-show features at bargain prices. Monte Bank’s Monkey Comedies, Grum Cartoons. Lots posters. Big list. DIXIE Tennessee, CO., Memphis, jan30 “SKY-FIRE”’, NEAL HART, 4 REELS, $18.00; ‘‘Fugi ive’s Life’, Al Jennings, 2 reels, $7.00. F, F. FORREST, Cabool, Missouri. THE BEST OF ALI—‘THE PASSION PLAY". Life of Christ, the five-reel wonder religious masterpiece; “Uncle Tom's Cabin", “Life of Jesse James”, ‘“‘Parish Priest’, “Life of a Cowpuncher’, the great rodeo; “Finger of Justice’ and a large selection of ofher new and used films at big bargain prices. Send for our lists. WESTERN FEATURE FILMS, 730 S. Wabash Ave., Chicago, Mlinotls. WANTED TO BUY M. P. ACCESSORIES—FILMS Se WORD, CASH. WO ADV. LESS THAW 25. 7e WORD. CASH ATTRACTIVE FIRST LINE. Figure Total ef Words at One Rate Oaty WANTED TO BUY—LIFE OF CHRIST OR ont? good Religious Films. BOX 686. Elrris wt fa | ‘ 4 WANTED—MACHINES, “EQUIPMENT. — graph Stand, Film Shi; yping Casrs cash or exchange films. NATIONAL EQuiP. MENT CO., 409 West Michigan St., Dulsth, Minnesota. WANTED TO BUY—1 OR 2-REEL PRISON OR olice Pictures; photos or articles for lobby 0”. prison show. No junk. 8, & G. SHOWS Box 547, Omaha, Nebraska. jan23 WANTED — “OUTLAW’'S REVENGE” AND “The Clod”, from the ol4 Mutual Corpora Sen. Address FELIX PADILLA, 212 Cypress , El Paso, Texas. WE PAY BIGGEST PRICES. FOR ae MOV. ing Picture Machines, Opera ©} ete What have you for «ale? MOVIE SUPPLY Co., 844 8. Wabash Ave., Chicago, Illino'« janan WESTERN AND) OTHER “FEATURES CHEAP for quick sale. Wish to buy advertising on “Tillie’s Punctured Romance” WM. ORR FILM EXCHANGE, 736 South Wabash Ave., Chicago. M. P. ACCESSORIES FOR SALE—NEW wor ASH. NO ADV LESS THAN 25¢. Oe ons. ON. ATTRACTIVE FIRST LINE. Figure Total of Words at One Rate Only. MOVING PICTURE | MACHINES, SCREENS, Opera Chairs, Fireproof Booths, Film Cabi nets and complete Moving Pictnre Outfits Write for catalog. MOVIE SUPPLY CO., 844 S. Wabash Ave., Chicago, Illinois. jan30 Z2ND-HAND M. P. ACCESSOR- IES FOR SALE 7e WORD, CASH. NO ADV. LESS THAN 25¢e. Se WORD, CASH. ATTRACTIVE FIRST LINE. Figure Total ef Words at One Rate Only. Two Power’s Machines, 6-A, 6-B; complete, Motors, Rheostat, Rectifier, 2 Tubes, Rewinders, 50.000 tickets, dozen Reels $500 cash, real bargain. 4th Ave., Huntington, W. Va. TOM MORRIS, 1110 jan30 Theatrical Mutual Association (Continued from page 49) endeavor now hae its national orgraniza- tion, annual banquets and conventions, at which time its pressing and vital prob- lems are brought up for consideration and dis@ussed by the ablest and most representative men of its membership list. It is only natural, therefore that the theatrical profession should fall into line with this American custom, and to- ward this end a dozen enterprising and energetic showfolk met In the parlors of James Timoney, 4th avenue and 1%th street, New York, November 19, 18623 The name adopted at that meeting was the Theatrical Workinemen's Associa- tion, and John A. Thompson was elected president; Charles (Fast Borton) Tyler, secretary, and Ed. Pinrose, vice-president - February 7, 1864, found the meeting at 267 Broadway, where many meetings were held which redounded to the benefit of the workingemen On April 3, 18464, an amendment was offered to the Conastitu tion to change the name of the associa- tion to Mechanical Union, and July 2 1964, they first met under that name and continued as such, meeting recularly at 187 Bowery, where, December 3% i885 they were first known ag the Theatrical Mechanical Association. On July 5, 1919, | Clark & Sist January 16, 1926 the name of the organization was changed to the Theatrical Mutual Association With a motto of “Charity, Benevolence Fidelity”, these discerning showfolks put their shoulders to the wheel, and ere the passing of many years had es tablished lodges in all of the larger cities of the country Scenic Artists (Continued from page 39) director for the Colony Theater on Broad. Way and intends to spend the winter in the Sout! Just before he left New York he completed the decorations of the Long Island home of Ethel Shutta. the Charles ton dance of Loute the 1ljth and Zieofeld Fo. lies fame, for Walter Batchelor, M ss Shutta’s fusband and himself a theatrica! manager, The R. W. Bergman Studios, New York, are now working on the execution of settings for The Sk sscrapers, the jucz ballet for the Metropolitan Opera H as designed by Robert Edmond Jor The ¢ tf Song, next production of t! The ate r Guild, designed by Lee 8 n son The Great God Brown, F O'Netll's new play, designed by Robe t Edmond Jones Willy Pogany has designed the settings for Queen High the musical version of A Pair of Sizes which Sc hwab & Mandel will present on Br adw ay in March. T) scenery will be executed by the Pogany Teichner Studios new York, 0g is npleting the panels for John Ring ’s mansion in Sarascot He expects to leave hortly for the is yr gnate's Florida estate to settle t details on further contracts for the 4 ration of great house Among the r nt w rk of the Pogany- T hne wr | t ad rat ng of ca restaurants r Horn & Hardart Compa of “Automat” fame the de rating of { new Tilyou Theater on Surf avenue at Coney Island, t? KA N. J ’ a? cr Tria " | . tines for the Capitol The iter, oe gs r executed from the are reported. Arthur D. Micko has gone to Fond ¢u Wis to serve as scenic artist yi? re's Garrick Players at t jarrick Theater there Mende ‘lsohn's New York theat: ! supply } announces that ite Ii: f flame-pr fe 1 itine with ¢t) luste , i has beer ncereased a ffers a Assortr t f ) rs t se will send samples and ; : request. Theatrical Notes (Continued from page 47) Rex T? ter at Greeley. Col The Cur ran Theater {s operated by the B Amusement Company y purchased the O rk Theater and a ' > + * northes at . , Lock { and Maple avenues. Webster Groves, Mo. ¢ the Webster Tt Co he st 1 s Amuse at Cc ‘ which Harry } ir ix president. pla for mprovements that wll rke the t iter one of the most attractive In the inty. — The Grand Theater. on Rroadway Lincoln, IIL. was recently threatened by fire when a boller of the heating plant expl led Luck ly the water rus . fror , e emothered the fire in the fire be x be re it lay spirit usual comprehensive manner that a companies each Yuletide arrival Bala ban & Katz and Lubliner & Tring. repr senting the movies, gave of their houses freely for the annual offering Other motion picture houses followed suit in liberal measure Frank A. P. Gazz! offered the Studebaker Theater for a similar purp and eo 414 a lot of other legitimate houses The Chicago Herald and Eram r’'a Christmas Basket Fund received unstinted support, aa did a n ber of other haritable enterprises by practically all of the theaters, both legitimate and movie For the past eight years Manager A 8S. Kolstad, of the Rialto Theater, Hoot River, Ore, has been giving free Chris mas morning shows to the k'ddies of t! ‘ Just before Chr stmas, how ever he wha ippotnted chairman of Ut! entertainment committee of the BR. P. O EK. No. 1507 of w h he lea a member and he decided that if the Elke gave a Christmas morning show at hia theater it would be a Dbiewer and better affals And it was More than 1.300 children ‘rowded into Manager Kolatad’a theatet rning, where the local FE ks furnished them with eandy, nuta and frulte and after the show gave them «a grand feed at the Elke’ Temple The affair was such a grand success that the Elke have decided to make ft an annual affair at Mr. Kolstad’s play- house, Christmas me 2 a _— a —) _ | — a a eS —__) es ——_\— — » rr _ 4.———_— ==in a = | 4
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The Billboard (Van.) Saskatoon artiste are respectfully requested to contribute their dates to this department. reach the Cincinnat! office not later than Saturday morning of each week to insure publication Billboard forwards all 7 Members of the profession are invited, Billboard, and it will be forwarded promptly. ; (Pal) Palace; (Pan) Pantages. to professionals free of to have their mail forwarded in care (Maj) denoves Majestic; ° CHAS. ALTHOFF THE PANTAGES CIRCUIT. When no date is given the week of January 11-16 is to be supplied. of Venice (Pal.) Peorta, ; Ellsworth & Marr (Pan.) Niagara Falls (Fay) Rochester, N. Y Re conte oy ge Chic "AZO. (Amer.) New York 14-16 ive 18.23 “urman & Evans (Keith) Portland, Me. Snyder (Hill St.) Los (Hipp.) New York. teatty Revne (Orph.) Champaign, (Orph.) Oakland, ‘Tacoma, Wash . (Pan.) Port- San Francisco 18-23 bert & Sanderson re vue (Pan) Kaneae City Cambridge 4.00 61 Hufford, Nick (Colonial) Erie, Pa. Hughes Musical Duo (Plaza) Waterloo, Ia. Huling. Ray (Orph.) Winnipeg, Can.; (Orph.) Vancouver 18-23 Hurst & Vogt (Keith) Philadelphia. Hyman, Johnny (State-Lake) Chicago In Bargravia (Maj.) Houston, Tex. In China (Pan.) Indianapolis Internat —"> Six (Pan.) Denver; (World) Omaha 18-23 Irving Midgets (Pan.) San Francisco. Ishikawa Japs. (Pan.) Regina, Can.; (Pan.) Saskatoon 18-20. J Jackson, Joe (Riverside) New York. _ Jackson & Taylor (Pan.) Kansas City. Jacobson, Paul (Grand) Shreveport, La. Jans & Whalen (Keith) Lowell, Mass. Jarrett, Arthur (Hipp.) Cleveland. Jarvis Revue (Pan.) Fort Worth, Tex. Jarvis & Harrison (Pan.) Minneapolis. Jennings & Mack (State) Cleveland Jerome & Gray (Pan.) Fort Worth, Tex Jerry & Baby Grands (Orph.) Oakland, Calif.; (Golden Gate) San Francisco 18-23 Johns, Brooke, Band (Albee) Brooklyn a . Morgan & Rush (Joie) Ft. Smith, Ark. Jordan, Cliff (Pan.) Newark, N ° Joyson, Jeane (Orph.) Omaha; (Hennepin) Minneapolis 18-23. K Kara (Rialto) Chicago. Karle & Rovein (Orph.) Galesburg, TL. Kavanaugh, S. (Keith) Cincinnati Kay Hamlin & K “ (Pal.) Indianapolis. Kean R ee (Orph.) Tulsa, Ok. Keating, s., Co. (Miller) Milwaukee. Keene A Williams (Kedzie) Chicago. Kelcey, Frankie (Pal.) Indianapolis. Kelety, Julia (Amer.) New York 14-16. Keliors, Les (Pan.) San Francisco. Kelly-LaTell Co. (Hill St.) Los Angeles. Kennedy, Elizabeth, Co. (Orph.) New York 14-1 Kennedy, Will J., Co. (Delancey St.) New York 14-16 Kenney, Mason & Scholl (Orph.) Ok. City, Ok. Kelso Bros.’ Review (Indiana) Terre Haute, Ind.; (Orph.) Winnipeg, Can., 18-23. Keno & Green Orph.) Sacramento, Calif.; (Orph.) San Francisco 18-23 Keo, Taki & Yoki (Pal.) Milwaukee; (Riviera) Chicago 18-23. Kerr & Ensign (Orph.) Madison, Wis. Keyhole Kameos (Temple) Birmingham. Kiewennings, Five (Orph.) | Sacramento, Calif.; (Orph.) San Francisco -23. Japs Strand) we is ~~ a & Goman (Faurot! Lima, O Japs. (Maj.) Milwaukee Gus, Melodyland (Yonge St) Toronto. Hubert, Co. (Orph.) Wichita, Kan. und, P., Co. (Keit Indianapolis. Mel (Keith) Portiand, Me tros Maj.) Cedar Rapids, Ia. irol, Co. (Keith) Indianapolis. Japs wy } Decatur, IN. Dolly & Midgets (Pai.) Rockford, M1. Kress, Rose, Four (Ooph.) Denver 16-22. L LaFollette Co. (State) Buffalo. LaPearl, Jack & Rita (Grand) Atlanta La Salle, Bob (Orph.) Quincy, Ul. LaVier, Jack (Orph.) Omaha. LaVine, Al, Entertainers (Pal.) Brookiyn 14-14 Lee, J. & K. (Wysor) Muncie, Ind. Lahr & Mercedes ‘Hipp.) New York. Lamberti Pan.) Vancouver, Can. Landick, Olyn (Pan.) Long Beach, Calif. Lando, Joyce, Co. (Pan.) Edmonton, Can. Lane, Tom (Keith) Lowell, Mass Lane & Harper (Orph.) New Orleans Lamore, Harry (Pan.) Hamilton, Can Larimer & Hudson (Orph.) Sionx City, Ia Larkin & Sexton (Central Sq.) Cambridge, Mass., 14-16; (Frankivrn Park) Boston 18-20; (Colonial) Haverhill 21-23 m, Rubye, Duo (Temple) Birmingham, Ala.; (State) Memphis, Tenn.. 17-23. Lazar & Dale (Strand) Ww ashington. LeClair, John (Delancey St.) New York 14-16. LeFleur & Portia (Orph.) New Orleans. LaMont Trio (Pal.) Rockford, I. LaMonte, Lestra, Jack & Hazel (Pal.) Superior, Wis., 14-16; (Lyric) Duluth, Minn., 17-20. Leland & St. Clair (MajJ.) Little Rock, Ark. Leon & Dawn (Orph.) Galesburg, U1. Leonard & Boyne (Pan.) Indianapolis Lester & Stewart (Crescent) New Orleans Let's Dance (Shea) Toronto Levy, Bert (Keith) Washington. Lewis & Dody ((irand) Atlanta, Ga. Libonati, Je*s (Mai! Bloomington. In -_~ M. E. G., Trio (Grand) Oshkosh, Wis., 4-148 Lindsay, Fred (Pan.) Dallas. Tex Lindsay's, Earl, Revue (Miller) Milwaukee. Ling & Long (Maj) Milwaukee Livingston, Mildred (Grand) Shreveport, La. Lloyd, Arthur (Victoria) New York 14-16 Lloyd & Brice (Maj.) Honston. Tex I I loyd & Christie (Capitol) Wind«eor. Can. ovd Alice (Orph.} Sacramento, Calif.; (Orph.) San Francteco 14-238 ockfords Co. (Keith) P ideiphia ‘hee & Sterling (Keith) Philadelphia orraine, Ove ar (Hill St.) L “ Angeles raine & Howard (Riviera) Chicago own & Mura (Pan) Sacramento, Calif.: 1 I I ' Long Tack Sam (Co. (Hipp) New York _ ‘ ! ! I wry. Ed (Golden Gate) San Francteco ) Daston. O nares, The Kelth) ¢ hue. O a yie & Virginia (Victoria) Greenfield, Maas., 14-16 Lyons, Jimmy (Maj.) Dallas, Tex. Mack, Willard, Co. (Temple) Detroit Mack & Rossiter (Orph) Sioux City, Ia Macon & Hogue Maids, Thr L 1 Rapids, Mich Mak & Redford 0” ) Seattl (Orph) Sacrar 1.99 M ‘ lar’ Oroh ) ¢ met _ 7 ul 5 * ew q "ee . . pals n Mu W. & a. (Ke yt ell Mae Vie ’ Mal) W te § Tex Mar & Strong (Pan.) Pas ade na. Calif New York 14-16. Manning & Hall (Natl) oe — Satie. de> Be ar he + ie RY {ews a —— et... os A Pte ‘ / . a &, +t Janvary 16, 1926 Pe | e - : 4 | A Oe eric se > 0) ; Al «(Awe ih) New York 14-16. a \e — — ——— (GC , r & a Queen (State) Newark, Bw. & a 4 ‘ lia (Pan.) Toledo, O ie J } hs GE) Wy ' | at gin, Oo; ty @ SYA) ee iste , » 2) &F A a » Toyland (Loew) Montreal Jas Ww = : { 1 ets (Crescent) New Orleans. ’ : * Canflelk Keith) Philadelphia - " ee * Denver , Manet 000 ne routes : : sisters (Maj.) Wiehita Falls, Tex must : while on the road : aint 2 | 7 elicitin : | rection LEXANDER PANTAGES n Hros, (World) Omaha; (Pan.) Kansas ¢ os y Evans & Perez (Pan a Toronto. M ’ 7 » ; . 3 ~ 1 & K. (Martini) Galveston, Tex Castleton * Mack ar re mH Fat ee a *rovidence Catalano, enry. Co. (Kedzie) Chicago ’ ino) =6(( Ps pokane. & R -- —s Toews , he stor Caupolican,® Chief (Orph.) Omaha; (Hennepin) peer te . : } ae > "oo Can { & Marcelle (Parle) Washington Minneapolis 18-28 , f Kills o. (Pa % eoria, : t K Pp , ia «18-20 (liway.) Cervo & Moro (Colonial) Erie, Pa Fay. Frank (Orph.) Ox. — Ok ; ‘ a a “s F “hal orto i St insas (Cit Fay kK ry. Co State) Cleveland. s 21-23 Chabot & 7 rton! (Ma a Ag h a 5 tw, ot Maggy I re Pg, : { f (Pan) Sacramento, Calif Chain & Bronson (Grand) ep a lyers, : : Rros. (Orph.) St. I is Chandler, Anna (Pan.) Hamilton, Car ;, a - ‘ ‘3 , - > 3 7 ehe ncere - : erect aes -_ = , sriotte neat toes k i. : et Flag er Rros. & R Pan.) Salt Lake City; a” ; n (Belleview) Niagara Talie, ? . Chartotte @ Her Geag Grand) Oshkos? Wis.. Pan.) Ogden 18-23 Fr » rR ids. Mict l4-1¢ Folle & Leroy Grand) Shreveport, La. — morees) Grané apld ch : — a 7 rs soe he i" ’ ary th) ! " . Chase Chat (Pal) Milwaukee St Louts - ? & I , _ 7 A ny ree ‘ieee 1 , st « 18-23 reythe, s . (Lee Mo >al. : : _— eng 4 eg we, = Cha _ LaTour (Orph.) St. Louls Pal.) Fortunello & Cirillino (Orph.) San Francisco; ' n % rane Shy Ee Orph.) Oakland 18-23 4 ‘ ‘ ty Four (Pal.) New York ‘ ‘ ; ake = —" Foster & Ray (Pan.) Sacramento, Calif ‘i 8 Chinko & Kaufman Orph.) Tulxa, Ob - x . A 7 Fa oe a ud r & y (Pan) Seattle; (Pan) Van- Choos’ Dat and (Orpb.) Sa a. en Ee Ste the’ oe sie , - ' —_™ a woe “a , 7 “ M A t . . ra Fr & Barr on (Geecles Sq ) New York 14-16 i ‘ tevue (Orph.) \ aver, Can Clark 1g hie (Orph Ss met : ‘ Ré ba Be ay i * 4] wh ag Fe — (Orph.) San Francisco 15-23 Frazer & Hammond (Jefferson) Jefferson Cits “ F , daa a. an waubee a ’ eee , ond mS is Freda & Palacs (Pal.) Ft. Wayne, Ind R * ) Philadety _ ’ — ° ° ‘ ~- = . - . Faah : » ! e (Or sa. O8 Clays, Australian (State) Utica, N Y¥ F — 1. on - ee Tacoma, Wash.; (Pan.) 7 7a \ er, Ca Clayton & Clayton (Kedzie) ( rm ’ Friet 2 & Watkins ° of . e is } New York 14-16 Gayton & Lennie (Orph.) Oak nd Calif wel 3 & . i ee ser . , : anc! ' . ; 1870 . o ro ’ a ae Nie —-— doy fo oye Frish, Rector & Toolin (Pal.) Flint, Mich., 14 . ; Ld _ eed Bae om Clifford & Bailey (State) New York ae: (Regent) Kalamazoo 17-20; (S'rand) t 3 Pan} Los Angeles; (Pan.) Clifford, B.. Co. (Sbea) Toront Pac so 1998 —s . go 18 . Cliften, Herbert (Grand) Evansville, Ind. wes - 1 a Se ee y a. Co (Gates) Brooklya 14-16 Ne ee aa Felten & Mech (Fen) Seattle; (fen) Vet ’ . A Wortd Omaha Pas.) Cloverly Girls, Four (Hipp) Cle nd Wis «. Can 1s 5 . . Ha & Briscoe (Pan.) Memphis . , ie ~ Ta TheMaria Tr Pan.) Regina, Can.; (Pan) Sae- ji01) 4) K. (HII St.) Los Angeles Ree) : : a : — ’ kateon 18-0 ™ Hamilton & Hayes (105th St.) Cleveland . ‘ 4 + . Dieg Cal DeSart Pable Louteriile 24-14: (Keith) In- Hammel Sisters & Stross (Orpb.) New York Pre ‘ a - wo York 14.10 Giacapeolie 18-38 14-1¢ ‘ ‘on ie Deslys Sisters (Pan.) Spokane Hampton, Earl (Maj) Ft. Worth, Tex ; a. . = ey va . ; Nee ot We ‘ (Pal) St Paul Haney Revue (Pan.) Mempbis : ne " \ . vi ja 16 Deroe, Frank, ( Orph) ¢ mopaien. I Hardworth & DeMain (Pan.) Vancouver. Can - ¥ > . ‘ vo $a % Iewey & Rogers i mn) Ka es oly iW Dare. ( (Met) Rrookien ‘Ww ) ' — Dias Monkeys (Strand) Washington : Harris & Holley (Orph.) Champaign. Tl. ’ ’ ' cae , " 7 Ditton, Jane (Maio St.) Kaneas City Harriton & Dakin Orph.) Vancouver, Can.: . : .~- ater ‘ IMtving Girte a » New York Ory ) Seattle 18-23 . it ~ ' Donald Sisters (Rett Philade!phia Harrison's, Happy, Cireus (Orph.) New York | ; : . >} Tea mea Wae iPan) Denner, Kitts Oreh )} San Fra eco 14-16 ._ + Doreen Sisters (Main St.) Kaneae City Hartley & Patterson (Colonial) Erie, Pa , . “ny ~ : = ) Tee Angeles Doree * Madam, Operaiog (Pan) 1 ! oO Hartman & Green Temple) Detrott : - t ar) | ent ae. Theor Grave (Pan) Toledo. 0 ee te 4 Ww fret & frac State) New York ‘ - aryle Z . more I* © ? ty Mal) Spring 4 nm, Havels The (Grand) Evansville, Ind ’ $9 ; . : ey - , Drew, Mabel (Temple) Hirmingham - — waindore Lew (Pal) Indianapolis ea ¢ : aid ~~ . : a. _ D t* n . es) Roeffalo Hawthorne & Cook (Maj) Houston. Tex . Fare ; _ Ponhem, Mellie Hipp ) New York i *, Rich (Orph.) Seattle; (Orph.) Sacra , 3 . P » Gretes) | . +58. Dapents The (Orph ) Oakland, Calif; (Golden mento 21-28 vl y More, E Gate) San Franctece 18-23 . Hiaynes, Mary (Riverside) New York ss p Vaveage Dabree That ‘ Orph >} Ware Ted.: jteath, Frankie (Keith) Cincinnati . Keith) Lowell, Mase (Olympic) Wichita Palle 21-28 ee H = ANG e Dyer, Hoabert, Co (Maj.) Dabuque, Ia " a Natl) New York 14-1 iH ‘w nf by FE ‘ ‘ . aed ~~ ne ~- ' ; E Hedley lack, 7 (Orph.) Ok Cire. OF ‘1 : : Karty & filatleack (Pan) Denver (World) Hennings, J. & W. (Capitol) Windsor. Can ' ard: Hineten. Tee Tiatine 14.99 f'rnahea 18.29 Henry & Moore (State-Lake) Chicago M . . ’ ¢. Rast & Domke (Temple) Detroit Herbert, H., Co. (Keith) Cincinnati * Rend Tran) fe Ihivg ‘ f ‘ ® ’ 't P long Reach 1828 Faves, Mary (Ket Syracuse Y — The yt m) Brooklyn 14.146 Ryton, | ‘ , b Fhe, Wr Cre r New Or “ key ros (Pai.) Chicago; (State-Lake) , ), Co. (Pal) Cieetanati sdmonde Wr t And hign 14.14 Chicenge 18-28 : ; c Pid warts ' ‘ Her nm) Minne Holden, Harry (Pan.) Denver ' : apolle te Lake Chieng 14.08 Hodge & Lowell (Orph.) Boston | ] © Four (Pan) Port Worth, Tes Edwards’, (ue ~t Daye jolden Gate) San Hellman, Harry, Co Martini) Galveston. Tet . (fron } Omaha Vrancte th } Oakland 18-28 Hol'eworth Chock, & Gang (Willard) Wood o ' Long WN h, Calif ’ t' & Latour jolden Oate) San PFrancteco haven, N. ¥.. 14-14 t I tire % Y Biiy ¢ Yonge St) Torrente House, Bill, Co. (Orph) Des M = " ‘ fot) CR Chirag Emereen & [aldo (Pan) Loe Aneeclee: Howard, Harry. ( Crescent) New ™ : { Prank & Fithel i ften ktend Rroctton, (Pan) @e thego 182 Howard Girte (Pan) Niagara Fall« \ y 4 > 1636: (Central Sq ) EE: Bomy's, Carl, Mets (Or } Siouz City, Je. Howard's Animals (Temple) Rochester, \ ¥ ri Iman Sq.) Hoston 21 28 Banos, Jepn & Mary ‘Orph.) Wichita. Kan Hoy Biel Look Heneepin)§ Minneapolis; EE, eee
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The Billboard Sisters & Carelton Bros. pain (Maj.) Dallas, January 16, 1926 Kurenko, Marie: (Carnegle Hall) New York 14; | » . ‘ol Py (Orph.) Grand Forks, N. D., weaver, oot. Marcus & Booth (Pan.) Toronto. Mardo & Wynn (Pan.) Pasadena, Calif. (Grand) Atlanta, Ga. Real, Catherine (Ben Ali) Raumagen. Ky Margo & Beth Co. Marguerite & Gill (Albee) Marie & Pals (Orph.) Wichita, Marjah (Maj.) Cedar Rapids, Ia. Marshall, Lee, Revue (Are. B) New York 14-16. Martin & Martin (Greeley Sq.) New York 14- Reiffenach Sisters . Margaret (Maj.) San Antonio, Tex. . The (105th St.) Cleveland. Texas Four (Pal.) St. Thalero & Gang (Orph.) Des Moines, Ia. Thomas & Hyman (Amer.) New York 14-16, & Squires (Pan.) (Maryland) Baltimore. Renard & West (Pan.) Tacoma, Wash.; . Francis (Grand) Oshkosh, Wis., Reno Sisters & Allen (Pan.) San Diego, Calif.; (Pan.) Long Beach 18-23. The (Main St.) Kansas City. De Luxe (Pan.) Seattle; Martinette & Crow (Orph.) Winnipeg, (Orph.) Vancouver 18-23 (Pan.) Long Beach, Calif.; (Pan.) Pasadena 18-23 Maughn, Dora, Co. Denver; (World) yforena. Alba’ (Orph.) Denver; (St. Louis) St 23 (Miller) Milwaukee. Five (Pan.) Toledo, O. (Maj.) Houston, Te McCarthy & Moore (Pan.) Salt (Pan.) Ogden 18-23. -o. ro re rt . ° Reynolds & Donegan (Orph.) Vancouver, Can.; Le alg —— ee Ta » la Ney, Elley 3 » 7 ral hte. . Riblo & Lacotyne (Pan.) Vanci Toney & Norman (Pal.) Chicago; - Leginska, Ethel: York, Pa., 18; Bvanaville, (Grand) Eau Ind., 20; Montgomery, Ala., 22. Levitzki, Mischa: San Francisco 22. London String Quartet; Oberlin, O., 14 McCormack, John Washington 16; Birming ham, Ala 22. Mero, Yolanda: (Academy) Philadelphia 14. Chicago 17; Boston 23 Miura, Tamaki: (Hotel Roosevelt) New York 15; Pi'tsburgh 10 Berta: (Aeolian Hall) New York 17 Munz, Mieczyslaw: (Carnegie Hall) New York Utah; (Pan.) 18 Murphy, Lambert: Ft. Worth, Tex., 15 ’ (Hotel Roosevelt) New York 15 Paderewski Pittsburgh 15; Cleveland 17 *hilade!p! *h.: Washbingto $ ore (State-Lake) — phie Orch asbington 19; Baltim« Tex Ss Carlo Opera Co.: (Philharmonic) I e (Strand) Washington ag ke a ( onic) Lee Ang (Gates) Brooklyn 14-16. Bobbe & Lenzin (Maj.) Chicago. McGrath & Deeds (St. Louis) St. McGreevey & Keller (Emery) Providence. McIntyres, The (State) Cleveland. McKay & Ardine (Orpk.) Oakland, Calif. McLaughlin & Evans Rich & Adair (Keith) Louisville. Milwaukee Transfield Sisters (7th St.) Minneapolis Tranger, Don, & Syncop 17-23 tes (7th St.) Minne- Rob nson & Pierce (Maj.) Bloomington, New York 14-16. les 18-Feb. ‘ Seidel, Toscha: Denver, Col., 2 Sousa & His Band: Oakland, Cal, 14; San Rapids, 18, ““Prancisco 15-17; Medford, Ore., 20, Spalding, Albert: Pittsburgh 19; New York 20 Szigeti, Joseph: Cincinnati ¢ 3 (Keith) Portland, Me Th baud, Jacques: Omaha 19. & Newman (Orph.) Oakland, Calif.; (Orpbh.) Los Angeles 18-23. Meehan’s Dogs (Hipp.) New York. Meet the Prince (Maj.) Milwaukee. . Co. (Temple) Detroit. The (Orph.) Boston. (Orph.) Seattle; (Miller) Milwaukee. Van der Veer, Nevada: (Carnegle Hall) New York 22 Whiteman, Paul, & His Orch: Greenville, 8 Van, Cello & Mary (Keith) Portland, Me. C., 13; Atlanta, Ga., 14; Montgomery, Ala Mehlinger & Williams “& Mary (Victoria) New York (Grand) Oshkosh (Keith) Cincinnati Venetian Masqueraders (Riviera) 4 Nick & Gladys (Orph Melville & Rule (Columbia) Davenport, (State-Lake) Chicago. 15; New Orleans, La., 16-17; Lake Charle« 18; Houston, Tex., 19; Bryan 20; Dallas 21; Chicage Denton 22, Des Moines, Ia. Meredi' h & Snoozer (Maj.) Ft. Worth, Tex. . (Willard) Woodhaven, The (Orph.) Seattle; Versatile Trio (Pan.) Long Beac Volga Singers (Shea) Buffalo (Orph.) San Francisco 18-23, wn Cat DRAMATIC AND MUSICAL Abie’s Irish Rose: Muskegon, Mich., 10-14; 03 (Pal.) Cincinnati. Lansing 17-2 » The (Orph.) Denver; (Pan.) Minneapolis. } c (Orph.) San Francisco; Middleton & Spellmeyer (Pan.) Portland, Ore. Aloma of the South Se-s: (Walnut S*.) Phila deiphia 11 7 Wahletka, Princess (Maj.) San Anton‘o, Tex Applesauce { (Mlymouth) Boston 11-16 Wakefield, Willa Holt (Greeley Sq.) New York An v sauce: Topeka, Kan., ee; Mngtiatine 14 (Princess) Montreal. Miller; Eunice (Maj.) Little Rock, Ark. Miller & Mack (Princess) Montreal. .Miller’s Elephants ~~ Brooklyn. Monroe & Grant Milwaukee 18-23. Montana (Pan.} Hamilton, Can. & Band (Golden Gate) San Fran- (Orph.) Oakland 18-23. ° (Fulton) Brooklyn 14-16. Moore & Freed & Marjory (Orph.) Seattle; omer ” (State- me Chicago. Walmsley & Keating (7th St.) Woodhaven, N (Strand) Washington. New York 14-16. Roye, Ruth (Orph.) San Francisco. i (ith St.) Minneapolis. Rubeville Village Follies (Loew) London, Can., Walsh & Clark (Gates) Brooklyn 14-16 Milwaukee 18-23. (State) Newark, N. Russell & Hayes (Maj.) Milwankee. Grace (Pal.) New York. Rutledge & Lockwood (Orph.) Madison, Wis. Moore, Gene & Myrtle (Ave. B) New York 14-16. Moran & Wiser (Hipp.) New York. Salina’s Circus (Pan.) Long Beach, Calif. meordia 15; Junction City Julla, in Saint Joan: (Empire) Saska 3 Regina 14-16; Moos 20; Medicine Hat Minneapolis Y . : p 3 ~hicago; (Pal.) Artists A€ Models: Columbia 8. os 13 Charleston 14; Jacksonv lle, Fla., 15-16; Day J tona 18; W. Palm Beach 19-20; Miami 21-23 , & Boys (Pal.) Milwaukee Blossom Time: Baton Rouge, La., 15-16 Blossom Time: (Lafayette) Detroit 10-14 (Royal Alexandra) Toronto 18-23 ita “Fails Tex. Blossom Time: Aberdeen, 8. D., 138; Water- ’ klyn town 14; Sioux Falls 15-16. catenos. oy Earl, Vanities: (Poli) Washington Samoians, Royal (Hipp.) New York. (Rialto) Chicago Morell & Elynor (Orpb.)_ Hannibal, Mo., 14-16; {‘Bemaie) Recheoter, Sacramento, Calif.; Close Quarters: (Natl.) Washington 11-14. —— Alton, Ill., a & Sylvas (Willard) Woodhaven, med I Baldwin ( — i Watts & Hawley (Orph ) San Francisco Philadelphi Santley, Zelda (State) New York. S d nel Chicago. Weadick & LaDue (Pan.) Pasadena, (Blvd.) New York 14-16. Huntington 21-23. (Pan.) Fort Worth, Tex. i Cohan, George M., in American Born: (Broad) phia 11-23 Fairmont, W. Daughter of Rosie O'Grady, with Rooney & Charleston 18-20; Bent: (Rialto) St. Louis 10-16; (Shubert) Cincinnati 17-23 Indianapolis. Desire Under the Elms: (English) _nenanapel is Murdock & Kennedy Sisters (Natl.) Louisville. Wedding Ring (Grand) Atlanta, Murphy, Senator (Pal.) Cleveland. y . Jimmy (Davis) Pittsburgh. Ga 11-16; (Garrick) Milwaukee 18-2 New York; (Bush- Desire Under the Elms: he Pa.. 13: wick) Brooklyn 18-23. Murray & Maddox (Pan.) Indianapolis. (Emery) Providence. Murray & Garrish (Orph.) Champaign, Murray & Allen os Scheftel’s Revue (Pan.) Salt Lake City; Reading 14; Allentown 15-16; (Shubert) Newark, N. J., 18-23 éVictoria) New York Dumbells, The, in Lucky Seven: Fort William. bh.) “ry eee 4 S hreck, George, Co. ( .) Ft. Worth, Tex. ; ade es 4 Maj.) F . Tex Wells, Virginia & West West & Van Siclen (Pal.) Cine West & McGinty (Golde ” 18-28. Myrtil, Odette (Maryland) Baltimore. 20. (Main St.) Kansas City. The (Golden Gate) San Francisco; (Hill St.) Los Angeles 18-23. Nash & O'Donnell (Maj.) Little Rock, Ark. Nathane & Sully (Orph.) St. is. y. Westerho d's Ship (Pan.) Tacoma, Selbini & Albert Servany Twins & Band (State-Lake) Chicago 5. On*., Can., 13-15. Wells & Brady (Orph.) New Orleans. Gorilla, The: Baltimore 11-16; .(Maj.) Brook- (Temple) Detroit. lyn 18-23 cinnati Gorilla, The: (Chicago Co.): Sap Francisco 11- San Francisco; 23 Gor lla, The: Lansing, Mich., 18-14; Bay Cite ) Toronto 5-16; (Powers) Grand Rapids 17-20; Battle Wash Creek 21; Saginaw 22 Panl Greenwich Village Follies (Southern): Tampa. New York Fia., 14; St. Angustine 15; Savannah, Ga.. A., Co. (Pal.) Indianapolis. Nelson, Eddie (Orph.) Denver. Nelsons, Juggling (Orph.) Oakland, Calif Seymour & Cunard (Pan.) Toron’o. Seymour & Jeanette (Orph.) Kansas City Wheeler & Francis Ark., 14-16; 16; Atlanta 18-23, Greenwi bh Village Follies: (Davidson) Mil- San Diego. Calif.; watkee 10-16 Nereida (Pan.) Spokane. s, The (Orph.) Winnipeg, Can; (Orph.) Long Beach 18-23. Vancouver 18-23. Harem, The: New Derroit) Detroit 11-16. ce) Chicazo. Hello Dixts (State) Akron, O., 11-16 (Pan.) Portland, Ore n's, Harry, Band (Pan.) Hamilton, New (Keith) Dayton, 0. (Pal.) New York. Niles & Mansfield (Amer.) New York 14-16. Nixon & Sans (Pal.) Cleveland. Norton, Ruby & Senna (State) Norton & Brower (Keith) Philadelphia (Emery) Providence. Sheldon & Dailey San Francisco 18-23 Sherman-DeForest (Pan.) San Francisco. Novelle Bros. (Capitol) Windsor, Can. ‘ ; (State) Seattle 20-23. Winchester & Rose O'Donnell & Blair (Temple) Rochester, Winters & Howland (Nat!.) Lonisville. Orren & Drew (State) Cleveland. Skelly & Heit Revue (State-Lake) Chicago Binghamton 21-23. Wright Dancers (Indiana) Terre Haute, Ind. coma, Wash. 18: (7th St.) Minneapolis. Padula, M., Co. (Shea) Toronto. ; gs (Grand) Shreveport, La. Palmer, Gaston (Orph.) Oakland, Calif. . Four (Pan.) Kansas City. (Yonge St.) Toronto Mira Yip Yaphankers veland. (Keith) Cincinnati (Mai.) Milwaukee (Loew) London, Can., 14-16. Music I “(Or ph ) San Francis co — Zelayay(Maj.) Pt. Worth, Vv -23. " & Panta be eer "Calif: (Golden Gate) San Francisco. . Five } AN New Orleans; Y te . in the Judge's Husband: (Lyric) Grand Rapids. 11-16, ialto) Chicago one: (Detroit O. H.) Detroit 11-16 ?: (Powers) Grand Rapids, Mich, 10 Madiegs Wis. n i7; Kalamazoo 18: Fiint 1% aumento, ~ Calif.; Ft. Wayne, Ind., 21-23 Providence, RB. 1., 11-16; New uver, Can. ! n., 18-23 suffalo a Taxi: (Shubert) Cincinnati 11-16 York Evening: (Maj.) Buffalo 11-16; rand Rapids (Lyceum) Rochester 18-23. (Pal.) Cincinnati Love City: (Belasco) Washington 11-16 M nneapolis. Maiden Voyage: (Chestnut St.) Philadelphia New Orleans 11.18 ‘ Antonio, Tex. Mann, Louis. in Give & Take: (New Park) New York 14-16 toston 11-16 Mantel’, Robert B.: Portland, Ore., 14-16; Ta- Seattle 19-23 Martin-Flarvey. Sir Jobn: (Royal Alexandra) Toronto 11-16. cle, The: (New Coliseum) 8t. Louis, until Jan. 20 Angeles, Mitzi, in Naughty Riquette: (Shubert) Phila- Bal! imore delphia 11-16 ‘ ox Revue: (Shubert) Kansas City 10-16 (Grand) Cincinnati 18-23 New isrooms, with Frank Craven: (Grand) sa ‘* Cincinnati 10-16 : Pi tsfield, Mass., No, No. Nanette: (Tremont) Boston 11-16 18-20; (125th Not So Fast: Ottumwa, Ia., 14; Cameron, Mo. 18: Dodge City. Kan., 21 Originals, in Thumbs Up, HH. P. Campbell CONCERT AND OPERA —jir'4y 2: rising Wn gt arherges 8 Piccadilly Four (Met.) 19; Welland 20; Brantford 21; Galt 22; Sim coe 23 Richards: (Steinway Otto, Boh, Muse. Com. Stock Co.; (lefferson) New York 14-16 Pierson, Newport & Pierson 8° auley & ‘onan (Ware) Beverly. Maase., trallowsky, Alexander: on Pounxeutawney, Pa., 11-16; (Ritz) Indiana 18 23 Milwaukee 15 Patton, W. B., in The Shepherd of the IJlill« (His Majesty's) Montreal, Gaskell & Smith maers.: Manafield, O., 11-16 P Nard & Hillier : Bennett & Fletcher (Maj.) San Antonio, Polls. & Oz (Ave. B) New York 14-16 (la Salle) Detroit Poor Nut, The: (Hollla) Boeton 11-16 Rainbow Rose; (Court 8q.) Springfield, Mass, 14.18 14. Rose-Marie: (Victory) Dayton, 0., 11-16 14: Chicago 17. Sally: Miami, Fla., 14-16; ae Ne 23 Lancaster, Ta 1k Seventh Heaven Canton, 18; (Park) Striker & Fuller Stuart & Lash (Orph.) Des Moines ce on ‘& Watson (Keith) Portiand, Me. 19; Vitteburgh Youngstown 14-16; (Garrie e) bestade Iphia 18 on 16 Seventh Heaven: (Nixon) Pitteburgh 11.1% Cincinnaty 16, Show-Off, The (Garrick) Philadelphia 11-16 Hall) Boston 18; Shuffle Along, Leon Long, bus. mgr.: Augusta (Orph.) Quincy, Ill. ‘State-Lake) Chicago; (Empress) Decatur, (Hipp.) Cleveland i i Rainbow & Mohawk (S : . (Keith) Columbus, O. Ray & Harrison (Keith) Lowell, ymond & Hoyce (Temple) Birmingham. pawts 4 Van Kaufman pow (Pal.) Cincinnati. Slane oor {Fea.) Tacoma, Wash.; New Orleans 14 ton, a ‘how f 'Gattioos Jones, Elsie Elliott, (O'Connor Bieters, 7th St.) Minneapolis. St. Joseph, Mo., 17-20. Cia 11.15; Columbia, 8. C., 16; Chariotte 14; Detroit N. ©., 18-20; Greensboro 21-28 Shuffiin’ Sam From Alabam'’, Gardner & Bar mei (Regent) Baltimore 11-106; (La 17 fayette) New York 18-28 as Bkinner, Otte, In Captata Fury: (Teck) Buf falo 11-10; (Lafayette) Detroit 18-28 Washington Sky High, with Willie Howard: (Wilbur) Bos ton 11-16 Lonlaville 13; Chicago 17. Bothern, E HL, tm Accused: (Shubert) New Buffalo 18; Cleveland 19. Haven, Conn., 11-16; Providence, RB. 1., 16-23. Gyrell & Kenny (Fulton) Brooklyn 14-16. Marcus Tex - = Taflanoff & Co. . 14-16; (Grand) Fargo 18-20; : - Claire, Wis., 21-23. s Reeves, Ada (Keith) Washington Papen + mag > : Klyn MEE (Davis) Pi tsburgh. a el oe ; Kan. Reilly, Mary (Orph.) New Orleans _ — - PO (Pan.) | r 1 ee) + 1 Omaha T Tiberio, , Louis ; s vaioell : aa ee eS] : n 14-16 Tracey & Elwood I ‘rado Twins *al.) ’ . Rives & Arnold Pan.) Toledo, O. Trado Twins (Pa . Roberts, Joe (Pan.) Edmon‘on, Can ee : el ae \ ODITSOD 5 ' a Viapal Falls, apolis. eae = 10 Trevette, I. Rx meg Turner Bros, ys . ockos, \ Rockwell tph.) Sacra- Vv \ 4-16 ee " ; Ia. Rogers & Donnelly PC ' 14-16. ) N. Y¥.. . 4 AN ’ ‘ ‘ t Tal > V 9 ' ry - Pa " M¢ q (Orph.) WwW Rosemery (Orph.) \ Sacramer Rosenblatt A Rosita (Pal t ] Roy, Conway & E J - | Wa ‘ Ww ‘ t Walzer, Mabe Rul B., Co. (Keith) Dayton, 0 Wanda & Sea ‘ ; Ward & Doolk Ward & Van ‘ Ward, Will . Ward, Erma ' i | a Morton, Georg Murand & Le Loo. tae Dave (Pan) Dodon toh (ron Weider Sisters Kevue | ( » W ta, Kan., 17-19 (Pan) PO aa, s07G, ms ~eseeer~ — 7 ° PE ~ . e Osp Ind 14-16; (Grand) Evansville 18-20; snadowland Whiting & Burt (Ri hacen, Stever « I Rubee. Wilkens & Wilkens oon SS ‘ Willard (Grand) St Williams, Herbert. C Wilson Bros (0 J Orr iB. 3 -—: 4 Sidneys, Royal (Met.) Brookirn —— Cari «& a Silks & Satins (Columbia) Davenport, Ia. Withers Opry (Orph Simpson, Fanny, Co. (Pal.) South Bend, Ind Woolford & Stevens Ortons, Four (Maj.) Harrisburg, Pa., 14-16; ia Wordess, Four (Bivd _ 2 , 19 9H. Ty : TT ue k he: (Keith) g Y a = Pardo, Eddie, Co. (Maj.) San Antonio, Tex. 4 Parks, Grace & Eddie (Temple) Birmingham. § ; Pasquali Bros. (Riviera) Chicago. mm Pease & Nelson (State) New York ee Pelot & Wilson (Lyric) Hoboken, N. J.. 14-16 a Penna " : ‘ = Perry Petct . - Lor Ont Cau 14 Wood a Petleys Grand) “(Pan.) Ogden 18-22. Usonburg 16; St. Catherines 18 “3 Oshkos Wis 1-23 Stafford, Frank, Co. (Grand) St Louis a Phillips. Evelyn (Maj.) Wichita Falls, Tex. Stanelli & Donglas (Pan.) Seattle (Pan.) [eee ¢: ens Brookly Vancouver 18-23 Barrere, George, & Lewis ‘ Pierottvs. Les (State) Buffalo 19 : elena EE \s Steel, Jonn (Hennepin) Minneapolla; (Orph.) Casals, Pablo: Washington 21 : Winnipeg 18-23 Chaliapin, Feodor: Loa Angel i Steele Trio (World) Omaha; (Pan) Kansas Cherniavsky Trio: Indianapolis t Powell, Jack, Sextet (Greeley Sq.) New York 7 1%.92 Cleveland Symphony Orch } 4 14-16 i (Carnegie Hall) New York . | Power's Elephants (Orph.) Seattle; (Orpb.) Ia 22-23 ' ° Sutel ffe ally (Liebics) Bresiau, Germany, Dmitri: (Town Hall) New York [ee ; Feb. 1-28 Draper, Roth: Detroit 14; ' url, Billy. Co (Orph.) St. Dushkin, Samnel (Jordan | | ' | man, Mischa: Rochester, Nv. ¥., [iii Il. Elman, Mischa: Rochester, N. Y 18 ee Gabrilowitach, Ossip: Giannini, Dusolina: Milwaukes Hayes, Roland: Rochester, N Heermann Trio: Cincinnati 21 Hinshaw, Wm. Wade, Opera Co ; Electric) 14. Kochansk!, Pani Kreisier, Frits: , : Te 3 = . = : : art ae fue - og 4 = s
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January 16, 1926 (Biltmore) Los Angeles 11-23 LTRs ~ in a Barroom (Mason Bros with White Sisters: Macon Players: Twin Falls, (Ade iph!) r ilade Iphia 11- (Bway.) Denver 11-1 New ork 11-16; ‘Philaée! phia 19-38. M uscoda 14; Mazomanie the Grab Bag: Columbus, O., 7-23 TABLOIDS Everybor dy & Peck's Bad Boy, (Pal.) Rocky Mount, Hurley's Big Town ot k Knack “Revve: (Masonic) Clifton lie ef Broaéway: Bur rton's a Whiz-Pang Revue: BURLESQUE COLUMBIA CIRCUIT _ (Ganety? Kansas City 11-16: Open week 11.16; Washington 11-16; (Olymple) Cine!nnat) 18 oO (Emptre) Toledo, O., 11- eum) Columbus 18-28. The Billboard uss Puss: Meriden, Conn., 18; (Lyric) Bridge- port 14-16; (Hurtig & Seamon) New York 18-2 Rar'n' To Go: (Columbia) New York 11-16; (Empire) Hrooklyn 18-23 Reynolds, Abe, Rounders Open week 11-16; (Star & Garter) Chicago 18-23 Seven-Eleven (Gayety) Buffalo ety) Rochester 18-23 Silk Stocking Reva York 11-16; 18.23 Btep On It: the 11-16; (Gay- Hurtig & Seamon) New (Hyperion) New Haven, Conn., (Star & ‘rolt Garter) Chicago 11-16;. Show: Clepeva ( Bteppe, 9 ter, N 7 ® Oswego 29; (Colonial) Utica Taik of the Town: (Empire) (Gayety) Buffalo 18-23 Wa'‘son, Sliding Billy: (Hyperion) New Haven, Conn, 11-16; (Casino) Boston 18-23 Williams, Mollie, Show (Empire) 11-16; New London, Conn 18 1%; Meriden 20; (Lyric) Bridgeport 21-23 Wine, Woman and Song: (Orph.) Paterson, N. J., 11-16; (Empire) Newark 18-23 MUTUAL CIRCUIT Rand Box Revue: (Park) (Miles-Royal) Akron, 0. Broadway Belles: (Olympic) (Star) Brooklyn 18-23 Chick Chick: (Garrick) Des Moines, 16; (Gayety) Minneapolis 18-23. Cunn - am and Gang: (Corinthian) Rochester, N . 11-16; (Howard) Borton 18-23 Models: (Gayety) Wilkes-Barre, 11-16; Route No. 1, 18-23 Girly Girls: (Mutual) Kansas City 11-16; rick) Des Moines, Ia., 18-23 Giggles: (Savoy) Atlantic dero) Philadelphia 18-23 Happy Hours: ‘Gayety) (Empress) St. Paul 18-23 Hollywood Scandals: (Garrick) St. 16; (Mutual) Kansas City 18-23 Hey Ho: (Empress) Cincinnatj ety) Louisville 18-23. Hotsy Totey Girls: (Empire) (Empress) Cincinnati 18-23 Hurry Up: (Garden) Buffalo 11-16; Rochester 18-23 (Gayety) 18; Roches- Auburn 19; 21-23. Toronto 11-16; Stamford Erte, 18-23 New Pa 14-16; York 11-16; la., 11- Frene Ms Pa., (Gar- City 11-16; (Troca- 11-16; Louls 11- 11-16; Cleveland 11-16; Minneapolis (Gay- (Corin- n) Springfield, Maes., 11- 14; (Play se) Passaic, N J 18-23 Jazz Time Revue: (Hudson) Union City, N. J., 11-14 Pal.) Trenton 21-28 Jackson's Girl Friends Gayetry) Brooklyn 11- 14 (Hudson) Ur a City. N. J... 18-38 Keating Kut'¢ (Grand) Hamilton, Can., 14- 14; arden) Buffalo 18-23 Kandy Kids (Star) Brooklyn 11-26; (Maj) Jersey City. N. J 18-23 Laffin’ Thrt Reute No. 2, 11-16; (Academy) Pittsburgh 18-23 LaMont. Jack, & His Bunch: (Lyric) Newa-k N. 72 11-16; (Gayety) Scran’on, Pa., 18-23. Moonlight Akron, O., 11- 16 (Ex Make Tt ty. N. J.. li- 16 (Sa Naughtr Boston 11-16; State) § inef! { 23. Night Hawks ‘Cadi ) Detroit 11-16; (Grand) Han on, Car 1-23 Pleas (Fal.) Trenton, N. J., 14-16; (Lyric) Newark, N. J 18-23 Red Hot: \Gaye’y) Baltimore 11-16; (Mutual) Washington 18-23 Round the Town: (Trocadero) Philadelpbia 11. 16; (Gaye'y) Baltimore 18-23. tep Lively Girls: Open week 11-16; (Cadillac) Detroit 18-2 Speedy Steppe Empress) St. Paul 11-16; (Gayety) Mi Seeuhes 18-23 &tep A’ong: (Gayety) Louisville 11-16; (Bway.) tndianapolis 18-23 Speed Girls: (Mutual) Washington 11-16; Route No. 2, 18-23. Stolen Sweets: Route No. 1, 11-16; (Olympic) New York 18-23. Smiles & Kisses: (Playhouse) Passaic, N. 2, (Gayety) Brooklyn 18-28. Babies: (Gayety) Scranton, Pa., 11-16; (Gayety) Wilkes-Barre, Pa.. 18-23. Tempers: (Gayety) Milwaukee 11-16; open week 18-23 Whirl of Girls: (Bway.) Indianapolis 11-16; (Garrick) St. Louis 18-23 Whiz-Bang Babies: (Academy) Pittsburgh 11- 16; Beaver Falls, Pa., 18; (Park) Erie 21-23. ROUTE NO. 1—Allentown, Pa.. Monday: Lebanon, Tuesday; Williamsport, Wednesdar: Basten, Thaureday; Reading, Friday and Satur- ay ROUTE NO caster, Tuesday; Altoona, land, Md., Thursday; Washington, Saturday. 2—York, Pa., Monday: Lan- Wednesday; Cumber- Uniontown, Pa., Friday: Broadway Steppers, Sam Graves, mgr.: Palm Reach, Fla., 14-15; Miami 16-17; Key West 18-19; St. Petersburg 20-21; Tamna 22-238 Field, Al G.: Cumberland, M4.c 18: Hacers- town 14; York, Pa. 15; Sunbury 16; Wilkes- Barre 17-20; Scranton 21-23 Hello Rufus, Leon Leng, mer: McIntosh, Pla 14.16; Micanopy 18-20; Mar‘tin 22-24 Rusco & Hockwald’« Georgia, Wm. Campbell, megr.: Safford, Arinx.. 14; Miami 15-16: Globe 17; Lordsburg, N. M.. 18; Fl Paso, Tex, 19 20; Albuquerque, N. M, 22-78 White's, Lasses, Spacth & Co.. mgrs.: Pirve Biuff, Ark., 18: Hot Springs 14 As Dorads 15; Monree, La 18; Shreveport 18 Tx arkana, Tex., 19; Longview 2); Marshall 21; Alexandria, La., 22; Baton Rouge 23. MISCELLANEOUS Abadella, the Great. Magictan, J. A. McKinney, mer: Calexico, Calif., 14-15; Phoenix, Arts., Alreda Tiypnotite Co. & Zella, Mystery Girl: (Liberty) Shamrock, Tex., 11-16; (Liberty) Frick, Ok, 18-28 rage, Geo M., Show No. 2, Dot Klayton, mer Frrol, N. UL, 11-16; Wilsons Mills, Me, 18-23, Hruce Cirene & Rasaar on Edenton, N_ C., 11.10; Washington 18-2 Clifton Comedy Co C we Schneider, mgr.: Staunton, Ill, 11-16. Craig, Chas. H Magician, Brown Lyceum Bureau, mgrs.: Ithaca, Wis, 13; Deerficld 14; Palmyra 15; Sullivan 16; Marshall 18; Oxfordsville 19; Wyocena 20; Harland 21; Lamartine 22. i Daniel, KB. A., Magician: Shreveport, La., -14, Dante, Magician, Felix Blei, mgr.: St. Augus- tine, Fla., 11-16. ~~ 2. King, Co., Magicians: Wymore, Neb., 1-16 r Finck, Sailor, & Co.: Canton, Ill., 11-14; St. Blind Mahatma, J. W. Crowell, mgr.: Anacortes, Wash., 14-15: Bellincham 16-17; Alger 18; Burlington 19; Sedro Woolley 20-21; Blaine 22-2 Lucy, Thos. Elmor Salina. Kan., 14 Mar-Jah & Joe Ovette, Harlin Talbert, megr.: Perry, Ok., 1-16. Mysterious Smith Co —_— ¥ Smith. mgr.: ! ld Va.. 11-16: Graftor 18-23 Co. & Hawiians, 2 A Wit? ‘ mer Ardmore, Ok., 13-14; Marie*ta ) ) Tex., 18-19; Bonham 20-21. Nn n A’traction, Harlin Talbert, mgr Poureell, Ok., 18-19; Sulphur 29-23. Reno, Great, & Co.: Warren. Ind., 11 18. Thurston, Magician: (Pitt) Pittsburgh 11-16, Turtle, Wm. C., Magician: Detroit 16, REPERTOIRE Anlger Bros.’ Stock Co.: (Armory) Miller, S D.. 11-16; Mitchelle 18-28. ase-Li-ter Co: Ogallala, Neb., 14-16; Lerx- ington 17-23. hieago Stock Co., Chas. H. Rosskam, mer.: (Community) Catskill, N. Y¥., 11-16; (Strat- ton) Middletown 18-23. Pelletier. Mr. & Mrs. Pierre, Co.: Emory 13: Jeff-rson City, Tenn., 15; Wingate 16. BANDS AND ORCHESTRAS ory. Va., 14; Shelby, NW. C., Sp oe s, Harry: Hongkong. China, 21-25 Manil P. 1., 27-28; Java, E . Feb 1-4. Shenandoah Five. Race & YDehard: (Indian River vel) Rockledge Pia 11-16. + ler ‘ Orph ) Galesburg, M., Blooming'on 18-20; ‘Em- press) Fraternal or Week-Stand Circuses Dutton's. James: ville 19-20; Mere Norman, Johan W.: Vie “toria, les 22-28 ? Mich mula, Mich., Tex 11-16; 18-23. CARNIVAL COMPANIES Rarkoot, K. G.: Bigzell Am. Co.: Central States: 18-23. Clark's, Fla... Florida Grar, Bee- (Fair) Wallis Stuart, Palatka, Fla., Tex. 11-18 la., 11-16; (Fair) Vero 18-23. Billie, 11-16 Am Ror Broadway: (Fair) Lakeland, Co.: Lakeland, Fila Freeport, Tex., 11-16 ony J.. Expo: Largo, Fla., 18-28 lie C.: Warrior, Ala., 11-16; Cull- Fia., 11-16. ADDITIONAL ROUTES ON PAGE 95 BARLOW’S BIG CITY SHOWS WANT Ride Foremen, Showmen and Concessions, Open- ing in April. Address Box 16, Granite City, Ill. 11-16. ot-BRot susewell Am. Co.: Fernandina, 1. 1 Wise, David A.: St. Petersburg, Fla., OSCAR V. BABCOCK Performing the largest Sensational Act in the Out. door Amusement World. A Combination “DEATH TRAP LOOP” AND “FLUME ACT”. Address 1224 E. alt... Menmouth, Iliineis. MAD CODY FLEMING SHOWS Booking Shows, Rides and Concessions. 26 Central Avenue, Cincinnati, Obto. McCLELLAN SHOWS Now booking Shows, des and Concessions for me. 1 and 2 shows. p.-—e Coates House, City, Mo. McMAHON SHOWS Now booking Shows. Cookhouse and all Concessions open Experienced Man for Monkey Speedway, ex- perienced Ride Men T. W. McMAHON, Marysville, Kansas. NOW BOOKING SHOWS, Rides and Concessions, to open in Atlanta March 15, ess — W. LA MANCE, 14 Marion Ave., At- . Georgia. MONARCH EXPOSITION SHOWS Now ready to contract Concessions and Ride Hel for 19° MIKE ZIEGLER, 510 W. 170th St., New York, N. Y¥ FRANK J. MURPHY SHOWS re Now booking for Season 1926. Shows and Concessions experienced Ride Help for Merry, Ferris Wheel and Whip. Show opens mear New York in April Address until March 1, 1305 Northeast Second Avenue, Miami, Florida News for Exhibitors (Continued from page 51) pending before the State Legislature at Olympia, Wash. Goldman and Leventhal have taken over the Palace and Majestic theaters on Franklin avenue, St. Louis. Kenneth Renaud, former explottation man for Paramount in Detroit, has as- 63 sumed a position as manager of the Grand Riviera there. The Forbell Film Exchanges, formerly Savoy, of 729 Seventh avenue, New York City, have acquired for distribution the, series of 52 Mutt and Jeff cartoons, to be released at the rate of two a week. Producers’ Distributing Corporation has secured first-run presentations at the Globe Theater, Kansas City. with William and N. J. Flynn. The deal calls for extensive newspaper advertising and change of policy to permit of long runs when necessary. The Big Parade has opened for an indefinite run at the Detroit Opera House at a $2 top. Two shows will be given daily. Charles F. Boyd succeeds A. J. Cary es manager of the Pathe branch in Memphis, Tenn. He was formerly with Associated Exhibitors. The Rialto Theater, Chicago, vaudeville house of Jones, Linnick & Schaefer, is using first-run pictures for the first time in its history. Ernest G. Dodds, of Rochester, N. Y., has been made manager of the Universal and Grand theaters, Auburn, N. /Y., operated by the Shine Circuit. He suc- ceeds G. B. DePauw, who transferred to Newark. Film Shorts The title of Shebo, which Logg pave will make for First National, has changed to Miss Nobody. Tramp, Tramp, Tramp, has been selected as the title for the first feaiure-length comedy Harry Langdon will make for First National. The Black Bird has been picked as the title of Lon Chaney’s latest picture for Metro. The cast includes Owen Moore, tenee Adoree and Doris Lloyd. Monta Bell will direct Charm for Metro- Goldwyn-Mayer. Evelyn Ward, who retired from mo- tion pictures four years ago, will be seen in The Light Eternal, a forthcoming Metro production. Gotham Productions has purchased thru the Ed Sma!l office the motion pic- ture rights to Money To Burn, Reginald Wright Kauffman’s novel. It will be pro duced as a picture early this year. , Lumas Film Corporation will release for January (Laugh Month) a special comecy feature entitled The Speed Limit. Raymond McKee will be featured. George Gerhard, formerly motion pice ture critic of The New York Eventng World, is now in charge of publicity for Warners’ Theater, New York City. The management of the Rivoli Theater, New York City, arranged a theater party for 20 orphaned girls selected by Mrs. Merriam of the Child Study Association on the afternoon of New Year's Day. Thomas J. Crizer, for eight years film editor and one of the production man- agers for the Hal. Roach studios, has joined the scenario forces of the Harold Lloyd Corporation. He has been recently engaged in assisting Larry Semon in the production of several of his pictures. Paul Sloane’s next picture for Cecil B. De Mille will be Eve’s Leaves, which will go into production some time this month with Leatrice Joy in the leading role. Robert Ames will play the lead opposite Pola Negri in her next picture for Para- mount, an original story by Ernest Vajda, the Hungarian playwright, which is as yet untitled. A Social Celebrity will be Adolphe Menjou's next for Paramount. It will be directed by Malcolm St. Clair. Production has been started on The Test of Dona’d Norton, George Walsh's picture for Chadwick Pictures Corpora- tion, The Gypsy Follies is the title of the current John Murray Anderson revue at the Rivoli Theater, New York. This is the third of the series. The Savage will be Ben Lyon’s new picture for First National. Man Alone, a serial story current in The Saturday Evening Post, has been bought for motion picture production by Metropolitan Pictures. It is to be di- rected by George Agnew Chamberlain. The Brooklyn Museum announces that the series of historical pictures entitled Chronicles of America is to be resumed These were planned by the Yale Uni- versity Press under the direction of the members of the departments of history and education of the university The eurrent picture in entitled The Gateway of the West. Harry Carr, a well-known newspaper man, has been named managing editor of production for the Famous Players-Lasky Hollywood studio. Margaret Livingston will be starred by William Fox in her next picture, Hell’s Four Hundred. The film will be directed by John Griffith Wray. It is an adapta- tion of Vaughn Kester’s novel, The Just and the Unjust. Grant Withers, well-known juvenile of the legitimate stage and screen, has been wd by F. B. O. under a_ five-year contract He has been assigned to the juvenile heavy role in Fighting Hearts. Ernst Lubitsch, the director, has been taken seriously ill at his home in Baye erley Hills, Calif., according ta report. Speco sie SOP BS oe ee Pe a REE > A “She 4 4* 7 & q + | + § FA ee } S| = 1 OE ‘ " ‘4 cud re ’ & : oot Prince: (Brown) Lou'sville 11-16. end Prince: (Tulane) New Orleans 10-16 f eal Irince (Brandeis) Omaha 11-16 ‘ Vrinee: (Avin) Pittsburgh 11-16 st Priner (Hanna) Cleveland 11-16 | : t Prince Shubert) Boston 11-16 ear ime: (Maj.) Bos on 11-16 es | \ ; ee ; oe F ‘ mer (Auditorium) Kansas City, a I 10-16; Joplin 17; Springfield 18; Marsh- ; + 19 Lebanon 20; Rolla 21; Cuba 22 +4 " & Eva, with Duncan Sisters: (Forrest) I ‘ iladelphia 116 pe t wy th, as, Go., i ! \ibany 14; Columbus 15-16; Montgomery, F t Ala nO: Selma 21; Hattiesburg, Mis«., Mobile, Ala., 23 . t " vs & a Girl: Kenova, W. Va. 13 ey W ton, O., 14; Spencer, W. Va., 15 ‘ | Athet O, 18; Columbus 19; Holgate 21 ( Ue fom's Cabin, John Huftle, _ New 4 Windsor, Md., 14; Libertytown 14; Fairfield, | vine, Percival, EEG 36. 28: ; I e Wyo, 15 : What’ Price Glory?: Ogden, Utah. 18;. Salt ee ) Late ice Gicdy i: A What I’rce Glory? 16 } White Cargo: Wit P ) nuts Pe a i Walnut St.) i White's, Geor : |g 11-16: (Nixon) Pittsburgh 18-30 b ; Whi'e's, George, Scandals of 10924, Geo. E a a j Wintz, mer Natchez, Miss., 13; Hatties- : hore 14: Jackson 15-16 _—— " ; i! ‘ie, Wis, 13; iil; ae Mil! Wis, 13 15; : Patch Grove 1 11-16; Clevelat 4: ee ae Bast’s, Jack, LaSalle Mus. Com. Co.: (Strand) Charlotte, N. C., 11-16 Broadway Fllegins Co., Lew Beekridge, mrr.: . | Grand) Greensboro, N. C., 11-16; Maj} Dar le Va., 18-23 Casey's Ginger Girls: Vernon, Tex., 11-26; 4, — Memphis 18-23 Garden of Mir'h. Rufus Armstrong, mgr.: ; ' Hipp.) Covington, Ky., 11-16 A Gerard's, Jack, Whirl of Girls: Union, 8. C., ince Statt, fea Garduer, ee | Gorgeous Stuff, Ted Gardner, mgr.: (Strand) : E. Liverpool, O., 11-16 Hello Dixie, Gus Smith, mgr.: (State) Akron, a — a ’ O.. th | . al N. C., 11 - 14 4 £ I t 18-23 (Harmony) Detroit 10-16; (Regent) Jackson 17-23 Hurley's What's Your Hurry?, Ralph Smith, mer (Liberty) Ellwood City, Pa., 11-16; (Grand) Akron, 0., 17-23 Hurley's Smi " — , (Mason) G ee ’ Irving's, I Monessen, | Lewis’, Ross ons a oe Mar‘in’s Lewis Irv ate | burg) Log ersburg 18-2 ™ ) Oh, Daddy 2, Mo., 11-16; (Lans- ders) Spr ji Singer & fe (Orph.) Altoona, A ke ea ; Pa.. 11-16 Song Box Revue, Will Loker, mgr.: (Gordon) Middletown, O., 10-14. 4 There She Goes, Billy Wehble, mgr.: (Orpb.) Durham, N. C., 11-16 Wa ker's Mar hall, Po (Hipp.) LS TE A AS ES SG Parkersburc, W. Va., 11-16; (Strand) E ————— ee oma bee, Ga ee Willlams’, Lew, Chie Chic Revue: (Victoria) a ; ee a x l open w Best Show in Town: SE (Pal.) ED Black & White Revue: (Lyceum) Columbus, | inzing Up. Fathers. (Gayety) Bt, Lowe ee Brit g Up Father: (Gayety) St. Loule 11-14: Gayety) Kansas City 18-23 a a ‘ le (Casino) Brooklyn 18-23 ' — (Van Curler) Schenectady, N. Y.. ie ' Capitol) Albany 14-16; (Gayety) Mon- freal 18-23 M E S Dales I *, Miss Tebasco: (Empire) Rrook- INSTR L ' 11.16; (Orph.) Paterson, N. J., 18-23 I . Varade: Zanesville, O., 18; Canton 14- { mbia) Cleveland 18-28 Pisvers of 1926: (Miner's Bronx) New York (Casino) Philadelphia 18-23, Be ‘ he Day: (Gayety), Montreal 11-16; cnet *'¥) Boston 18-28 Pe ‘ fGayety) Boston 11-16; (Columbia) lork 18-23 re) Toledo 18-28 o— aussnpusTsUTUERAIRSEDASEUEERRSURAINN NEN Hooligan: (Gaye y) aT . , Pittsburgh 18.28 loments: (Pal) Baltimore 11-16; (Gay- shington 18-23 Paristonne (Gayety) Detroit 11-14; TT TT 1" (Canto) ‘Bros eee , (Casino) Brooklyn 11-16; (Miner's é New York 18-28 te) Providence team, Sone SEAS: (Bae FS , lence 18-228 he (Cnaino) Philade Iphta 11-10; Modela & Phemhors a 1 - A Thrill 11-10: _—— A { y Shines: (Colontal) Utlea, N Y.. 14-18; : we Schenectady 18-20; (Capttol) ; " Jett: (Cayety) Pittsburgh 1-14: he. be A. Va. 1k Cambridge, O., 10; Pook.» Mae a Canton 21-28, ete) he (Lyrte) Dayton, ©., 12-18; (Gay Powder ry | 16; (Lye ee
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oy eee ye gv en oe hentng + a “ The Billboard By CHAS. WIRTH (Communications to 25-27 Opera Place, Cincinnati, O.) Robbins Bros.’ Circus Quarters at Granger, Ia., Scene of Activity---Owner Fred Bu- chanan Contracts for Four New 72-Foot Steel Flats Granger, Ia., Jan. 7.—With the advent of the year 1926 winter quarters of the Robbins Bros.’ Circus are beginning to assume an unusual amount of activity. In the paint shop—a brand-new two- story structure put up by Col. Fred Buchanan, the owner—six tableau wag- ons have been painted and redecorated. Colonel Buchanan has contracted for four new 72-foot steel flats from the Mt. Vernon Car and Foundry Company. This is the yearly addition to the show train and will soon transform the complete train into a solid steel one. Ed Brannan, general agent, is now in Chicago and is due to come out to winter quarters in the course of a few weeks. “Whitey” Morris and wife are occupy- ing an apartment in the Hanwood Build- ing in Des Moines. Bert Rickman, eques- trian director, is also ensconced in the same apartment building with his wife. Mrs. Rickman recently was taken ill and was compelled to go thru a major opera- tion at Mercy Hospital. She is improv- ing. John Schiller is. stopping at the Randolph Hotel in Des Moines and makes the trip daily to the circus farm to super- vise the duties assigned to him. George Read, of the advance car, is in Des Moines, having work in one of the thea- ters. George W. Johnson, 24-hour man, is in charge of the harness shop and putting the finishing touches to some new regalia for the herd of 12 elephants. The Robbins Bros.’ Circus, Colonel Buchanan states, will go out stronger in many respects than it did last year. Many new additions are to be made to the performance. Among the new build- ings on the farm is a huge blacksmith shop with a full set of modern equipment for its operation. Each year Colonel Buchanan adds a building or two to his “circus farm”. Last year a large hotel building was constructed where the work- men are fed and lodged. This coming year there is talk of a new and modern ring barn under contemplation. He has 3,000 feet of trackage, on which are lo- cated the cars. Cars, wagons, wardrobe, tents and everything connected with the activity of the circus can now be handled on the farm, which is located 16 miles from Des Moines and 2 miles from the town of Granger. W. T. Buchanan, in charge of press activities, and a brother of Fred, is speneing the winter in Des Moines. C. W. Buchanan, another brother, is enjoy- ing the winter in Chicago with his wife. All three will be with the suow during the coming season. The Jenneys Recover Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Jenney, who were injured in Houston, Tex., the night of November 29 last, when the automobile in which they were riding collided headon with a street car, inform that they are now out of the hospital and will leave for Chicago in the future They feel very kindly toward the Ho: Electric Company for the made and are also appreciative of the treatment received at the hands of the doctors and nurses at the St. Joseph In- firmary, Houston, these services being furnished by the aforementi d com- pany. They wish to thank their many friends, especially those of the Sells- Floto Circus with which they were con- nected, for the cheering messages and flowers sent during their confinement and extend their deepest sympathy to the parents and relatives of George Stevens and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lump- kin, who lost their lives in this accident. x } near future settlement E. G. Smith Again With Orange Bros.’ Circus E. G. Smith will again be agent for the Orange Bros.’ ing his third season with Honest Will Newton. He states that the advance department will be augmented with an- other truck and an additional man. Mr. Smith recently arrived at his home in Atwater, O., from a two weeks’ visit to his old winter quarters (E. G. Smith’s Colossal Shows) in Pennsylvania and had a pleasant trip, renewing old ac- quaintancea, general Circus, mak- Original Nelson Family Re-Engaged With the Ringling-Barnum Circus The Original Nelson Family has been re-engaged with the Ringling-Barnum Circus for the coming season and the en- tire family will be together when the big show opens at the Garden. Three of the Nelson girls are offering a tumbling act during the winter; Oneida is working with her husband, the act be- ing known as the Andressens, playing the Keith-Albee Time, and Theol Nelson is playing the New York Hippodrome for a few weeks. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Nel- son, now at their home in Mt. Clemens, Mich., will take a trip to St. Petersburg, ang to sell 15 acres of land near that city. Agents Invade Chicago Chicago, Jan. 8.—Several of the white- top pilots reached the cty today, among them being Ed L. Brannan, of the Rob- bins Bros.’ Circus; F. J. Frink and C. W. Finney, of the 101 Ranch Show; R. M. Harvey, Sells-Floto Circus; Arthur R. Hopper, John Robinson Circus; Jo- seph C. Donahue, Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus, and Bert Rutherford, Christy Bros.’ Circus. Indemnity Bond Tabled F. J. Frink. traffic manager of the Mi'ler Bros.’ 101 Ranch Wild West and Great Far East Shows, advises The Bill- board that he has been assured that the question of Indemnity Bond for the movement of show trains has been tabled and there is every ind cat on that same will not be considered again. I. A. B. P. & B.,. Local No. 14 Kansas City, Jan. 7.—W. B. Fishback, official press representative of the Bill- posters’ Local No. 14, was a caller at the local office of The Billboard Monday and informed that the item published on page 66 of the January 2d issue of The Bil- board was incomplete in giving results of the recent election held by Local 14. The complete list of officers follows: Frank M. Barnett, president; Frank Campbell, vice-president; O. R. Stevens, treasurer: Charles Coleman, financial secretary; I. C. Hyre, recording vecre- tary; Paul Nichols, business manager; E. A. Gadney, sergeant-at-arms; Frank Walter, guide; J. T. Hyre, member of the executive board; L. Miller, delegate to the Central labor body. The foregoing reproduction was snapped on the lot at Norfolk, Va., when the 101 Ranch Wild West Show exhibited there October 19 last. left to right are shown C. W. Reading from Finney, general agent for the 101 Runch Show; Eddie Arlington, former partner of the Miller Bros.; Col Consolvo, of ihe Monti- cello Hotel, Norfolk, a friend of circus men, and W. F. Jordan, diamond importer of New York and circus fan. Siegrist and Melzers Training at Saginaw, Mich. Saginaw, Mich., Jan. 7.—This city is host to two troupes of headline trapeze artistes, one of them regulars with the Ringling-Barnum Circus and the other well known for their work with various circuses. These troupes—the Six Fly- ing Melzers and the Siegrist aerialists— are working out new stunts and training for the coming season in a large build- ing they have built especially for their work at Collingwood and Webber streets. The Melzers, whose family name is Thomas, have been residents of Saginaw for 20 years. There are now seven mem- bers of the troupe. Mr. and Mrs. Melzer Thomas and their children, Raymond, Buster, Paul, Patrick and Clarence. Charles Siegrist, head of the Siegrist troupe, has been a member of the Ringling Show for nearly 20 years and will be with the big show again this season. Atterbury Buys Baby Camel Dakota City, Neb, Jan. 7.—The Atter- bury Show, quartered here, bought a baby camel last week from W. P. Hall, of Lancaster, Mo., which will be de- livered along with other animals in time for the opening of the 1926 season. Ar- thur Henry. James Connors and Bertha Connors, trapeze and wire artistes, have been engaged for the show. Reynolds in Chicago Chicago, Jan. 7.—Ellery S. Reynolds spent several days here this week. He was on his way to his home in Mayfield, Ky., and after a visit will go to Lake- wood and Tampa, Fia., for the winter. Sarasota, Fla., Side Lights Chas. Kennally, of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Shows, arrived in Sarasota December 28 and is occupying the old Ringling Brothers offices in the Bank of Sarasota Building. He expects to remain here until the big show opens in the new Madison Square Garden in the spring. Al. F. Wheeler’s office in the Chamber of Commerce is just now a busy spot, working out the various details of the coming Sarasota County Fair, which, it is expected, will this year be the second largest fair in Florida Sarasota is probably the only city of its size in the world that can boost of two big concert bands, Merle Evans’ Concert Pand and the Czecho-Slovakia Band. toth give daily concerts in the big band shell at Mira Mar Park. Chas. W. Martin and several associates have organized a company known as the Sarasota Advertising Company and al- ready have several large contracts in- cluding the distribution of all the small advertising matter for the Sarasota Fair. G. E. Kohn Recovers -_—_— Chicago, Jan. 7.—G. E. Kohn, secretary of the United States Tent and Awning Company, is back at his desk again after a severe illness caused by an infection on his lower lip. He was laid up for a month, Dixie Engle Signs With Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus Dixie Engle writes that he will not be with the Sparks Circus this season, but with the Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus as contractor. January 16, 1926 George W. Christy Returns to Beaumont, Tex., Quarters—Work Started on New Cages and Dens— Free Zoo Opened Beaumont, Tex., Jan. 6.—With the re. turn from New York and Chicago of George Washington Christy, active work has been commenced on the new cages and dens at the Crockett street quarters, says Fletcher Smith. Superintendent Tom Tucker did not waste any time during the absence of the boss, and with the assistance of Dike Ellis and a force of woodworkers put the old cages and dens thru the shop in quick time. Fight wagons are now ready to be moved to the painting and decorating department at the fairgrounds, located in the main exhibition building, with concrete floor and plenty of light and heat. While in New York Mr. Christy purchased an en- tire new scenic investment. for th: “spec.” and new wardrobe for the parade The “spec.” wardrobe was made espe- cially for the show by a New York cos- tume house from original designs and represents an expenditure of many thou- sands. It is the idea the coming season to make the “spec.” the outstanding fea- ture of the performance. A change will be made in the arrangements of the seats and locating the scenery In the rear end of the bie top, giving both sides of the tent now for the reserves. The blues will be located in the front end and if neces- sary two sections will be thrown open at the lower end, the seats being placed behind the maskings, which can be re- moved immediately after the The free zoo at the fairgrounds, lo- cated in the agricultural building, was opened for the first time two Sundays ago. and it is estimated that more than 3.000 people viewed the animals during new “spec.” the day There are 40 stalls or cares running the long way of the building filled with the animals of both the Christy and Lee Bros.’ shows. On Sun- day also the elephants and the camels ar@ brought up from the old quarters. Allan Ring, of the Lee show, and Jolin Hoffman, of the Christy show, are in charge. There is also in the bullding a large steel arena in which new acts will be broken this winter. A feature at the free zoo is that of t! two baby camels of the Christy Bros’ Shows. Mary. one of the mothers, re- fused to nurse her offspring, and it being brought up on cow’s milk, a milch cow having been purchased, and the littl fellow is fast gaining strength and avoirdupols. There are now in Beaumont for the winter more than 300 circus folks, em- ployees of the Christy and Lee Bros.’ shows. The latter’s efficient manager Louis Chase, with his wife, is spendins the winter at the Hotel Beaumont. Gor don Calvert, the legal adjuster, here. The Lee show will open early the spring near Beaumont. The Christy show will use new steel flats, and all of the small cages of former | : is a years will be discarded and dens wuss in the parade A large organ, n ‘ in a specially constructed tableau wagon. will be a new feature of the morning street display Merritt Belew is busy with the ring horses. P. M. McGrath is at work on the train and Jack Henderson on the sleepers Captain Lorenzo and Captain Walker are busy with the hay animals Walter McCorkhill is filling the positien of purchasing agent. Duke Mills in “Legit.” Chicago, Jan. 7.—History repeats itself and another circus man is making con- spicuously good in the theatrical field Duke Mills, veteran of the white tops, is here at the Central Theater as personal representative and company manager for Fiske O'Hara, who is playing in that theater in Jack of Hearts. Incidentally, this is Mr. Mills’ second season as man- ager for Mr. O'Hara. Mr. Mills will go out with “tops” again when the season opens. Wallace. Poster Company Sells Elmira Plant Auburn, N. Y., Jan. 9.—The Wallace Poster Advertising Company, with head- quarters in Oswego, on Monday sold it Elnira plant to Max Andrews, former owner of plants at Olean, Jamestown and Salamanca Mr. Andrews will take im- mediate possession. The Elmira plant is sald to have been sold for $50,000, The company intends to continue operation of the Auburn, Rome, Oneida and Water- town plants as in the past. Smith Fowler Goes East Chicago, Jan. 7. — Smith N. Fowler. Bales director for the United States Tent and Awning Company, is back from a six months’ tour of the South. He reported a good business tin that section and safd he met with subetantial success He will leave this week for a six weeks’ trip thru the East, where he will visit the trad and call at the winter quarters of carni- vals and circuses, ’ fet 64 es a iS ae nt ile cn lla alae, | Po | PG (0 VS . maw an pen , TA \, SAT ay \ Cio. Sneed ecntnenateadimaeisom mei: Po ; a a { Po ' 1 oe Po | on = ' pet ss — | : %. . ; : a 4 -" F s . . . wre ; -~ 4 ‘ . a i ? KS Raat. ¢ i. ; | 4 =e wa =a WY 4 ‘ Bess “2 . el Pes Trig aa ger ss ses et | ee jae fee St | tt : se sand i ee ee fi ip . Fe: 869 ee eae at. wae Meee f 2 ae a a $8 Ls }3 ome a = aR Pe a a _ | ae
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January 16, 1926 Final Organization of Circus Fans’ Association Completed by Secretary-Treasurer Karl Kae Knecht--* Has 80 Charter Members Karl Kae Knecht, The Evansville (Ind) Courier and Journal cartoonist, ie cecretary and treasurer of the Circus Fans’ Association of America, has inst mpleted the final organization fter months of work and with a charter meml hip of some 80 prominent men in imost every State of the union. This oreanization Was conceived by several nic business men in the Fast after Stan- le « F. Dawson, of the Ringling-Barnum Circus. had suggested to them that they, saved im the canvas” circus fans, oueht to gather in a society the many ‘ » like “nuts” with whom he, as a cir- “ya man, came in contact as he traveled over the country. They grasped the sug- ‘ion and started to get in touch with whom Dawson suggested. Among t! were Robert P. Johnston, of Con- ra. N. H.. and Marshall L. King, of \lexandria, Va. So, working with rounder Dawson, who lives at Great ' Ss 1. N. Y¥., they soon had more fane in various parts of the country in- terested Then as the lists grew, they ‘ed officers. King was made presi- aent Johnston, vice-president; Dawson, wh recording secretary, and Knecht, secre- tary nd treasurer. The only eligibility test of members is their ve of the circus—men who still ; ver the billboards and circus day as they did in their youth. The associa- tion will be of some help to its circus friends in such ways as seeing to it that they secure suitable and well- l ted lots on which to exhibit, a problem that is constantly confront- ing the circus people today, etc. The association is neutral as to circuses and it ts non-professional as tg circus people In membership, except aweon, ho ie an honorary member. The motto of the order is “We Pay As We Go,” meaning that members do not look or sk for courtesies in the way of passes nuisances to the circus of- ficial@ Many of the members have for their hobby the collection of circus histories, photographs, route books, programs, books of fiction or facts, bills, lithographs and articles about the circua, some having collections that are most valuable. Among the members are Jesse L. Lasky, of the Famous Players-Lasky Company; E Albee, head of the Keith-Albee Vaudeville Circuit ; Joe Cook, the comedian; Wells Hawks, famous press agent; J. W. Davidson. of Calgary, Alta. Can.: W. W. Dunkle; Courtney Ryley Cooper and Earl Chapin May, two well-known authors; Monte Katterjohn, Hollywood, Calif... well-known writer of movie scenarios; Major C. G. Sturtevant, State College, N. M.. author of cireus books and histories; Willlam W. Work- man, head of the Dixie Poster Company, Richmond, Va.; J. S. Upchurch, Dixie Poster Company. Raleigh, N. C.: Thomas H. Webb, Peoria, Tl; R. M. Simmons, manager Casino ‘Theater, Philadelphia: Ben Piazza, of the Los Angeles office of the Wesfern Vaudeville Association: Fd- ward Evan Davies, lawyer, Chicago, and writer of cireus books; W. Foster Lardner, manager of the Albee Theater. Providence, R. I, who has one of the ereatest collections of cireug data in the countre, and Edwin J, Gruber, man, St. Paul, Minn. The Late May Ollie In the issue of The Billboard dated January 2 brief mention was made of the parsing of May Ollie, well known in rong Fl ircles, at Memphis, Tenn., Decem- 2 It has since been learned that Was buried at Milford. Neb., beside the body of her father. Tender hands and broken hearts accompanied the casket to the Nebraska village. May Ollle, whose friends among the White tops are countless, was one of the and true women of circusdom. 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TENTS ~oe ™ SEND FOR NEW CATALOG AND SECOND HAND LIST The J. C. GOSS CO. °ST89' those upon whom the smiles of Fortune had changed to ugly frowns. She was a willing worker, @ loyal employee, a valued and trusted friend. Thé trip that she silently made from Tennessee to Nebraska was made a few months previous—but under such en- tirely different conditions. Following the close of her season she and her husband, Cliff Shell, sped from Dixieland to Fremont, Neb., where they visited May Ollie’s mother, Mrs. Anna E. Jarmin. Then they went to St. Louis to visit Mr. Shell's people and thence to Memphis where they had made their home for sev- eral years. After they had placed their apartment in order for the winter May Ollie walked to the Baptist Memorial Hospital and underwent an operation which she with- stood most successfully. It was Christ- mas Eve when complications set in and the day after Christmas the icy hand of Death closed a career that was fraught with goodfellowship, tender memories and loving counsel. May Ollie began her work in the out- door field with the Young Buffalo Wild Weert. She had been with them all and for the past three Pe had been as- sociated with King Brothers. She is survived by her husband. mother, four sisters and one brother. She was 32 years old. Seils-Sterling Circus Carlinville, I, Jan. 7.—Billy and G. H. Lindeman, of the Seils-Sterling Cir- cus, are In Chicago on an extensive buy- ing trip. Al. Orville Lindeman, principal clown and rider, is expected at the quarters here at an early date to train new horses. Mary Grimes is workin the elephant, pony and dog act dally an will soon start on a tour to pla in- door circuses. A football pony_is being broken for the coming season. Two per- forming ate have been sold to B. L Dowd, of Paul Valley, Ok. who ¢on- ternplates putting out a dog and pony show. Two hundred people visited the quartets Christmas Day. “Billy Sunday” being quite a curiosity to the residents. The writer, Fred Worthing, made a busi- ness trip to St. Louis, accompanied by Milton Grimes, to buy leather for trap- pings, ete. Bernards Ask for Aid Mr. and Mrs. Willie J. Bernard, in a letter to The Billboard, ask their friends in the profession for assistance, stating that they are without funds to meet doctor billa. Their two-year-old daugh- ter fis tll, having influenza, and if she does not show any signs of improvement soon, will have to be sent to the hos- pital. Mr. Bernard says he has traveled with e following clreuses: Howe's h Great 7 Frank Robbins, John Robinson, Sun Bros., alter L. Main and the Mighty Haag. The address of the Bernards is R. F. D. No. 8, Canaan, ™ * Beaumont Pickups ee By FLETCHER SMITH Beaumont, Tex., Jan. 7.—Will Dela- voye, well-known oldtimer, recalled by many as the originator of the trick house and as a member of the team of Dela- voye and Fritz was with most of the old- time circuses, is sending his friends a copy of his book of 318 pages entitled Show Life in America. Wil! writes in a vivid manner of his experiences with the various shows and the book makes in- teresting reading. An oldtimer, Charles J. Champlin, who was with the Frank A. Robbins Show years ago, has been heard from and is back at his old trade in a print shop at Canton, O. He is married and off the road for keeps, he says. Walter D. Nealand, who forsook the circus press agent game to assume di- rection of publicity for the Rubin & Cherry Shows, is back at his old love again and is located in Chicago this winter as director of publicity. advertis- ing and exploitation for the Warner Brothers pictures. F. A. (Doc) Cline and wife Bee, well- known side-show performers, but who were at Coney Island the past two sum- mers, are this winter doing well in vaude- ville with the Loew Indoor Circus. From their truck farm at the edge of the city Mr. and Mrs. Horace Webb sent out season's greetings. Horace, who started with the Sig Sautelle Show years ago as a clown aud afterwards became famous for his original clown stunts, winding up with the Ringling and Sells- Floto shows, now has one of the largest farms in the northern section of New York State devoted to raising early gar- den truck and has his trucks making daily trips from the farm to Syracuse. Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Gossans are lo- eated at Columbus, O. Bobby has re- tired from the circus and minstrel game, but still takes an occasional whirl at vaudeville. The Larow boys, together with Harry James, trap drummer. have organized a jazz orchestra. Mr. and Mrs. Everett James have taken apartments here for the winter. Changing their plans at the last moment, W. H. Hartmann and “Mother” Friend decided to leave Beaumont for Los Angeles. They stated that they would not be with any circus the coming season, but would engage in business in that city. Mr. and Mrs. Frank A. Bowen, “just showfolks”, they write, are located in Zanesville, O., where they have a barber and beauty shop. Harry Seymour, legal adjuster of the I | wr | + sadoying the winter s wife a home in Wilkes- Barre, Pa. oo Look thru the Hotel Directory in this issue. Just the kind of a hotel you want may be Listed. TENTS Special Bargains In used Dramatic style, in the following sizes: 40x80, 50x75, 40x90, 60x90, 60x 100. Also other sizes in regular style Tents. Write for prices We will gladly quote prices on new Tents on re- ceipt of your request. CARNIE-GOUDIE MFG. CO. Kansas City, - . 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By CIRCUS CY (Communications to 25-27 Opera Place, Cincinnati, Darlie Wander (Hoppoe, the frog boy nes left Long Beach, Calif., for aad a. G. Barnes, elephant man, who was with the Ringling-Barnum Crcus last year, paid a visit to The Billboard during his several weeks’ stay in Cincinnati. The W. E. Morgan Show, a small one- ring wagon outfit, is in quarters at Bilainville, Tenn. It is ‘eee to open the season about May 10. Bobby Gossans, the minstrel clown, and wife are located at the Knicker- bocker Theater, Columbus, O., for the winter. Both are on the executive staff. Bruce Greenhaw, who was on the op- position brigade of the Ringling-Barnum . Circus, is located in Detroit, Mich., for the winter. He will again be with the big show this season. The Aerial Looses, of the Harry La- Pear: Circus Unit, are wintering in Florida. They have purchased four lots at Dover Crest, Fla. The Looses expect to go north in February. F. D. Gardner, who recently visited the quarters of the King Bros.’ Shows at Louisville, Ky., postcards that all hands are busily engaged. Bill Emery is break- ing “bulls”. Peggy Waddell and Bert Bateman are in St. Joseph, Mo. The latter is man- aging a new cafe—the Sovereign. Both will be with the big topes in the spring. Charles Robinson, Lawrence Cross an@ Billy Burke, female impersonator, of the Lee Bros.’ Circus, are wintering in Beau- mont, Tex., and have been re-engaged for the 1926 season. Little Joele Hodgini’s first appearance on the stage was in the role of “1926” chasing “1925” across the footl'ghts in a New York theater, where the Joe Hodgini troupe of riders worked New Year’s Eve. Harry Davenport and Chick Reed, who ere wintering in Miami, Fla., recently visited the Bob Morton Circus and have great praise for the show. Both will be seen under the white tops the coming season. Dan M. Spayd is assisting Vic Peralta in the paint department of the King Bros.’ Shows at Louisville, Ky. Wink ad and Bill Emery are breaking st Ray Glaum, aerial fashion plate, has been engaged for the Shrine C:rcus at Louisville, Ky., week of February 1 un- der the direction of John G. Robinson. He will be with one of the leading cir- cuses this season. Jack Rea, steward of car No. 1 of the Sells-Floto Circus for the past ‘three years, is spending the winter with his daughter in Paterson, N. J. He wiil again be on the §.-F. car the coming season. Helen O. Ifsrris, who has been prima donna with the Sells-Floto and Al G. Barnes circuses, sends word that she will not go on the road this season. She is dividing her time between piano studies and painting. Frank B. Hubin, old-time circus man, is certainly a booster and hustler for the city of Pleasantville, N. J. Thru his efforts the city has a new post office, modernly equipped thruout. It opened ce It took Hubin 10 years to get it. Clare Illington, female impersonator, who for the past two seasons has been doing an Egyptian dance, also aerial iron-jaw and swinging ladder on Christy Bros.’ Circus, is soon to take a flyer in vaudeville in a playlet entitled Should a Lady Load Trunks? George (Side-Show Fat) Edwards, who hed the side-show canvas with the Ketrow Bros.’ Shows the first part of the 1925 season, then was elephant man on the Johnny J. Jones Exposition and later elephant man on the 101 Ranch Show, is now at the quarters of the last-named show at Marland, Ok. Recent callers at the Cincinnati offices of The Billboard were Johnny Judg veteran acrobat, and B. H. Davidson, tick- etse'ler, who were with the Hagenbeck- Wallace Circus last sea on. Davidson will be located in the Queen City for the winter and Judge, with Shorty Horn, will play vaudeville dates. Art and Dot Adair, the former a we!!- known producing clown, celebrated their 35th woteng, anniversary Janua 2 at home, 124 N. Cicero avenue, icago. The Billboard WANTED useful Side Show People. . Season 1926 for John Robinson’s Circus Side Show Wanted—Novelty Acts and Attractions of Merit, Freaks of all kinds, Midgets, Bag Punchers, Lady Sword Walker. Hawaiian Dancers, Mechanical Man, Scotch Bagpipers, Send photos first letter. Side Sbow John Robinson’s Circus, West Baden, Indiana. WANTED Address DUKE MILLS, Manager WANTED People in every branch of the Circus Business. Performers doing two or will do. Those with wagon show experience preferred instruments. First and Second Cornet, two Clarinets, Snare Drum, Alto and Bass and 2 Trombones. If you can’t cut it, save stamps. Best of accommodations. All motorized. Make salary low. Disorganiz- ers and undesirables save your stamps, as you won't last here. Address ED LUNDGREN, 1626 Euterpe Street, New Orleans, Louisiana. more acts. State all you do and Eat and sleep on lot. WANT MUSICIANS on all HAGENBECK-WALLACE SIDE-SHOW BOOKING ACTS FOR 1926. and all high-class Side-Show Entertainment. Madison Square Hotel, 37 Madison Avenue, New York City. Any P. J. STAUNTON, Manager, ° Call or write . Mrs. Adair has been on the sick list for about two years, but is now doing nicely. Their friends in the show business are always welcome to pay them a visit. Dr. J. W. Hartigan, Jr., of Morgantown, W. Va., and Roy S. Lemmon, at one time connected with Hartigan’s orchestra, re- cently entertained the Saxo Sx. They did a special Charleston with the featured hoofer of the act, Sally Shaw. She was formerly with the Monkey Shines Com- eed and goes to the Ritz in Paris in arch for an indefinite engagement. James Melville Cotton, friend—and co-- worker of the famous P. T. Barnum, is the owner of one of the oldest hostelries in New England—the Squam Lake House at Ashland, N. H. It was back in the days follow ng the Civil War that he won a name among his circus contemporaries as the “24-hour-a-day plugger’. He is 79 years of age and in fine health. W. N. Elkins, who has been in the show business since 1876, was with the Walter L. Main Circus in 1892. Others with the show that year, says Elkins, were Jack and Joe Cousins, the Mariettas, Nellie the Corrieas, Archie Royer, Bickel, Jim West, Sig Dawn, Harry Clark and L. L. Fusnea. Elkins was with the Dan Rice Show, the float.ng palace on the Mississippi, in 1876. Maude and Archie Nash, formerly with the Ringling-Barnum Circus, now in vaudeville, recently saw the following in Chicago: Capt. H. C. McIntyre and Rose, DeKos Bros. and Irene, H !lary Long, Denny and Edna Curtis, Dan DeBaugh, Charlie Bell, Bobby Fisher and his Fear- less Flyers, Naida Miller, Louis Pachacco and several others of the big show. The Nashes are presenting a comedy turn en- titled The Mr. and the Mrs. Roy Porter and wife, who were driving to Columbus, O., stopped off in Cincinnati last week and gave The Billboard a call. Porter, who for the past two years oper- ated concessions at fairs, was formerly a clown with the Sparks, Sun Bros.’; Harris’ Nickel Plate, John Robinson and Ring- ling Bros.’ circuses. “He also has been with the Johnny J. Jones and Wallace Bros.’ carnivals. He is now playing vaudeville and club engagements. In last week’s issue of The Billboard, in an article headed “Seen Around De- troit”, mention was made of “War-Tax Brownie”, formerly downtown ticket seller of the Sells-Floto Circus, following the No, No, Nanette show from Indian- apolis to Detroit. In a letter to The Billboard he says that he did not “fol- low” that or any other company, and his going to Detroit was not on account of any acquaintances he has on the show. Captain Frank Leonard, high-school horse trainer, is wearing the smile that won't come off these days. The ex- lanation for this is that the Captain s going to have a brand-new ring barn at his disposal in a short time. This building is now under construction at the 101 Ranch headquarters, Marland, Ok. Leonard says he is getting along very nicely with the new stock he is breaking, but will make much better progress when he has the ring barn to work in. E. W. Adams, ticketseller, last season with the Gentry Bros.-Patterson and John Robinson circuses, is night clerk at the Charles Hotel. West Point, Ga. He will aga n troupe,this year. Adams says that West Point has not had a circus since 1911 when the Robinson show was there It is on the main line of the Atanta & West Point R. R. and half way between Atlanta and Montgomery. The show- grounds are in Lanett, Ala.. on the Georgia-Alabama State line. The town is r.pe for a good circus, adds Adams. — mi are operating day and night. Hi Tom Long, who is at the Soldiers’ Home, Sawtelle, Calif.. went to Holly- wood January 3 to join the Troupers and Was made an honorary member. It is an organization comprised entirely of old- timers. One must have been in the busi- ness 30 years or more to be eligible. Long gratefully acknowledges rece pt of pres- ents, holiday greeting cards. etc., from Alice Melvin Garvey, Ruth Rolland, Lu- cille Cummings, Homer Meachum, Ben McAtee, Bill and Charles Ellis and their families, Mr. and Mrs. Harry English of the N. V. A., By Gosh, the minstrel man; Anne E. Sylvester, Joe Neimeyer and mother and others, that helped td make for him a cheery Christmas. Old St. Nick has established a new station. It is none other than winter quar- ters of the 101 Ranch Shows, Marland. Ok. And he made a complete job of his first visit—Christmas tree, presents, big dinner and _ everything. The cookhouse of the quarters was the scene of the yuletide festivities. A good many of the fellows will say that the suspicion is pretty strong that Manager Art Eldridge was the “Santa Claus” on this occasion. At any rate, the next “Santa Claus” that visits this station is going to have to go some to live up to the party this season's Santa Claus threw. Billy Senior and Vera Spriggs, well known in the outdoor show world, are appearing with the Peek-a-Boo Company over the Columbia Circuit, and dur ng their engagement at the Olympic Thea- ter, Cincinnati, last week, Mr. Senior visited the offices of The Billboard. The latter named igs presenting “The O14 Swimming Hole". He gives diving ex- hibitions and smokes, eats and drinks Reproduced above is the train crew of the Christy Bros. Circus. season 1925. January 16, 1926 under water. Vera Spriggs and company do some startling iron jaw and combina- ton ladder stunts. They were formeriy with the Gentry Bros.-Patterson C.reus and the past season played 15 weeks of park and fair engagements, booked thru the Gus Sun-Wirth & Hamid Agency. Mr Senior informed that they will again ap pear at parks and fairs the coming sea- son, Rickey O. Melley sends the following from Lowell, Mass.: “Joseph Merrill ana B ll Cooney, lithographers, who were on the No. 1 car of the Hagenbeck-Wallac: Circus, are putting up cards and paper in and around Lowell. Mickey MeVe,y and G. McGardle, who were with the big show, are here for the winter. Lennie Shaw is being missed by the boys He is at Chico, Calif., with the missus and his sister. Henry McFadden and wif, spent a few days here. ‘Plug’ He lin now connected with a hospital at Gard. ner, Mass., was a recent v.sitor. He wil! be seen around the big tops this season Jimmie Sheehan is working for an elec. trical company in New York. Bill Cas. sian, Who was in town al! last year, says that he will go on the road this year Hert Shaw, who was: in the band on the 101 Ranch Wild West Show, ts playing in an orchestra_ here, but will return to that show. Connelly is spending the winter in Florida. The boys can be found any evening at the Commodore Ballroom, managed by a promoter of big attractions—Frank (Roundy) Roane J mmie McFadden js contemplating going in advarce of a show this season. Captain Starrett put on a show the New York Produce Exchange A the 17th tme afternoon of December 31 for the brokers, who entertained the poor children. The floor was cleared, a ring put in the center and acts were Placed on the sides, making ita three-ring show Starrett, who is 61 years old, worked his own stock. He had four beautiful |it- tle ponies, 14 dogs and “Sapho”, the monkey, wh'ch walks the rope. Fickett Johnson, Walters and Davison were the clowns. On the program were the Madge: Vare troupe of jugglers: Miss Clarkton dancer; Walters and Lucas, hand and head balancers; Mashon Trio tabl@ and chair balancers; the Quinns, acrobats. assisted by Little Willie, three years old Ray Thompson and company on the tight wire; the Longs, trapeze and ladder ar- tistes; Miss Loreta, contort onist; Wright and Wrong. knockabont turn; the Mil- lers, roller skaters, and “Tom”, the mul: The Edan Seventh Regiment Band fur- nished the music. Eight thousand chil- dren were seated on regular c reus seats all around the ring. The show ran about two hours and as each child passea out it was handed a box contain’ng several nice pre ents The brokers acted as ushers and had charge of all the details Starrett’s animals were brought from winter quarters at West Nyack, N. Y. cont, a tye a acts and some s stock. wi ay the De I thru the South. as — WITH AUSTRALIAN CIRCUSES By Martin C. Brennan Sydney, Nov. 10.—Charles Stanton. owner of Stanton’'s Midway Shows, ar- rived in Sydney during the week after a uccessful season .n West Australia. His combination is due here by steamer next Saturday. The Flying Wartons and Kitty Careena are now in their second week at the Diggers’ Fair in Perth, W. A Cl valli’s Miniature Circus appeared at the Werris Creek (N. 8. W.) Cinema last night, where the attraction was booked by W. Byrne. Desperado is with Raymond, the hand- cuff king. The St. Leons are still in New Zealand and Perrys are still playing the smalls around Auckland (cB Z.). Leonard's Circus is around the suburbs of Newcastle play_ng to good business. Ernie Bilbert is no longer tent man with Sole’s. He has improved s0 much that they have taken him into the ring on his own. Talberts are the head at- traction of the ins de ring. Brother Bob Sculthorpe left for Mel- bourne last Monday and will go from there to the Dunedin Exhibition, where he will have charge of several novelties. Ted Foley, who has been presenting his: educated pony, Mignonette, around subur- ban picture shows, Is doing well with hs carousel which has just finished at the fete at Double Bay and is now at Balmain for the hospital fete. The West- wood Brother glassblowers, = arrived back in Australia by the Aorangi after spending some two months in New Zea land, where business was as usual phenomena!ly successful with them. Wirth’s Circus leaves for New Zealand nexe week after its Hobart season. Shand and his wife joined the show in Mel- bourne. They will be at Dunedin for the exhibition and will stay until Christ- mas. Worley’s Circus has been playing Ramsgate (Sydney) and is waiting to get one of its engines repaired before roing down the South Coast. The Eron! Boys are with Worleys and this circu now numbers 64 all told. Col. Bob Love, veteran circus man, has been indisposed lately. Sole’s Circus 1s playing overland to Melbourne. Whilst in Sydney it bought a tractor for the purpose of erecting the show and w be used in the lighting. rm 4 66 Pe PF Cu a) df / Under » e2, The Marquee_/5) po j Sel SSS Bo ———————————_—— eee a En me 3 owas. es Ee RP w . 4 | - i B. 4 gm (7p be 4 a gp eee 5 ,' We Bre AY ‘ «% > of ¥ ¥ * . 4,” “fae aii Trap f Seg" Wg 3 Pe. al cis yin Pea & a’ an an i [Re ; Kise be, : 5 . 4 re, 4 hy? 4 Be: % oo ig co a re Ss ts LOD, . § yh ; oe F ae e | Baim nn oo 47 ee Pt ae pO ae Sek. ae
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January 16, 1926 0 CEP “ The Corral By ROWDY WADDY (Communications to 25-27 Opera Place, Cincinnati, O.) Everybody “on your toes” for a busy year! A prediction: Even more contests this year than last. Co-operation of all persons directly ine terested makes successful shows. 4 rumor was afloat recently that a Wild West show would be launched in | da No official data regarding this, er, has been received by the Corral. Jack King can sure write interestingly n he sets his mind to it. Did you q. his “past-season” article In last Within a few weeks there will again i ‘ a number of contests in order Southwest for the boys and girls at. There is very little current contest or 1 West show news to record durne winter, hence more news of indi- should be provided for publica- ture of Bob Calen and his three t the Florida rodeos appear-« r t issue of The Record Tele- r n, Fort Worth, Bob is a big favor.te Ww. J. Eagan (Hiram Broomcora) in- for i t after closine a su sful \ the Orange Bros.’ C us he 1 for his winter eeveation at ng with some “oid- Hazel Green, Wis... al t s’ from Montana your suggestion, but the Corral is “off” of any mor ne ’ s ation until s . h sd r started d. as was stated r e of this pub ation It is it Ti Burnett is re- g f the rodeo game It is un- derst i that he sold his bucking stock, Ww 1 probably means that he \ st r more Triangle Ranch (Tex.) r s ds of a certain story mag ne liked the heading to this 7 ’ (as it has been the past 13 ) vow 1 not have used it ver, that with a veritable nary” of words and terms to fr somet zg a least more orig il could have been chosen Fog Horn Clancy writes that owing to t rush of getting ready to leave contest M i after the clos of the here ush of getting settled for winter at his home in Fort Worth that he has not had time to send in the re ults of the M ami contest but will do writes, in part, f I irl, aT lL: “My husband and I are Wintering here, but will be out on the t i 1 in t) spring Who r em- bers 1? whe n the oow giris carrie d t h f the 16 drill girls out of the ne 1 Etta Meyers got or i and suge ted we all ‘take tt t ks out’, and out they t was the year that Tom Mix the show in question as chief later, in 1913, Colonel Cotton sake of “fairness” all around | editor isn’t, nor has he tters to anyehe engaged in the show or contest business. n” of this nature corres- , rom its editor should be un- ! from the fact that as a sort t " medium the interest ild encourag voluntary. con- n other words, it : ha feeling among the fo'ks to read of my friends and oth. r I and doubtless they would been, seems it tter from P. G. Neice, as secre- Northern Idaho Stampede, \lene Id Mr Neice highly work of Johnny Mullens, who of the program and was tor of last year's stampede r d'Alene In part the letter lo Mr. Mullens® fine work and . \ owe the credit for last ess We hope the 1926 stam- Dp t ‘ Well managed as the 1925 The management was well ‘ith the manner in which Mr. nducted the show,” f the “top hands” have been c kood in the matter of sending in ae iibs, while there are many others ~ eldom {ff ever heard from. As many times in this “column”, it readers) would like each one at ] (and t to } oo in with a few lines now and then ‘ Last year two well- in instance : The Billboard RINK MEN, ATTENTION! NOW is the time to get your Equipment ready for the FALL OPENING. Get some NEW, ATTRACTIVE POST CARDS at $1.25 per Hundred, to announce your Fall Opening. CHICAGO ROLLER SKATE CO. 4458 W. Lake Street, Chicago, Ill- This style just right in size and volume for average sized rink—equal to a band of from 7 Keeps crowds coming. skating rinks. to 10 pieces. Rolls especially arranged for WRITE TODAY FOR CATALOG. The RUDOLPH WURLITZER MFG. CO. North Tonawanda, N. Y. known people were heard from who had ievances to register—and neither of them had previously contributed a line of news to the best of this scribe’s knuwl- edge. The bunch of contestants who went from Texas to Florida for a series of contests there have returned to Fort Worth with the exception of Fred Al- vord, J. W nas irris, Roy Ad: ams and k. Pardee. who a de 7 to ep i the winter ir Fj 4 { ret ng ment i- cluded Tad r . ck I s. Bw and Tommy Kirnan, Foe Horn, Pat, Fred M Ir nd Mrs. ¢ S d Eva 7s 4 NY Caskey, Rube Roberts, Richard Merchant and John Henry. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Ful , whe since the closing of lust ar outd s ason have been play ine ide ville wi h their nifty bullwhips : inipt aiion turn, having recently completed seven weeks n theaters in Detroit, nwtored from that city to Cincirnati last “week Having : iple of weeks “off” while their Ch'- cavto book'ng agent was arrang ne their rout'ng. they intended spending the - tertm visit ng fr in the Queen City Tor who is adept with both whips and ro} . aitho h s tu ing the tter jn t! ers, has added so fine-haired novelties to h's woips work. and with neat wardrobe and just enough comedy chatter to create augmented in- terest in their presentations they have a dandy act "Tis said that S'im Caskey. aside from breaking the wor!d's bulldegging record at Miam! (the third time it was broken during the three ontests in the State), s mak ng 44-5 seconds, may branch out as a “producer of theatrical stars’. Slim heard an orphan boy sing on the beach at Mia and immedia&ftely took the little fellow in tow li youngster’s name is Billie Dewytle and he made his Fort Worth (Tex.) debt at the entertain- ment presented by ithe Stockyards’ Na- tional Bank January 5. vated the audier His songs capti- and he received many and “Spark Plu” ire of the entertainment, Red working his mule on the second floor of the bank just as well as tho thev were in a rodeo arena. Coskev has purchased a farm near Fort Worth, *o which he has moved, Among the successful folks in contest circles have been John and Louise Hart- wig and, according to word from one of the boys Intimately acquainted with them, they are slated for a continuance of good fortune A couple of months ago John and Louise went to Ft. Worth, Tex., where they visited with Cleveland Kelley and his folks. who were with the Hart- wigs at contests in the North and at affairs staged bw the Hartwigs Thev then went to Ozark, Mo. near which place they vurchased a 300-acre tract of land, where they will make their future winter quarters. They also have a ranch north of Mile Citv, Mont., where they are keeping their bucking stock, to be used at events contracted for the coming season—and the word is passed to us that Johnny states that his affairs will be contests, not all exhibitions or Wild West shows. It is better to receive news of a contest late than never. So it was regarding the results of the Fagle Lake (Tex.) Rodeo stared last November 23. 24 and 25 by Noerthington Brothers, which reached the Corral last week While this affair last yerr was not a financial success, accord- ing to the report, the Northingtons paid all prize money advertised and all con- testants seemed to leave praising them. The winners, In order given, follow: Calf Roping—First Day, M. Briscoe, Ben Bry- an, L. A. Bonnot; Second Day, Jess Per- kins, Ira Woods, Tom eg Third Day, Louis Joness, Julius Bex . Jess Amer ns; Finals, Ira Woods, L. = 3onnot. Calf toping (break away)—First Day, Chief Correls, Julius Becker, Ira Wood: Sec- ond Day, H. W. Collins, Jess Perkins. Ira Woods; Third Day. Sam Heard, Ben Bry- an. George Northington; Finals, Ira Brvan hird Day, . G Ross; F us, G ar " mi ). Steer Riding—First Davy Guy Dodgion, W. Wagers. Chicf Correle; Second Day. D. McAnally. R. W. H . Billy Harrison Third Day. Guy Dod n, D. McAnally, J Her t; Final ly. McAnally (one Cleveland Kelley did tric ck Tr ying. con- tracted, and Louise carteta gave a + bronk riding exhibition, also contracted. I. A. B. P. & B., Local No. 17 Boston, Jan. 6.—George Audette, who was boss billposter on the Sells-Floto Cireus advance car, recently went to a hospital at Winthrop, Mass., and under- went an opera for rupture. He is recovering and will leave the institutio in a week or 10 days Wilber Clagsett, who was with the Sparks Circts brigade, is spending the winter here Har ‘ry Pey- ser, at the C ial Theater, has a large force billing the picture Sfe ela Dallas, which opens there January 11. Red Cunningham was in town for a few weeks but left to join a show. Jack Birming- ham, of the Albany local, who was with the Hagenbeck -Wallace advance car, is working at the Shubert houses as an extra. Danny Messing left town frecently to go ahead of a show that opens in New Haven <onn It is rumored that Harry (Murphy) Howard will be manager of the Sells-Floto Circus advertising car. He was manager of the advance car of the Howe Show the last season it was out. The oldtimer, Forepaugh Whitie, con- tinues to put them up at the plant here. Tom Atkinson Circus The Tom Atkinson Circus is showing around Dane, Ariz... and doing Prince Elmer that this motorized show will be enlarged for the 1926 season The past season the show played one-day stands in California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas, See € Rinks and Skaters (Communications to 25-27 Opera Place, Cincinnati, O.) states The Golden Roller Rink. Ky.. will stage a race between Frank Hess, C. Elison and Stanley Ernst Janu- ary 16 and 17. Roller polo contests are staged every Thursday evening, and are proving quite popular. W. H. (Billy) Carpenter wr'tes that he opened the Rainbow Gardens Roller Rink, Titusville, Pa., last November, and Covington, ulty. 67 that it has been a fairly good season for him so far. Mr. arpenter is a well-known professional skater and fre- quently gives special exhib.tions, which have been an added attraction at his rink. He states that Emlenton, Pa., has opened a rink, under d.rection of a Mr. Brown. Also that the Liberty Roller Rink at Sharon, Pa., is now be'ng op- erated by a number of business men of that city. John Barber being one or the meén interested. The building, which was formerly the Lberty Theater, was re- modeled at a cost of several thousand dol'ars for rink purposes. The deal is sad to have involved $40,000. The Athletic Club, Wheatland, Pa..: i now operating a roller rink several nights a week. Harold H. Keetle advises that he has sold his roller rinks, the Arcad a at Can- ton, Ill., and the Armary at Delaware, O., and that for the present he is with his fam'ly at Ashland, O. He states that his three-year-old son, Paul Eugene, is quite an expert on the rollers, hav.ng been skating the past seven months Sam W. Hellman, manager of the Co- lumbia Skatng Palace, Fort Worth, Tex., reports that he is now in his fifth season aS manager. He has set aside Tuesday and Thursday nights for special attractions, holding Monday night open for private partes, and states that it is always engaged, usua!ly by school or- ganizations and social clubs. He says they recently enjoyed a_ short vicit from Charles Freidel. Cc. W. Brockway, manager the Armory Roller Rink, Zanesville, O., states that the rink was opened last month by John J. Carlin. owner of Buckeye Lake Park, Buckeye Lake, O. Basket ball on rotler skates is one of the attract‘ons. A carnival is a feature every Saturday night, while numerous parties are given on other nights. M. W. Schultz, Olympia,» Wash.. pro- prietor and manager o the Turnwater Roller Rink. of that city, has purchased the bu'‘Iding containing the r‘nk and so regards himself as permanently settled there. The skating surface is 60x120. The rink has a Wurlitzer band organ. Recently Mr. Schu'tz had with him George Paris and Mr. Bartlow. who have been tourng the country, doing trick skating. He says hs is a family rink, the personnel of the operating staff be- ing as follows: M. W. Schultz, man- ager; Arthur B. Schultz, floor manager; Dick Schultz, instructor; Avabel] Schultz, ticket seller; Maxie Schultz, strapper, and others. George Begee and Rae Qupee, profes- sional roller skaters, where at Keith’s Cincinnati, recently. The San Francsco Ice Skating Rink, San Francisco. expects to be open for business by February 1. The rink is now under construction. Charles Thunberg, Finnish champion, will race some of the fa-test flyers in America at a two-day meet to be conducted by the Saranac Lake (N. Y¥.) Amateur Skating Association 1t Pontiac Rink, probably dur‘ng the last week of January. The meet will fill the void in the winter sports program at Saranac Lake left by the transfer of the national speed races to another skating A skat‘ng rink has been opened in Fort Plain, N. Y., un’er the d'rection of Harry V. Berry, of the high school tac- High school boys have agreed *o take care of the rink. The morning has been set aside for hockey, and the afternoon and evening for skating. rink is open to all. RICHARDSON SKATES THE FIRST BEST mate-tae BEST SKATE _., don’t have to aan a dollar’s worth for every dollar you invest in Richardson Skates— YOU GET It. Then, too, you get satisfaction. Richardson Ball Bearing Skate Co. ESTABLISHED 1884, 3312-18 Ravenswood Ave., LD a EES] oo The - ROLLER SKATER WANTED Man capable of handling girl 125 pounds for double spins. Act touring Orpheum. Good amateur considered. Answer DANA TERRY. care Billboard. Cincinnati, Ohio. DO YOU KNOW? Our Portable Rinks are te down and set up with- out driving or pulling a Write for Catalag. TRAMILL "PORTABLE RINK 18th and College, Ka ee ee a ae LE een oe Le 2 x ae a 9 we & } a ee er ; | “| Po Pe = | - | a | | : ; 3 | = ng t an J fo) ee ma Tp a wide —a/ | i \, . 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The Billboard fairs and Exposition By NAT S. GREEN (Communications to 25-27 Opera Place, Cincinnati, O.) MASSACHUSETTS FAIR MEN - . TO HAVE PUNCHY PROGRAM Practical Talks, Interesting Motion Pictures, Banquet and Enter tainment Included in Two-Day Annual Meeting N ENJOYABLE and profitable two-day meeting is in prospect for delega ates and annual meeting which will visitors to the iation, 20 and 21. soc Not only are some of the lesding fair men of the be held at the Copley Massachusetts Square Agricultural F; Hotel, Boston, and agricultural officials of Massa- chusetts on the program, but there are several others whose activities are known thruout the country, among them Wayne Dinsmore, retary of the Horse As- sociation of America, and R. J. Pearse, Director of Works of the Sesquicenten- nial International Exposition, Philadel- phia. The meeting will open at 10:30 a.m., sex January 20, with an address of welcome by the president of the association, W. Stuart Allen. The president’s address will be followed by the reading of the records of the annual spring meeting held last April; report of membership com- mittee, W. Stuart Allen, chairman; re- port of committee on concessions, John J. Kennedy, chairman; report of com- mittee on judging, Clyde H. Swan, chair- man; preliminary report of the special committee on e¢o-operative publicity, Bertram Durrell. chairman, and prelim- inary report on dates of fairs, Warren L. Ide, chairman. There will be but one address, other than that of the president, at the morn- ing session. A. B. Hastings, Jr.. of the Brockton. Fair, will speak on Commercial Horse Shows. At 12:30 a buffet luncheon will be served and the afternoon session will convene at 1:30. The afternoon pro- gram is as follows: New secretaries of fairs attending the meeting for the first time; introduced by President Allen. Also representatives of booking agencies, carnivals, attraction and fireworks companies to be introduced at this time. What a Business Administration Did for One Fair in 1925, by Shirley R. Crosse, secretary Marshf‘eld Fair. Report of Committee on Racing, Ed- gar F. Power, Winthrop, chairman. Report of Committee on Live-Stock =xhibits, John C. Cort, Boston, chairman. How To Lay Out Fair and Exposition Grounds. by R Pearse, Director of Works of the Sesquicentennial Interna- tional Exposition, Philadelphia, Pa. The Department of Agricuiture and the Agricultural Fairs, by Leslie R. Smith, Director, Division of Fairs. Report of Committee on Hall Exhibits, E. H. Tindale, Brockton, chairman. Report of Legislative Committee, by Hon. John W. Haigis, chairman. From five to six o’clock the delegates will enjoy a motion picture show, the films made from pictures taken at Mas- fairs by the Massachusetts Department of Agriculture, The annual banquet will be 6:30. Speakers will include Hon. Cc. Hull, Massachusetts House of resentatives; Dr. Arthur W. Commissioner of Agriculture, Massa- chusetts: Gen. Alfred F. Foote, Commis- sioner of Public Safety, Massachusetts; John D. Willard, director Extension Ser- vice, Massachusetts Agricultural Col- lege, Amherst. There will be an illus- trated lec — by Wayne Dinsmore, secre- tary of the rse Association of America. Ente ft rohan will be furnished by Wirth & Hamid, New York; Keith Vaudeville Exchange, Boston; World Amusement Service Association, Chicago, and the Walters Amusement Agency, Boston. The session of Thursday, will be devoted to sion and business. committee on dates special committe licity will be be elected for held at John Rep- Gilbert, January 21, round-table discus- Final reports of the of fairs and of the on co-operative pub- presented and officers will 1926. Subjects to be taken up in the round-table discussion include: Shall Massachusetts Have a Dynamo- meter? Free Attraction Contracts, Pass Problem, Night Shows, Concessions. DICK JAY RESIGNS Pueblo, Col., Jan. 7.—Dick Jay, who for the past two years has been manager of the Colorado State Fair, has resigned. No reason was given for his act on, but it was unofficially announced that the State Fair Commission had ‘attempted to reduce Jay’s solarye Jay su L. Beaman as man- cceeded ager of the fair. Pittsburg Meeting at Hotel Henry + oa os Seldomridge, : secretary of the Pennsylvania State Association of County Fairs, advises that th Weetern meeting of the association will be held at the Hotel Henry, Pittsburgh, January 27 and 28, with banquet at the hotel the evening of January 27. The Philadelphia meeting. February 3 and 4, will be held at the Adelphia Hotel, with banquet the evening of Feb- ruary 3. WEST VIRGINIA MEETING AT CHARLESTON The sixth annual meeting of the West Virginia Association of Fairs will be held at C ar leston, W. Va., at the Kanawha Hote! anuary 21 and 22 The West Virginia meeting is always a live and interesting event, and Bert Swartz, secretary, states that he would like to have all showmen and others in- terested in fairs attend the meeting e meeting follows that of the Vire grinia As i mn of Fairs, which is to be he nond 3 Swartz, sec iry-treasurer, the tt rs of tl West Virginia Asso- ci n of Fairs are: Pre S. C. Den- ham: vice-presidents A. Brast, A. F. Wheian, Jr., and J. B. S¢denstricker. New Association Formed Articles of incorporation were filed re- cently by the Lake Chelan Far Associa- tion, Wenatchee Wash Th capital st was ven s ) The iSso- ciation is incorporated for 50 years. J. A. Vanslyke A .N. Banks, I W rnes, Cc. C, bell and Charles Sargent ‘ the incorp rs ‘ t I - Pp S to « duct outdoor «ports, build a ‘ track and make suitab rovis.on for airplane and hy ydroplane flight SOME OF RALPH HANKINSON’'S RACING DRIVERS Photo was taken just before the first race on the last day of the Reading. Pa., Faiz last year. The occupants of Davies; No. 10, Bob Robinson; No. 30, Jules Devereaux, and No. 20, the various cars are: ‘No. 12, Harry No. 7, Douglas Wallace; No. 8, Timothy Barry; Tony Bari. EARLIER DATE OPPOSED Officers of Northampton Fair Don’r Like the Idea—Fair Made Profit in 1925 Jan. 7.—There popular agitation dates of the Three annually. The of- Northampton, Mass., has been considerable for a change in the County Fair held here ficers of the association, however, have gone on record as opposed to an earlier fair, declaring that such a change would be inadvisable for various reasons, one of which is the college seasonal condi- tions. The matter was thoroly discussed at the annual meeting of the association. The fair cleared about $3.000 in 1925, according to the report of the treasurer, A. J. Morse, which showed that the past two years have been unfortunate for the society. The question of advertis- ing the fair, the feature attractions, mid- ways, exhibits, etc.. were discussed. The following officers were elected for 1926: President, Oscar selde n, of Hatfield; vice-presidents, C. FE. Childs, C. E. Clark, W. W. Haswell, D. O. McGregor, Earl Parsons, Josiah Parsons and Roland A, Payne, all of Northampton; W. H. Dickinson, of Hatfield; F. L. Frost, Easthampton; E. H. Montague, -Weste hampton; W. M. Purrington, Haydenville, and Ernest Russell, Haydenville; treas- urer, A. J. Morse, Northampton; secre- tary, Sterlin R. Whitbeck; auditor, Clarence E. Hodgkins. NEW FAIR PLANNED AT CEDAR RAPIDS The Cedar Rapids Amusement Com- pany, of Cedar Rapids, Ia., has been formed for the purpose of conducting both an amusement park and a fair. The company has bought a tract of 120 acres near Cedar Rapid on which it has constructed a regulation half-mile track, $0 stalls for speed horses and a grand stand having a seating capacity of 10,- 000 It plans to develop an amusement nark; also to conduct, if possible this ir, at a date probably following the Waterloo Dairy Congres dt Spencer Fair, a live-stock show and exposition. H. S. Stanbery, manager of the amuse- ment park at the fairground at Fort Dodge, Ia., has been appointed manager of the new enterprise and is now on the job at Cedar Rapids. He will also con- tinue to manage the park at Fort Dodge. The Sale of Real Estate Dooms Lake County Fair Chicago, Jan. 7.—The directors of the historic fair at Libertyville, TIL, are re- ported to have announced yesterday that due to the sale of the 26-acre tract of county land on which the fairgrounds were located, the fair will be discontinued, The fair has been an annual event each September for nearly 70 years and drew a big attendance from Chicago auto- mobilists. Ca te -_e c Canadian National Has Large Surplus reronto Can. Tan 7 The splendid nancial ndition of the Canadian Na- tional Eixhibition at this time is shown by the fact that the association has a lars irplus \ delegation of exhibition § directors headed by J Dixon, vice-president ; lohn G. Kent, managing director, and F Brentnall, treasurer, recently waited upon M rt ter at the City Hall and presented to the city 1 check for $201,028 as it hare of the profits de- rived from the 1925 exhibition In ad- dition they handed over a_ check for g 5 in a unt of the Arena and Pure Food Building. The financial statement accompanying the checks showed the gross receipts for 1925 wer $1,086.931.18 and the dis- bursements $875,972.97, leaving a balanc: of $209,958.21 This with the balance of $64,786.45 brought forward from the pre; vious year, gave a net surplus of $27 744.66 Tl was appropriated as fof lows $266,501 to the city; $2,000 fo water rate $23,261 50 withheld on ac- count of works authorized but not yet completed i $15,000 the working capital of th exhibition Congratulatlons were exchanged be- tween the i s that the surplus was so satisfactory having regard to the in- clement weather during the exhibition i which militated against a record ittendance. STATE AID URGED FOR COUNTY FAIRS Indianapolis. Jan. 8.—In an address Tuesday night before about 150 person: attending the nual banquet of the Indiana Association of County and District fairs, at the Hotel Severin, Prof. G I. Christ f Purdue University, urged the xter n of State aid in financing cm y fairs ‘We should ll for State aid in mak- ing bet? fairs in Indiana.” declared Prof. C t “We should be sen- sibl and sk for the whole earth Let the St nateh any amount that the various counties put up for premi- s and ot! oP, ie ‘at ie jae A “e a a 4 ‘ be te ae | ee 7 7 oe ee se Bat SE » waite, ™ ” ‘ be “ c ae & Fi 7 ee] ‘ a 5 gt ae eater” ag Sr pay a | Piet a boos e% ‘ P a 4a , 4 % m4 Lge a! ) iyi eee Ae, er Re Of gs oe ons Sri oe, se i aah WE, : . ; y sae at Corks 2 Le ” : sZ . cial ss ee ) , eC eg j —$— Fi i | ' : ee dich Pe
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fonuary 16, 1926 Secretary and Director of Exhibits Of Michigan State Fair Are Chosen Howard H. Taylor and Walter Palmer Get Jobs Paying $6,000 a Year, Each---Taylor To Manage the Coliseum, Which Is Expected To Yield Considerable Revenue ETR OI, Jan. 7.—Howard H. Taylor has 1) Michican State Fair Board, and W made director of exhibits. Each position pay ‘ \nnouncement of the appointment the setting up of a new :dministrative ne in the hands of the fair board. erly George W. Dickinson occupied tion of secretary and general wer and was practically in complete of the fair. Taylor will have charge of the im, the huge building on the fair- nds that has stood idle the greater rt of the year heretofore, but which e board hopes to make use of thru- it the year in the future. Governor exbeck is of the opinion that a con- rable revenue can be obtained by sing the Coliseum for vari ous func- of the problems before the fair and especially before the finance ymomittee, ig that of raising funds for a ew agricultural building at the fair. rding to Thomas FP. Henry, chairman t finance committee, no State funds ire ava = le for this building. It is oped, however, that sufficient none) “a be obtained from subecription by agricultural and manufacturing soci- eties to get the new building up in time It has been de finitely announced by the finance board and L. Whitney Wat- kins. chairman of the fa‘r board, that before next year’s fair is held all the fair build ngs will be given a general overhauling and perhaps new structures put up to take the place of some of those described as “out of date, not good for the purpose and impossible s nce they were built.” The first step in this direction will be the remodeling of the administration bu Iding. All the par- titions will be ripped out until the build- ing resembles a large auditorium and then itt is more than likely, it was stated, that the structure will we used to provide housing for boys’ nd girls’ clubs that visit the fair annually The clubs of this sort represent a member- ship of about S800 The board decided to ask the N:z ation al Dairy Assoc‘ation to hold its 1926 meet- ing on the fairgrounds The question of holding automobile races on the State fair track has been under consideration by the fimance come mittee. 25 Fairs in Florida For Season of 1925-'26 Sixteen fairs are scheduled to be held in Florida early this year, with the pos- y that more will be staged. Nine tirs have already been held in the State in the past few months, making a total of 25 fa irs in Florida for the sea- f 1925-26 Fairs scheduled for January, February and March include, the fi Motwing : De Soto County Fair, at Arcadia, Janu- ary 11-16; Citrus County, Lecanto, Jannu- iry 14-16; Hardee County. Wauchula, anuary 18-23; St. Lucie County, Vero, nuary 19-23; Polk County, Lakeland, inuary 25-30; Pasco County, Dade City, nuary 26-29; Volusia County, De Land, lary 26-30; Fort Pierce Agricultural Fair Fort Pierce, February 3-8: Palm Reach County, West Palm Beach. Febru- ary 10-15; Sub-Tropical Mid-Winter Event, Orlando, February 15-20: Okee- chobee County, Okeechobee, February 17- 22; Manatee County, Bradenton, Febru- ry 17-22; Manatee County, Bradenton, February 23-26; Lee County, Fort Myers, February 22-28; Highland Fair and Sun Festival, Sebring, February 24-28; Dade County, Miami, March 8-13. Efird Again Secretary At the annual meeting of the execu- tive committee of the South Carolina Mechanical and Agricultural Society, which stages the annual South Carolina State Fair at Columbia, S. C...D. F Efi was re-elected secretary and Ben M. Sawyer treasurer The committee adopted a resolution wering the annual dues from $25 to $10. The committee also oxpressed itself is in favor of designating Tuesday of fair week as school day and admitting tll school children free to the grounds that day A committee will look into the Negestion to see whether it is feasible or not California State Fair To Have New Grand Stand ] The building program for the State of California for 1926 includes the expendi- ture of $251,500 on improvements at the State fatrgrounds at Sacramento. Among the improvements planned is a new rrand stand Annual Elections Covington, Va.: vice-pre sidents, treasure-manacer, ellent financ al shape, : Sherman County Fair President, Worth A. Fair vice- George B. Bordner; eiesroth amd Er N's b Selvidge; treasurer, C. Fairbury Officers Re-Elected At the ounuel meeting of the directors ” Rube Eachunem, representing the W. { negotiated the contract for the 1926 fair, h ting > tees will be the feature act to be ore counted The Billboard REPORT SUBMITTED ON MARATIME EXPOSITION Savannah, Ga., Jan. 8.—M. D. Gleason, acting secretary of the nmission head- ed by Secretary of St: S. G. McLen- don, -organized for the t ing of the Savannal Marat ime Exposition and , - 932, was submitted to Mr. Gleason stated that at no place f which he visited in hi trip covering thousands of mit did he hear any dissenting voice or any reason why the exposition could not be held in Savannah “As there has been no real big world’s fair anywhere in the world since the world war.” says Mr. Gleason, “and none in the United States since the Panama Exposition in San Fra o in 1915, the country is ripe for such an event. We are not immindful of the celebration in Philadelphia next year, and as it is understood this is a local proposition, we believe the bigger suc- cess jit is, the better for a successful Georgia exposition, since it is now over 0 years since tl last expos'tion was held in this part of the country.” Concluding his report Mr gives reasons proposed ti exposit « be hel i e pr not ¢ naking the rts « r since ment, proposed event was f rst plann endorsemer to the o sion all of orgia’s represent atives in the N: eek Co yngress and the State Legisla- ture. Bloom on Sesqui Board President Coolidge has appointed Sol Bloom, New York representative in Con- gress, to serve on the Nati yom Advisory Board of the Philadelphia Se¢ squicenten- nial Exposition The sé lectic m of Bloom is looked upon with general favor The other New York member of the board is Al Hill Ct nden. The presiding of- ficer of the board is James M seck, f r solicitor neral of the United States. The advisory board is composed of two members from each of 4] States and will have charge of the government's participation.in the exposition. Missouri State Fair Officers Re-Elected at Jefferson City, held in conjune- with a meetng of the State Board Agriculture. all of the officers of ere re-elected for the current year. are C. D. Bellows. Maryv Me, pre si- George W. Arnold. Sedalia. e- president; C. H. Bothwell, Sedalia, treas- urer, and W. D. Smith, Sedalia, secre- tary. Among the Free Acts . musical clown, was a recent i offices of The From the appearance of a package we The old film was quits of Doherty's death-defying stunt. Floyd Nelson, manager of the work fairs and parks A card from Duffy's Free Novelty now playing bazaars, looking forward return engagements the coming From the description given of : -Devil Charles Vee the catch line, House of Hankinson has sent out announcements delphia for five months during the Ses- 35 weeks with leading circus, and a third unit will tour the antipodes for 16 weeks It hould s be some season for Ralph Hankinson! We enderetand that the King Brothers’ Attractions, under the management of Jack W. King. are tting ready for an extensive p ark ar y fair season. These a actions, w h carr nor han 100 read of s K including ong-horn = rs, buffalo. ostri ea splendid record in 1 vy in- stances putting on an tion program, and Mr. King states that an even bigger and better season is in prospect for 1926 From the Gus Hornbrook Western At- tractions: “After a very satisfactory outdoor season at Luna Park, Coney Isiand, and at fairs, booked thru Wirth & Hamid (with whom we are booked for the coming season), we are now headed for the Coast, booked on the Pantages Cireult for the winter Incidentally we intend to pay a visit to the home ranch of the Hornbrooks at Hollywood, Calif. Many of the horses of this show are being wintered in New York. where they are being used by friends for winter riding in Central Vark The vaudeville act now playing carries seven head of stock, including two bronks and a steer and the following people Slim Cropley, Happy Goodwin, Augte Gomez Bud Her- lin, Violet Berry, Helen Dickson, Earl Hornbrook and Gus Hornbrook Our en- gagement at Hamilton, Ont.. Christmas week was a very enjoyable one, and a party dinner and dance for the show was all that the heart could wish It was given by the theater manager, Mr. Stroud. The night (and early morn) was a happy one and Mr. Stroud was voted a ‘regular fellow’.” Powerful Impetus for the Proposed Chicago Exposition The Real Estate Board, Thra President Brittain, Points Our Good Reasons for World's Fair Chicago, Jan. 7—Phe proposed world’s fair for Ch go ‘had «x boost this week when t icago Real | ite | ! ] Joseph iK Brittain, pr illy exte 1 full in- dorsement to th plan for such a fair. At a dinner in the board dining room Mr. Brit n said t believed a definite date for the ex tion should be set at once. ®°He said it has been proposed to construct certain buildings of a perma- nent charact for the exposition which afterward will supplement the Art Ine stitute, the Field Museum, the Stadium and other building Mr. Brittain pointed out that such im- provements and the manifold other proj- ects that would follow would vastly enhance the realty values of the city. He said it would all attract new capital, industries ar trades to the city. iny members of the Chi- te Board who possess ex- that will be necessary in in exposition,” said Mr. ri ee a ficials were re-elected: John Allbrecht, a Jove. Jan. 6 At a meeting of president; R. W. Rodenburg. vice-presi- go. mm — dent; L. . thon =e Be ie Chicago, 198 was pres T . for attr der <= sssSsssslslssslsssenssssssnsssseseesrsctesnesssigusetnseeneeneee Al Nuttle , | cater at i —s Billboard while driving thru from the PO] : . South. . eed NS ee saw Dare-Devil Doherty “toting” home Be the other day we suspect he has another ~_— Im of his thrilling “leap for life in * an in- lent idea ; lying Fl gned ul and coming Lson CRBS i tractions, Muscatine, Ia., conveys good ‘ wishes for the new year. Gaylor Bros. arc Wm. Gaylor reports H also stat i they had a most satisf it i ! 1925 and ! sStuimmet 4 “The Thriller af the Age seems justi- fied What'll they do next? ’ tasty ; 7 ; their record extending over a period of ‘ 15 vears and gives some interesting in- . formation concerning their auto races and auto polo for 1926 Amone othet i things, the announcement states that on tute-polo unit will hold ferth at VPhila- ee 21 and 22 will be a feature for ET a :
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' i ) The Billboard Parks, Piers and Beaches | By NAT S. GREEN (Communications to 25-27 Opera Place, Cincinnati, O.) CLEVELAND PARKS BUSY WITH PLANS FOR THE 1926 SEASON Euclid Beach Park To Be Given General Overhauling---Luna Park To Extend Facilities---Both Parks Will Add Attractions--- Smaller Resorts Plan Expansion LEVELAND, O., Jan. 8.—Amusement parks, bathing beaches and other resorts specializing in hot weather diversion and entertainment already are considering plans for next summer. Luna Park, one of the city’s largest amusement centers, is planning an extension of facilities and addition of attractions, work on which is to be started within six to eight weeks, Charles X. Zimerman, park manager, has announced. The scope of the extension plan hasn't been determined, Zimerman, declared, pointing out that the entire project still was in tentative form. Last season’s volume of business at this resort surpassed that of any previous year and this may account for the elaborate enlargement plans upon which the management now is at work. Euclid Beach Park, another of Cleve- land’s popular summer play spots, is to be given a general overhauling, and, altho no definite announcement has been forthcoming, it is understood additional attractions are to be installed. The bathing beach, it is understood, is to be enlarged somewhat and made more inviting generally. Another group of parks just outside the city limits both to the east and west, some 10 in number, likewise are planning new attractions. These parks’ include Mentor Beach, Willow Beach, Cleveland Beach and several others. These resorts, specializing in bathing beaches and spacious dance halls for the most part—altho other forms of summer diversion are offered—now are negotiate ing for various forms of variety enter- tainment and in one or two instances are booking their orchestras for the season. Indeed, from all appearances everyone here engaged in the outdoor amusement field is optimistic concerning the coming season. They all expect to have a ban- ner year, equal to and perhaps even bet- ter than the season of 1924 which was a record one Navigation companies have made it known that they intend to re-establish moonlight dance boats in Lake Erie just as soon as the balmy days return. Last year’s operation of these nightly ex- cursions proved so lucrative that instal- lation next summer of an enlarged fleet of boats wouldn’t be at all surprising. The city’s half score of parks, some of which have midways, and its bathing beaches all are to be improved generally, Park Director Frank Harmon has an- nounced. To this he has added the statement that a project now is being considered which provides for construc- tion of additional bathhouses and small swimming pools for the younger children. WILL BEAUTY CONTEST BE HELD IN CALIFORNIA? There appears to be some doubt as to whether a third annual State-wide bath- ing beauty contest will be held in Cali- fornia this year. Santa Cruz, according to report, is h tating about renewing the pageant, an this has held the question of whether representatives of San Francisco, Ala- meda, Berkeley and other cities will be chosen in abeyance. The pageants held in Santa Cruz for two years were highly successful, and great interest in the contests was fested by other cities. Fay Lz originally selected as “Miss Al , later went to the national contest at Atlantic City as “Miss California”. The first vear she took second place, and last year was acclaimed the most beau- tiful bathing beauty iz and was Cruz Chamber organization that has sponsored the event in that city. The opposition takes the position that the costumes worn by the contestants in the bathing-suit parade are “immodest” and that a city should not sponsor such “an undignified exhibit”. And so matters stand at present. >oe A glance at the Hotel Directory in this issve may save considerable time and inconvenience. of Commerce, the Venice (Calif.) May Regulate Bathing Suits Venice, Calif. Jan. 7.—The Los An- geles city attorney has been instructed to draft an ordinance regulating bathing suits at the municipal bathing beach here. It was explained that since the con- solidation of Venice and Los Angeles the regulations formerly in force in Venice have become extinct and at the present time there is no law on the books cover- ing the bathing situation in the Venice district. Milgate To Manage New Cleve- land Park H. L. Milgate advises that he has been made manager of Bonnie Park, new- est amusement park of Cleveland, O. The park, Mr. Milgate states, is sit- uated on Wooster pike and the C. C. C. highway at Strongville, near Cleveland. It is owned by seven fraternities and the owners expect to develop an amusement Sunset Park Is Being Rebuilt $300,000 Building Program Under Way —Dance Hall, Stadium and Several Rides Are Among Improvements Peekskill, N. Y., Jan. 6.—Sunset Park, situated at Verplanck’s Point, near here, which was completely burned out to- wards the end of last season, some $100,- 000 damage being done to the property, is being completely rebuilt this season, according to announcement made _ re- cently by George Orth, manager of the park. A $300,000 building program is now under way and the park will be completely and thoroly rebuilt. The old park consisted of acres but about 80 more have been ac- quired since the season closed. Work is now proceeding on the erection of a roller coaster, old mill, dance hall that will be 175x70 feet, a stadium, ball field, etc. Among the riding devices are a new set of Ely airplane swings, merry-go- round, ferris wheel, Venetian swings (the latter one of the few devices not touched 'yv the fire) and a kiddie park such as has been in operation at Coney Island, N. Y., this past season. A whip and a few other rides may also be installed. The park irs beautifully situated along the Hudson River and is reached by ex- cursion boats which are operated by the same interests that own the park; other boat lines from other points also run to the private wharf. There are plenty of steel bathhouses for bathers, the same lockers that were in the Madison Square Garden having been bought for instal- lation here. about 20 New Resort Near Sharon, Pa. Sharon, Pa., Jan. 7.—Sandy Lake, near this city, will be turned into a summer resort by the recently organized Stone- boro Amusement Company. resort on a tract of about 100 acres The company, capitalized at $70,000, along Rocky River. has applied for a State charter. FRANK W. DARLING ¥ ee | ’ { a | ! | ' | ; t Mr. Darling is president of the National Association of Amusement Parks for 1926. He also is president of the L. A. Thompson Scenic Railway Company and has for many years been identified with the design and manufacture of riding devices for parks, and is one of the best-informed men in the country on parks and patk management. January 16, 1926 Big Year Ahead for Ride Manufacturers Many Parks Scrapping Old De- vices and Installing New--- Traver Factory Busy A big year is ahead for park ride manufacturers, according to all tndica- tions Reports from the various factories are to the effect that they are in many cases working overtime to catch up with the numerous orders on hand and that the approach of the new park season will bring still further activity, as there are always many “last-minute” orders from parks that have delayed closing for rides but nevertheless want the devices installed before their season opens The condition of the ride industry is a pretty good index to the condition of parks in general, just as steel is a re- liable baromter of general conditions And from what can be learned there is no idleness just now in any ride factories, in order to obtain some definite and de- pendable information along this line The Ri thoard has written leading ride manu- facturers asking them to give a brief re- port of their present activities for the benefit of park men in general. We hope to present a report from one or more manufacturers each week this month and next. We feel sure that these reports will be appreciated, and we have asked the manufacturers to stick to actual facts, A report from the Traver Engineering Company, Beaver Falls, Pa., just re- ceived, indicates that the company is in a very prosperous condition and has all the work it can take care of The factory is workine overtime on rides for the coming season, the report states. Among other things the com- pany is building 15 tumble bugs seven and will be Park, Trenton, already sold Woodlawn of which are delivered to N. J.; Forest Park, Utica, N. Y.; Belk Isle Park, Oklahoma City, Ok.; West Lake Park, St. Lous; Hazle Park, Hazle- ton, Pa.; State Fair Park, Birmingham, Ala., and the Sesquicentennial Exposi- tion at Philadelphia. “This ride,” says an official of the company. “is becoming a feature attraction in a good many parks.” The Missouri Mule, new ride which was exhibited at the convention of the National Association of Amusement Parks in Chicago last month, is meeting with ready sale, according to the report, and will be operated the coming season by the Johnny J. Jones Exposition; Savin Rock Park, Savin Rock, Conn.; Carlin’s Park, Baltimore ; State Fair Park Birmingham, Ala.: Nat Reiss Shows: Iroda Park, Oakland, Calif., and the Sesquicentennial Exposition, Philadel- phia. Several contracts also have been made, it is stated, for the jazz ralflroad the bobs coaster, cyclone coaster, sea- plane de luxe and the caterpillar Sixty men are now employed by the Traver Company and it is stated that this force will be Increased to about 150 in February. Harry G. Traver says that buyers are buying in larger quantities and buying earlier than they have ever bought in previous years This, of course, work to the advantage of everyone concerned. The manufacturers with definite orders ahead, can better finance their operations and the park men can be better assured of obtaining their rides early enough to enable them to install the rides before the park sea- son opens. This indicates too, that the amusement ride operators are looking for a splendid season in 1926. Dodgems for New Zealand New York, Jan. 6—Fred Markey. of the Dodgem Corporation of Lawrence, Mase Was @ pleasant caller at the New York Office f The Billboard, while topping off n this city en route to Florida, Texas nd perhaps California Markey announced that his con pany had recently hipped 20 Dodgem, Jr, cars to Dunedin, New Zealand, and 15 cars to Ancol Park, Budapest Markey's trip vill lagt a couy months and on the way he ! top ff at amusement part atl along tl line fefore leaving New York he igned up for large space tn the Spring Syp.« il i of The RBillboard With him was H. F. Humphrey, one of the firn eiiesmen, who is leaving fi an extgnded trip thru Pennsylvania, Ohio and the Middle West Markey reports the outlook quite bright for the comin eason, basing his opinion principally on the amount of business his firm is writing for delivery in time for the 1926 openings Everybody seems en- thused about business, so he atates, 80 things should look up considerably this year. . . . Shortridge in Chicago Chicago, Jan, 7.4—F. “M. Shortridge, former widely known outdoor showman, and who has in past years been conn -cted with various lines of the amusement buel- ness, Was a Billboard cadler today. Mr. Shortridge has been in the manufacturing business for three years. His last en- carement was as manager of Riverview Park, Des Moines, Ia. ii, r 70 Pe Fe Vg» a 0 E Ye eee TS Ae 7 x _ A » a ) Q C po ET LT SC“‘CSCNCSCNC‘CS _ ee ee ee a ee ee ; auarded the title of “Miss America”. $a It is said that considerable opposition | to the contest has developed .within the | : = ee ee
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16, 1926 January A No. 12 BIG ELI 1925 earned $2,- consecutive weeks. An average per week of $290.27. \, the close of the Park season the owner booked his Wheel at some Fall Fairs and finished with a real profit for the season. You too can he successful with a BIG ELI Wheel. Ask for information. ELI BRIDGE COMPANY me oP ul in a Park during 902.70 in 10 800 Case Ave. — KIDDIE RIDES LITTLE FAIRY WHIP GALLOPING HORSE CAROUSELL BROWNIE ROLLER COASTER FLYING SWANS CHAIR-O-PLANE MOTORBOAT CAROUSELL AEROPLANE SAFETY FERRIS WHEEL High-grade construction ond designs. Catalog free. W. F. MANGELS CO. Coney Island, N. Y. » B took in $935.65 in one month New Automatic “Loop the- Lop” Game for all amusement places, soft drink parlors, shooting galleries, etc Runs itself—euto- t kel collector and scoring device. , Everybody plays—men, wom- Your receipts clear profit Each Whirl-0- Ball Game is S%x20 ft, « has an earning capacity of $5 an hour. You can put 2 to 12 Games in any ordinary room or tent. Take in $15 to $50 per Géy. Moderate investment required. Write now for catalog. BRIANT SPECIALTY CO. 55 Bebbs-Merrill Bidg., Indianapolis, Ind. WHAT s IT COSTING You £AX BOX OF FICE MANAGEMENT my Au com MATICKET SYSTEM plete cann ‘ ick 723 72 Of every description for Parks, Carnivals and Fairs Over 100 and popular brand-new Games will be illustrated in my new March, 2 Catalogue Write for 1925 Catalogue ntatning popular money-making Games, WM. ROTT, 40 East 9th St.. N. Y. C. PARK MANAGERS: NOTICE! . SEFFERINO WANTED SUMMER RINK The Billboard Stanbery Doubles Signs With Cedar , Rapids but Will Also Direct Resort at Port H. S. Stanbery Hawkeye Fair and Amusement Company, will have a double line of work during 1926. By the terms of a contract signed recently he will have charge of a new gnterprise launched by the Cedar Rapids Amusement Company, at Cedar Rapids, la., as well as continue in charge of the park at Fort Dodge. The work is non- competitive and will mean a substantial advance in remuneration for Mr. Stan- Cedar Rapids piny has bought a tract of land con- sisting of 120 acres, located near Cedar Rapids, and has constructed on the tract a half-mile regulation racetrack, 80 stall for speed horses and a grand stand that will seat approximately 10,000 people Mr. Stanbery states that the entire plant will represent an outlay of half a million dollars. In connection with the properties the company expects to develop an amusement park on quite an “extensive scale, including a swimming pool. The company is said to be well financed During January, February and March Mr. Stanbery will devote most of his time to the new enterprise, lining up their schedules for the season and hav- ing supervision of the construction work. Fort Dodge will, however, remain his headquarters. After March Mr. Stan- bery will assume full time charge of the fair and amusement park work in Fort Dodge. W. H. Smith Chicago Visitor Chicago, Jan. 7.—W. known outdoor showman, cus side show that he has been working in parks, and his daughter, Mildred. were Billboard callers this week Mr. Sm'th said he will take his attraction to th Atlantic City boardwalk the coming season. Amusement Amusement Dodge Co., manager of the Exposition Park of Fort Dodge. I!a., Amusement Com- H. Smith. well- who has a cir- FOR LEASE or SALE LAKE LAWRENCE BATHING BEACH LAWRENCE COUNTY, ILL. FIFTY ACRES. Pure Water, SAND Beach BATH HOMSE, 200 Lockers fully equipped. DANC'NG PAVILION. 5ix70 ft.. LUNCH ROOM, CAMP- ING GROU NDS 125,000 Drawing Population in Radius ef 25 Miles. Good Reads. A REAL GROWING PARK—1925 DOUBLED PREVIOUS YE an. transfer due to death of husban MRS. EARL MESKIMEN, Viememen, Indiana. RECEIPTS Reason for ZL Littdddbdtlddddddtdddddddddde PARK FOR SALE A Running Amusement Park In the East with ne competition. 200,000 to eum from during the Summer Season ‘or particulars addre Box 0-375. care Billboard, Cincinnati, Obie. N s + > NY » Ny NN NN > x NY » NY x NN S NN AN AN NY » Ss NN » S NN S wy ZL dddddddddddiddddddddddddddddbddsdddbddda AT LIBERTY Solo Trombonist and Bandmaster With plenty experience in Circus, Concert Band, Con- cert Orchestra and Arranger. H. I. SMITH, 544 N. Sth St., Allentown, Pa. JOHN A. MILLER MILLER PATENTED COASTERS AND DESIGNS. P. 0. Bex 48, Homewood, Cook County, Hilneis. On Dixie Highway. Phone, Homewood 107 Office Now at DAYTON, OHIO tn the Dayten Fun House & Riding Device Co. Fae- tery Buliding. FOR SALE Portable Caterpillar Ride for “sale on account of other busi- ness. This ride has been run six months and ts in first-class condition Ride can be eperened here or temoved 1 have done fine here for past two sum- acaress 1413 Ving Qtrect Closlonath Obie. Fan Wet’asenss, Neamory we'd, oe CANDY FLOSS 800 EXCELLENT QUALITY Sr MACHINES BATHING SUITS 7 For sale or trade. Address BOX D-377, care Bill- atest patent 1 board, Cincinnati, Obto tele Painuted Marah 3 - i. Now 2 ’ tt con © A ah ToT TAL,DAILY CASH RECEIPTS Power, $150; ATA GLANCE wit Hand ‘and Ehcteie, Stone an AUTOMATICKET avarces Electric (shown) Rend > for “booklet. 300 other Automatic Ticket pene id are NAT'L SPECIAL Y Register Cornorahon eer es Model G, All Electric, $200. gt... Wee Vert eine _ trecrieeioataae iamne ~ 71 FOR RENT A Beautiful Lake Front Park No competition within one hundred miles. We believe this to be a real opportunity for someone who knows the park game and is able to develop a real park. It is well worth investigating. | GATEWAY LAND COMPANY 114 Sioux National Bank Bldg., - Sioux City, Iowa WORLD’S GREATEST RIDES CYCLONE CORTES: sess COASTER—Fastest and safest. Deep spiral dips on curves. banked fifty degrees. ds broken. Steel and wood construction. Steel trains. TUMBLE BUG. ry y A uiat Coaster with wonderful thrills, taking top money nezt Haven, Newark, New Castle, Scranton, Bayonne, Tulsa, Buffalo, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Kansas City. CATERPILLAR. Splendid trick ride. 82 buflt since 1923. Grossed over $1,000.00 many days. Island grossed over $42,000 first season. -Many good spots left. One used machine. SEAPLANE DE LUXE. Wonderful new design. Most beautiful See it at Kennywood, Pittsburgh; Olentangy, Columbus; Savin Rock, New Haven. 357 Seaplanes all over the world. JAZZ RAILWAY. Latest novelty steel Coaster ride. Fungiest ride on the market. Rocky Glen Park Srcranton. A wonderful laugh maker and thriller combined MERRY MIX-UP. Best portable ride. All steel, including gears and fence. man engine. Easily gillied. Loads on one wagon. Weighs 5 tons, 67 built in two years. Best chain ride. MISSOUR! MULE. Laughing, balking, kicking new portable ride. Got $1,149.00 one day, Memphis, $2,355.00 in week. An hysterical sensation. Wé6ll draw crowds to Park or Carnival. None of above portable except the Merry Mix-Up and Missouri Mule. TRAVER ENGINEERING CO., Beav>r Falls, Pa., U.S. A. ar ever seen. Track to Coasters New Coney Taking top money Heavy chains. Cush- um LE eT Over Fiity Yeas of Excdanz Fifty Years of Exclusive ” Caneaeal Building (Established 1867) DENTZEL CARROUSELLS Mechanically and Artistically Perfect. WM. H. DENTZEL, Phone, Bell Tioga 4930. 3641 Germantown Ave., Philadeiphia, Pa. PTTL SPILLMAN ENGINEERING CORP. Manufacturers of THE LATEST AND GREATEST NOVELTY RIDE THE HEY-DAY Over the Jumps, Portable Caterpillar Rides. Carouselles. WRITE FOR CATALOGUE. SPILLMAN ENGINEERING CORP, N. Tonawanda, N. ¥. Portable Carouselles and Special Park Dancing Floors, Complete Park Layouts “Designed by Miller—-That's the Standard.” furnished. JOHN A. MILLER COMPANY, AMUSEMENT PARK ENGINEERS 515 Polk St.. TAMPA. FLA 7200 E. Jefferson Ave.. DETROIT, MICH. Estimates Roller Coasters. Water Rides, Dome Roof Buildings, Open-Air DODGEM JUNIOR (PATENTED) Double capacity. Single price. KNOWN THE WORLD OVER” Write for Catalog. DODGEM COFP.., e “ 706 Bay State Bidg., Lawrence, Mass. cz ADE-MARK Destgned principally for Parks, Fairs and Resorts. This KOHR- BROS. —Frozen—Custard—Machines is . novelty and the operation of this machine one « $ nig bally without a talker. This machine without a doubt is the best money-getter ever ay F © yo place orders at once. Territory in demand Investigate this proposition. Machines leased on assigned territory Places already sold are: Atlantic City, Ocean City Wildwood, ‘Asbury Park. Coney Island, Rockaway Beach, Long Beach, Revere Beach, all Beaches and Parks in Boston, Buffalo and Chicago. Sesqui-Centennial, Miami and Tampa, Fla.; Johnny J. Jones a, == Hames Shows. Apply KOHR BROS., York, Pa, R. D. Ne. will take in $1.00 a minute if properly located. We have in stock 35 combinations of our merchandise wheels to select from. We also paint wheels to order. Automatic Fishpond Co., Office, 266 Langdon St, Toledo, 0. THE AUTOMATIC FISHPOND Single Seating Cars. Write for New LUSSE BROS., 2803-05-07-09 WN. Fairhill Street, Philadelphia, Pa. Double Seating Cars. 1926 Booklet. Batire ride in first-class condition and has only been operated 7 seasons. Address FRED W. PEARCE. President Chicago Coaster Company, 7237 Jefferson Ave., East, Detroit, Mich. FOR SALE, Modern Miller Designed ROLLER COASTER , u “CANNON BALL” ROLLER COASTER (fully equipped). located in Riverview Park, Chicago, wi oy sacrificed for an immediate sale. The lease has expired and the ride and iipment must be removed at once. Equipment includes 100 h. p. A. C. Motor and 4 Trains of 3 Cars each Miller underfriction ep a |e 1) y . Yi ii [ : : ( i} 4 4 - ' ” : i [ — a = 4 a q i ee eee | ——— - | : re a ee “7 ————————— ———— _ = ee ee : “ = | Bre sa ae at yet ge ‘WhitlOBall Perrin Ta Ee t ———s > a | ee rT ee I ee es || ==> — 7 : | | | BB LL SSH : ee J . ae ‘ | SKOOTER | | | a | ee
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ee ae The Billboard —_ By CHAS. C. FOLTZ ‘BLUE) (Communications to 25-27 Opera Place, Cincinnati, O.) Neumann Resignation Accepted by League Declines Candidacy To Succeed Himself as Treasurer --- Hil- dreth Named in His Place Chicago, Jan. 9.—At the meeting of t! Board of Governors of the Showmen’s League of America last night, the resig- Mation of Edward P. Neumann, as a can- didat+ to succeed himself as treasurer of candidate on the his place. The regular meeting was not one o& outstanding events of news importance. Lew Keller and Baba Delgarian were an- hounced by the relief committee as being on the sick list. The death of George J. Pilkington, of the U. S. Tent & Awning Company, was announced, and a letter of condolence was ordered sent to the widow from the league. Walter F. Driver reported on his visit to the Heart of America Club at Kan- sas City, where he officially represented the Showmen'’s League of America. Walter said a committee met him at the Union Station at Kansas City, and that he was royally treated. He made a speech at the banquet that night. He said they are a great bunch of live ones. President Fred M. Barnes, who is also regular ticket in chairman of the committee making the extensive changes in the club rooms, spoke on the work now under way. He and Eddie Hock have the work in charge, and, as both have spent a few fortunes on remodeling, it is assumed—or seemed to be last night—that both know their business. Somebody said, sote voce, that if they didn’t by this time they ought to. Then somebody wanted to adjourn, and — was no dissenting voice they id so. SedImayr and Velare Visitors Kansas City, Mo., Jan. 5. — Car! J. Sedimayr, general manager the Royal American Shows, and Mrs. Sedlmayr and Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Velare were visitors in the city from the shows’ winter quar- ters in Paola, Kan., for the New Year's Eve banquet and ball of the Heart of America Showman’s Club, and while here Mr. Sedimayr and Mr. Velare were call- ers at the local office of The Billboard, They informed that work was progressing with a hum at winter quarters, that a staff of men was busily engaged since the shows closed last October in scraping and burning old paint from the cars, wagons and other equipment, and every- thine would be entirely overhauled and repainted. They also stated that some new features, which will be announced later, are in process of construction at winter quarters. A magnificent dining car had-just been completed, to be in- Cluded in the train of 25 cars. Huntington’s Remains Laid To Rest at Houston, Tex. Houston, Tex., Jan. 5. — William H. Huntington, scenic artist, who passed away December 28, was laid to rest in beautiful Forest Park Cemetery yester- ay. Rev. W. D. Bratton conducted services at Fogle-West’s chapel and said commitment at the grave. Arthur W. Martin also said a tribute to the de- ceased showman and artist. About 25 friends from the John Francis Shows attended. In addition to flowers from the show and friends here in Houston, the Heart of America Showman’s Club, Kansas City, sent a beautiful wreath. A son, Ralph Huntington, of the Fed- eral Reserve Bank, Chicago, was located and arrived in time to assist the writer, V. J. Yearout, in carrying out the wishes of Mr. Huntington’s family and friends. Moxham Survived by Two Brothers and Two Sisters the death of John was (Moxie) announced in the obituary en ns of the December 26 issue of The Billboard this publication has been “us — a Nal formed that in addition to the brother and sister survivors given in that notice r Moxha: 3 also surviv y another sister, Mrs. Rose McLaughlin, of Provi- dence--R. I., and another brother, Wil- Ham H. Moxham, now a traveling man and who formerly also resided at Provi- dence, “DICK” WEST. JR. lhe Richard D. West, Jr subject of the above picture us the bright-faced son of Mr. and Mrs. R. G. (Dick) West, owners of the Palace of Mystery illusion show in the past with Gif ford’s and other carnival companies and playing independent dates, and booked with Gifford for the coming season when “Dick, Jre.”’ will experience his first trouping. The younrter was born December 6, 1924. and the photo was taken when he was six months old— weighed 19% pounds. “Beachnuts” From the Vicinity of Los Angeles The Cincinnati office of The Billboard is in receipt of a newsy letter from Hi! Tom Gong, the veteran showman, who is residing at Soldiers’ Home (Company 11), Sawtelle, Calif., which he captioned “‘Reach Nuts’ From Venice and Ocean Park Piers”, as follows: “During my recent visit to Venice I found among the new shows on the pier Bill and Bessie Kennedy’s seven-in-one Circus Side Show. That oldtimer, Doc Barnett (who is still packin’ ’em in as I saw him do 16 years ago). was on the front. Kennedy has a family show and has taught the members therof to do as he does—work hard! On the first stage was Mabel Kennedy, ventriloquist, who doubled on Buddha. Next Bill and Bessie Kennedy with their impalement and sharpshooting act. which scored immense favor. Next came Punch and Judy, and then, suecessively, E. Gale, tattooed man, and Lois-Kennedy with a cracker- jack magic act. Kennedy stated he would leave the pier January 3 and go to Long Beach for a limited time, then play several spots in and around Los Angeles before rejoining Archie Clark’s Carnival for the coming season, having been there last year. ‘Cowboy’ Elliott was another newcomer to the pier with his educated horse, ‘Don Fulano’, with A. A. Ripley on the front. Elliott has a wonderful horse and informed that he had just turned down an engagement proposition at a celebration in Honolulu, 7s Archie Clark, owner of the show bearing his name, had been resting a few days at Los Angeles and found time to run out to the near-by beaches to visit with showfolks. His show is wintering at Santa Ana, where it is scheduled to open in the spring. The City of Los Angeles having annexed Venice has caused some changes to be made, espe- cially among t! concess ons and the method of operation. Sunday dancing had been banned, altho petitions were being signed by voters asking the ‘city dads’ to restore what they considered ons of the main features at the pier. Ted Metz, with “Serpentina’, had moved off the pier and was doing a nice business in a Main street store in Los Angeles. Dick Manley. who for years was an attache of the Johnny J. Jones Exposi- tion and lately with the McGreary in- terests, has branched out in the business as a full-fledged manager, and stated that the horizon of the coming season for him is smiling with encouragement Two experienced .circus people, Walter and Mabel Scott, are being presented at Crys- tal Palace, Ocean Park Pier, and with that well-knowing glass-blowing artiste, Doc Haines, as the apex of this triangle, no doubt will go over with a bang.’ Layton in Augusta Col, Bob Layton, agent and press rep- resentative, formerly with the Harry Hunter Shows Vallace Rm. ° Shows, Sullivan & Cooper and Miller Bros.’ Shows, is wintering in Augusta, Ga Bob informs that he will be out ahead of a Philadelphia organization the coming season. Another Instance for the “Prejudiced’’ To Think Over \ copy of the McKinney (Tex.) Deily i the desk of the Billboard l t in the second column rnival editor of ek, and an article f the front page immédiately attracted his attention. It was one of those com- nendatory articles written around an eutdoor showman (a carnival man) vhich unsophisticated newspaper editors don't try to keep out of their columns Also, one which might be educational to “knockers” (with the exception of de- cided “bullheads’) against showfolks— some would-be-wise people have much to say about “all of them” when, in fact, from the standpoint of a very creditable average, their s+ tements are as ridicuk us as tho they wer: their listeners (or some ‘other subject on which they were just as little “well informed”. ticle réad as follows: “In his circuit around the amusement row of the John Francis Show a ir county fair this year, one of the editors of this paper had the pleasure of forming the acquainfance of R. B. Ames, of Ohio who is a lecturer for No. 1 group of side shows of that big carnival company. Mr. Ames is a well-educated, cultured gentle- man. He lost his father when he was a very small child. Former President of the United States Rutherford B. Hayes befriended him when he was a fatherless boy and asvisted him thru school and Oberlin College. Mr. Ames is a fluent speaker, whose mind is well stored up with scientific facts, especially those re- lating to biology and to animal lore. He frequently points his brief explanatory lectures with moral truths that strike home the fact that God's laws of nature, morality and righteousness can not be violated without incurring penalty. We believe gifted men engaged in such call- ings as his tend to raise the standard of life and correct living as well as of prac- tical knowledge among the masses con- cerning the human race and animal king- dom. Mr. Ames never loses patience with patrons who visit his group of side shows, no matter how many questions they may ply him with. He is at all times a courteous gentleman to the manner born.” J. E. (Pat) Garner Will Again Troup With M. & C. Shows Among the city newgpapermen who evidently have found a satisfactory social and business atmosphere in outdoor show circles is J. E. (Pat) Garner While engaged as a writer for the Times-Record Company, which has The Fort Smith Times-Record, The Southwest American and The South:rest Times-Record (Sun- day mornings) at Ft. Smith, Ark., Mr. Garner a few years ago had occasion to come into a closer social contact with the personnels of some of the larger col- lective amusement organizations and later decided to take a summer's “troup- ing” with one of ther, Last season he was with the Morris & Castle Shows, where a greater part of the trip he man- aged one of the feature attractions. After the season closed he returned to the Times-Record Company, with which for the current winter he is writing fea- ture business and industrial news. And “Pat” has announced his intention of re- turning to the Morris & Castle organiza- tion for its coming tour. Francis Showfolk in K. C. Kansas City, Mo., Jan. 5.—Mr. and Mrs. John Francis, of the John Francis Shows, and General Agent and Mrs. Thad W. Rodecker, of the same organization, re- cently spent a few days here. Mr. and Mrs. Francis stopped off here for the New Year's Eve banquet and ball of the Heart of America Showman’s Club while en route from their home at De- catur, Ill, to the show's winter quarters at Houston. Tex. Mr. and Mrs. Rodecker also made a special stopoff, coming from their home in Pekin, Ill Mr. Rodecker was a speaker at the festivities. The Rodeckers departed for Ft. Worth and Dallas, where they will visit friends before proceeding to Houston. Snyder Back in Chicago Chicago, Jan. 71.—H. (Tubby) Snyder, known thruout the outdoor show world, was a Billboard caller today, having just returned from indoor shows at both Tiffin and Warren, O. He said the shows went over well, January 16, 1926 SHOW PERSONALITIES Sketch No. 4 ORN at Berwick, Me, August 16 RB 1863, son of Josiah L. and Han nah Rollins Parents moved to Rochester, N. H.. when he was five ‘ old After finishing schoo! learned shoemaker’s trade, beginning at ace 14 and continuing until 20 Parents were very much inclined to have him study for ministry In early boyhood he learned to play a clarinet and became very proficient Forty years azo May 12 last he led the band with Whittler’s Allled Shows This was hi first show « xperilence and he stayed there two seasons. The following season he was clarinet play- r with Whittemore & Clark’s Min- strels, and next, for one season. in me capacity with Peck & Fursman’s Uncle Tom's Cabin Company, of whic} Sam A. Scribner was manager Mr Scribner in those days used te cal! him “My master smart boy”. Also worked as an actor, doing smal! parts Then went with Scribner & Smith's Circus as musician for two season: and the following year with the Wal ter L. Main Circus, same capacity, for one season Then led band with T K. Burk Circus for three years, and from there to Katherine Rober Reper toire Company for two season i band leader. Following this he went with Seymour & Stratton’s Repertoir: Company for one season, then a leader of band with Barlow Bros’ Minstrels, under management of Al! Dolson, for two years. Next, as ad- vance agent, joined J. J. Garrity’s International Allied Shows, stayine there one season Following this h« b me connected with Frank C. Bos- tock’s Trained Wild Animal Show inside lecturer, staying there mor: than 12 years For about four of those years he handled Chiquita wit! the Bostock show and also took her to Europe for one winter. After clos ing with Bostock he bought his own animal show and operated it inde- pendently for several years, after which he booked it with the Miller Bros.’ 101 Ranch Wild West for on: year He next bought an interest with Sig Sautelle in a show called th. Sautelle, Lowande & Rollins Circus staying there four years. This, by the way, was the only show with which he was ever connected that was not a success. He then joined the Greater Sheesley Shows as press rep- resentative and manager of J. M Sheesley’s animal show for four years, and later went to the Johnny J. Jones Exposition and boucht an attraction. Bughouse, which he kept with the Jones organization for five years. Hi: next took the Burchouse to the Morris & Castle Shows for one year and sold it to Charles Jameson. He _ then bought a Law and Outlaw Show which he had with the Rubin & Cherry Shows last vear. He now has two Law and Outlaw shows, embrac- ing 100 fieures, playing independently, and has as a partner Harold L. An- fender Married Blanche McClelland, of San Francisco, in that city May 7, 1896 Son (George M_.) died four years aro and has daughter residing in Boston Mass. Parents both dead. Of four sisters and one brother all ase dead but latter (Walter J.), who resides in Rochester, N. H John’s Lodge No. 115, F. and A. M. Philadelphia, Pa.; Scottish Rite and the Shrine, New York City. Says h: never gambled in his life WE TAKE PLEASURE IN INTRO. DUCING TO YOU G. W. ROLLINS (George William Rollins, if you car: to know his name in full). Belongs to St Sheesley Shows Again Get The Indiana State Fair One of the prominent State Fairs of the Central States that has the past sev eral weeks attracted attention as to which of the large amusement organiza- tions would be awarded its midway con- tract for this year has been the Indiana State Fatr at Indianapolis. The Greater Sheesley Shows had this date last year, and a telegram from its general representative, C. W. Cracraft, to The Billboard January 7 informed that he had just closed a contract for the Sheesley Shows to again furnish the “amusement zone” attractions for this big event at Indianapolis in September. D. D. Murphy Shows’ Fair Dates St. Louis, Jan. 6.—During a visit of L. M. (Pete) Brophy, general manager of the D. D. Murphy Shows, at The Bill- board office here, he advised that the show already had signed contracts to play the following fairs this year: West Tennessee District Fair, Jackson. Tenn. ; Madison County Fair, Huntsville, Ala South Mississippi Fair, Laurel, Miss. ; North Mississippi-North Alabama Fair, lupelo, Miss.; Missiasippi-Alabama Fair, Meridian, Miss, and the South Texas State Fair, Beaumont, Tex. i" ae a VAW Loy eS asl, & . \\e Se . BN arnivVal!S Jes — Ya hii = S 4, 5 <<\\ (GAC YA By) AY Se ig aa PEN NO"s/ )) NO WS, Po Ps a Ba ; eee ak ees ; eee — aot 2 ad ee a a _ 5 ae | PO | a
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January 16, 1926 “Around Houston” By JOE S. SCHOLIBO s large auto is being driven around on _. of “Heavenly Houston” by the one and only William (Bill) Snapp, ef the Snapp Bros.’ Shows, wintering there. accompanied by the missus (fore riv Dolly Mings, of aquatic fame, from Vest Coast). \ ‘. Yearout, “Art” Martin and Carey Jones, around the John Francis Shows’ ' r quarters. “Art” and Carey have on the brain, it is said Pete Cella and Dick O’Brien arm in down Main street, busily engaged in sation. johnny Castle, a visitor for a few nd it is said he purchased a dandy ear to be added to the Morris & Shows’ special ge Pendarvis, one of the oldtimers le kick of the late Hal Etheridge, to nearly all outdoor and indoor en, George now owning a three- ind snipe billposting plant with T. Rapport, of the Palace Theater There seems to be enough talent, both pr ters and performers, to stage an indoor doings in Houston during the winter, tho it seems from conversation want fo be in on the promotion end. Bill” Geyer and wife are amoug those wintering in Houston, Bill having closed t! n with the Snapp Bros.’ Show, but during the fair season put in many weeks playing as a free act in front of t! grand stands around the State of Nebraska Rufus Huck, glassblower with Johnny Beja « side show on the Morris & Cattle Shows, and Louis Friedell passed t 1 Houston recently on their way to New Orleans. Friedell expects to be back at the Shreveport winter quarters of the M. & C. before the end of the month to engage in rebuilding some of his concessions on that show. M. J. Lapp’s Greater Shows Ellenville, N. Y., Jan. 6.—Owing to M. J. Lapp’s decision to have a 20-car out- fit for his Lapp’s Greater Shows the coming season, which necessitates the addition of several cars, he has found it necessary to open winter quarters, located on the fairgrounds at White River Junction, Vt., earlier than usual, the date being set for February 1 Clay M. Green will represent the show as general agent and traffic manager Word has been sent to quarters to have three new wagons constructed to accom- modate attractions sfgned, and Raymond Young and George LaSalle are getting things in readiness for the 15 men who vill be there after the first of February for the work. The dining car will serve meals to the men, as the fairgrounds is bout two miles from town. Among the ther new equipment will be an electrical wagon, provided with two new 75-k.w. transformers Mr. Lapp made a trip to Troy, N. Y., vhere he placed an order for paint with firm that has supplied his needs in this line the past four-vears. The Water Show, which outfit was rebuilt in the tory at Ellenville, is completed and is beauty and the workmen are now on the new wagon front for the Minstrel Show This is the second new wagon front and another will be built in the ory here. An order was placed last week for a new “fun house” attraction. ob Sincley, of Greensburg, Pa, has ebooked his merry mix-up ride with t show, also Cecil Horton of Chicago, Rig Eli wheel, of which George Car- son will be foreman. This makes six ride booked, Mr. Lapp owning three himself F. J. Berans, of Raltimore, has ened up his 10 concessions; Joe Zopft, Leroy, 2, and Vernon E. Chappelle, t Washington, D. C., will again have the “palace of eats"—his eighth sea- ? Among happy recipients of Christ- mas gifts Is Milton Lapp. Jr.. who re- “rived a fine new cornet, and he te think- r f playing In “Dad's band” the com- ne season. All of which data is provided The Bilhoard by an executive of the ibove shows. Central States Shows Miami, Fla. Jan. §.—Central States Ex- Position Shows last week closed their fourth week at this busy city and busi- ne has been very egatisfactory A large Christmas tree was enjoyed by in one of the large tope and was neatly deco rated A number of visitors we re present Mr. and Mrs. Clark. of the Miller Pros.” Shows, with thetr two hildren, were among them Litt Joe | received the first present an | Ray Duncan the last one given out by inta™. Ray is now in the real estate uviness, connected with Coral Gables, ind “Santa” gave him a mule and a ‘ump cart—and told Ray to “uge it in the process of his new development,” which made quite a hit with the bunch Present. That night will be one long to remembered tn the Iivee of our never set with the show. It would have any one good to see Princess Mite vhen “Santa” gave her the presents that vere arranged for her. By actual count those present there were 187 adults nd 36 children and every one had is ~ ‘ime of their lives.” After this week. H Nywood, the show's spring fair a e. all The Billboard Salesboard Operators Most of the big fast-stepping Operators are making up their Salesboard Assortments from Ireland's Chocolates. Get om the Band Wagon and convince yourself that we have the most Wonderful Line in the country for your Boards. We are offering to the trade = large assortment of attractive packages, ranging from one-fourth to five pounds, in various shapes and designs. They are filled with a Delicious Assortment of Chocolates, including Nut Centers and Cordial Fruit Centers. WE ARP KNOWN FROM COAST TO COAST FOR OUR HIGH QUALITY CHOCOLATES. RIGHT PRICES AND INSTANTANEOUS SERVICE. ASK ANYONE! WRITE FOR JOBBERS’ PRICE LIST. TERMS: % CASH WITH ORDER, BALANCE C. 0. D. FACTORY IRELAND CANDY COMPANY §01-3-5 North Main Street, ST. LOUIS, MO. Kestern Representatives: Northern Representatives: SINGER BROS, H. SILBERMAN & SONS, 836-38 Broadway, 328 Third Street, NEW YORK, N. Y. MILWAUKEE, WIS. NORTHWESTERN SHOWS Season opens April 24. Can place Concessions of all kinds. F. L. FLACK, Manager Northwestern Shows, 36 E. Woodbridge St., Detroit, Mich. DON’T MISS THE TRAIN!! PHOTO FOUNTAIN PENS, with photo of late President Ro« sevelt, Norma Talmadge ete , on top of oe Barrel cellu- i Colors: Red, Green a Pu $4.50 per Dozen. $45.00 per Greve. Ly 60¢. COMPASS FOUNTAIN PENS, with Dp Bar amb x $3.73 Doz. Sample, 50¢. CELLULOID. OUNTAIN PENS. 73 ie tyle pol 00 Dezen, $40.00 Gress. Sample, 50e. “gamBoo FOUNTAIN PENS. Mey han ’ large a ress. mple, SOc. All of the } ens can be retailed at $1.00. and stock a2 *Desen, $33.00 G oo agents sell 50 to 100 Pens a day. Plenty of extea Points, Sess. G antec Slips and Chopping Beard is for “demonstration. Send for sam nd ask for quan- ity ri es . Novelties Insist J ‘ fe-mark : ? JAPANESE MFRS” ‘SYNDICATE, INC. 19 Seuth Wells Street. ” Chienea, tHlineis, Centanni Greater Shows WILL BUY ME RRY-GO-ROUND, FERRIS WHEEL and MEREY MIX-UP. Must be in first-class condition. Will pay cash. Want quick action. What have you? will B00K RIDES, SHOWS, CONCESSIONS. Everything open. WANT good COOK HOUSE. Show opens April 10 in the best spot in New Jersey. No grift; everything must be absolutely clean. Joe Connoly and Jack McCay, let me hear from you. MIKE CENTANNI Newark, N. J. beldt 0882. {| te 7 P. M., Pullman Hotel, 47 Seuth © w (2 A. B.. 18 Put Aw. St.. Lee A ass Mitchell 3661. EXTRA SPECIAL GENUINE EVER-READY SAFETY RAZORS plete with blade. Fancy gilt basket weave box. Per Dozen, $1.75; Per Gross, $19.50 GENUINE GILLETTE SAFETY RAZORS { { Complete with blade. In paper carton. Per Dozen, $2.00; Per Gross, $21.00 Quantity Mmited. Order quick. ; No. 8005 S—Dico cue. Size 2% inches square. ed with a rel nxovement. A “good time piece and a big premium item $1.19 ! No. 2 Eastman Camera. Folding. Sample, ef Pestpaid, $4.65: Price per Dozem........ $51.00 4 Gent's Guaranteed Watches. Dozen...... 50 Leather, Black Alligater Bill Books. Dozen. 73 Alarm Cloeks, Top or Inside Bell. Each.... : 3-in-t Large Tubuiar Flash Light, with % Battery. Each acta Jee y Military Brush Sets, 2 in Box. Dozen..... 3.50 ; si: Red Pen and Pencil Sets, Boxed. Dozen.. 3.50 4 Picture Cigarette Cases, Artists Models. Doz. 1.25 Nickel Cup and Brush Shaving Set. Dezen. 3.50 8 4-Pc, Pipe Sets, $10.00 Label. Each...... 1.50 bil Platinum Finish White Stone Rings. Dozen 1.06 1 Scarf Pins, Asst. Clusters, ?, Ete. Dozen.. 1.00 ia White Stone Scarf Pins. Gross............ 3.50 a Needle Books, Army & a Better Grade, Kk Ee er petener ce 6.50 : Lady eChic Weedio Books, Goid Eyed. Re- “44 . 2 eerste re: 7.50 Leather Key Gaeee. 6 Hooks. Doz.. 70¢: Gr. 800 Pocket Combs, in Slide Case. Dozen.. -60 Barber Razors, American Made. Dozen.... 3.60 PHOTO RINGS AND SCARF PINS ' LATEST AND BIGGEST SELLING NOVELTY No. Bis4—A Photo View Ring, made in Ra- dio Silver Finish, set with a 1-Kt. Montana Diamond. A picture of a beautiful girl can be seen through the hole in the Ring Per Dosen... $1. 75 No. 6200—Similar to abore. Dozen, $1.60, Ne. B186—Scarf Pin, Same as above. in As- sorted Designs Fancy White Stone Sct, with photo. Per Dozen, $1.75. PHOTO POCKET KNIVES. DOZEN, $2.25. OUR PRICES ALWAYS THE LOWEST. We carry a complete stock of Watches Clocks, Jew- elry, Silverware, Manicure and Tuilet Sets, Leather Goods, Electric Goods, Premiums, Concession and . Auction Supplies. Orders shipped same re- ceived. Terms: 25% deposit, balance C. D. Write for our No. 62 Pocket Size Catalog, : JOSEPH HAGN COMPANY, “The World's Bargain House,” Dept. B, 223-225 W. Madison St., Chicago, IL ' BUY FROM JOE HAGN, CHICAGO. ¢ > Donald MacGregor’s Shows Want | " , Chairplane. Will — outfit to money-cetting shows Man to oy Pit Show and ATTENTION! ' furnish some acts Banner Bate. SS Oe a ow exsbust re ona € mid me Mt ig i . l v lle of ch ssa AS ANG ER RP cake” |} SALESBOARD OPERATORS : ‘ ' David Wise Sh Our New Bargain Bulletin Morris & Castle Shows avi ise CROWS No. 14 Is Ready. WRITE, ' Shreveport. La, Jan. 5. — When St. Petersburg, Fla. Jan. 5.—The ASK FOR BULLETIN 4 this show letter reaches its readers p.vig Wise Shows, after playing a suc- NO. 14. FREE TO OP- work will have commenced in winteF ©..cful engagement at Tarpon Springs quarters of the Morris & Castle Shows. },. week, arrived here Sunday and im- ERATORS AND JOB- The first thing to be done and the first ,.ogiately unloaded their paraphernalia steps taken will be going over the equip- in preparation for the Carnival of the BERS. ment of last and previous years to aS- American Legion, Post No. 14, known as certain what is to be done and the re- Gn. of the “wealthiest” Legion units in | BR ' pairs on this property done prior to the the United States. The engagement starting of new work and building. started Monday The Legion boys ar- a Twenty odd sets of new wheel ara oe ranged a novelty parade, in which their 536 Broadway in the hands of a_ Shreveport wheely i band, also their drum and bugle wright, being cut down, and six and corps, participated for the opening. With { NEW YORK, N. » eight-inch tires being placed on same. ideal weather prevailing, the midway { Also, Messrs. Morris and Castle. while jos thronged with a multitude of amuse- ) North, purchased 30 sets of three-inch ont seekers that exceeded the expecta- axles to be used on new wagons to be iinne of the committee and show man- constructed, also to replace some of the acement. The promotions, under the di- two and three-quarter ones that are still rection of the writer, give promise of NEW PICTURE MACHINE on a few of the old wagons, the oth TS being among the most successful ever all being equipped with three-inch axles. craged here. The show will remain here PHOTOSCOPE Mr. and Mrs. Jack B. Rhodes and Mr. until the middle of this month, then move and Mrs. L. B. Johns have — d pha to play some special dates along the a few weeks’ hunting and fisning i East Coast. in South Texas and Jack will take charge bias . OPERATORS of the woodwork and blacksmith depart- “DUKE” BROWNELL (for the Show). CARNIVAL MEN ment at winter quarters. John R Castle F has returned from a three days » oh Bj Ki T mallest a ~. Pie. to Houston, at which place he purchasec ture Machine ade olds a 70 —— baggage car to be added to the illy ittle Out of Show — a = _~ “red and green special” : ° tereo. views. Runs by spring Kight men will be put to work for the Business This Year — a. . ar cee first two weeks, after which time more Di tures. Write for descrip- will be added as work progresses, as H. W. (Billy) Kittle, during a visit to ive circular and prices. necessary hardwood has been ordered The Billboard last week informed that and delivered, also hardware and paint there is every indication he will not be EXHIBIT SUPPLY CO., to. keep things busy are in the stockroom with shows this year Kittle, who has : on the Shreveport fairgrounds been a water-show manager, also front 4222 W. Lake St., Chicago From now on many announcements talker on shows with various amusement é will be forthcoming, according to Milt organizations, last fall with the Greater Morris, as to the new feature attractions Sheesley Shows, a few weeks ago took up te be added to the already mammoth a position with the Stanley Sales Service midway organization, as he doesn’t want Company and was then located at his to make any promises until they are home town, Lawrencebura, Ind. He has sure of being fulfilled. since contracted with the company for a JOE 8S, SCHOLIBO year of his services and has been trans- General Press Representative). ferred to the Cincinnati district. PAINTERS OF CIRCUS AND CARNIVAL SHOW BANNERS | MILLARD & BULSTERBAUM, 2894 West Sth St., CONEY ISLAND, WN. Y. A a ‘ s 4 | | is | a po Fe 14 Pe Po ri Ag oa : a $e ee) '@ Yee >: : EE 48) ih | ee | P| PO i Se | ’ ee : ——— <_< —@§$—_| “ou CCC [ 4 —— Ss =A a ee ge he es : is 2 - es 7 pa — ™ ,
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Fancy Cross 22-tn. -% In. tacin, oss Cross St. Joseph, Michigan CHAIR-O-PLANE We manufacture 10 different Kiddie Devices. PINTO BROS., 2944 West 8th Street, Coney Island, N. Y. Originators and Creators of Kiddie Rides. A REGULAR GOLD MINE The NEW GUM VENDING Bowling Alley A ball of gum and 2 shot at the 10-pins—all for Ic. Legitimate in all States. Operators, Parks, Ar- cades, write for prices, Manufactured by the GATTER NOVELTY 448 East 23d Street. NEW YORK. BUDDHA! yt Outfits near pric . d 4c ¢« 430 W. . ANNOUNCE- SOON BALL- THROWING OUTFITS Hoods, 20 ard Cats for Racks, Cat Racks, Milb Bottles, 1926 Catalog ready. TAYLOR'S GAME SHOP Columbia City, Indiana SALES BOARDS new, flashy, up-to-date line Write ca catalogue with new low prices NOVIX SPECIALTY Co. 39 East 27th Street, NEW YORK, MENT Conces stvles sion Tops, of Dolls for SPEARMINT GUM. Full size 5c packs—also other flavors—$6.00 per 500 Packs. Flashy boxes All Streetmen, Concession and Premium Mcn use our dandy bran is. Double your money. Deposit required. Order today. HELMET GUM SHOPS, Cincinnati, Ohio. “werd” letter te advertisers, otha “aillbeard”’. GUM fa Sack The Billboard 7 Ge NOG oe NF Midway Confa By DEBONAIR DAB (Communications to 25-27 Opera Place, Cincinnati, O.) Within a few weeks the “parade” will again be headed northward. Next Saturday a part of the Johnny J. Jones Expositior pulls out of winter quarters, Get this pun: Billy Young is one of the oldtimer showmen with the J. George Loos Shows. Many favors and good deeds between showmen de not become public intel- ligence—likewise some “dirty deals’. Ed. Lundgren is located for the winter at New Orleans, where he has a store- room show, exhibiting “Congo”, his big snake. The next big get-together-and-have-a- good-time affair in the Middle West is that of the Mississippi Valley Showmen’s Club, at St. Louis, in February. A squib from Texas was that Larry Pfeiffer, of the Walcott Show, had spent the holidays with Leo Hackenschmidt, the wrestler, at Baton Rouge, La. flies come Fortunately, under the head of insects instead of animals, hence no “enthusiasts” seem to have raised voice against people being “cruel” to them. Fred (Spot) Dixon, last season with Dodson’s World's Fair Shows, Isler Greater Shows, and who closed with the Gold Medal Shows, is spend- string and intended placing a new ride in the attraction lineup about April 1. “Bill” Hilliar asks Deb. if he “ree members when only the rich went to Florida in the winter?” Yes, Bill, along with quite a few “idle ‘rich’ " and “would- be-wealthies ! Starr DaBelle was selling tickets at one time on a freak animal show A party came out and said to hin Young man, here’s another quarter. Buy your bull some feed!” Deb. last week received a pictorial card of the S. S. Aorang, sent from Sevra, Fiji Islands, December 3, from Whitey Clare and Jimmie and Mabel Thomas, they “scribing” thereon: “On our way to Australia on this ship Among other showfolks passengers are Ray and Ester Valley and Mantel’s Mannikin act.” The word reached Deb. last we: Joe DeKreko holds the “No. 1” for 1926 from the Mexican t Brownsville, Tex., to travel i : of Mexico. ncidentally, Joe er show veteran, Harry Tip ‘ agent for the DeKreko Shows in 1920, recently met in the Brownsville vicinity— possibly across the river. Quite a bit of attention was attrac = at Savannah, Ga., recently when Johnn Webb, the well-known fat boy of the Webb Circus Side Show, manage- ing the winter at “MIKE AND IKE” ment of Port Arthur, Hardin, with t Tex. Says there’s Zeidman & Pollie quite a number Shows, ordered of showfolks at new suit of Port Arthur, in- @othes from a cluding members local tailor—the of the Roy Gray amount of cloth Shows, which are ded set many wintering there. ‘ yngeues to “wag- “Spot” decided ging”. not to troupe this winter on One account of ill that health. car thay Billy Cates th postcarded from re Houston, Tex. : we “Finally got the mail ‘bug’. The Mrs: et on and I have a headed for Flori and- da, with Tampa ‘> ni as headquarters. The famous brother midgets, “Mike out } and Ike’, will be one of the features “see PE eM =: with the Zeidman & Pollie Shows the eg Mg Bnd streets Of. An- coming season, and of late have been sel a the gusta, Ga. have playing cabaret engagements in Chicago. big amus nt been Carleton Their manager, Ray Marsh Brydon, organizations he Collins, press informs that they became Elks, Lodge came int cone man for the No. 1004, at Paragou!d, Ark., last Oc- tact witl Reiss Shows. and tober. also are members of the Moose —_—_— Col. Bob Layton, Lodae, No. 1262, Mishawaka, Ind. Arthu1 Jd. also a general Hastings and agent and press Mr and , wits. rep These fel- “Candy” lers were coreporters on The Philadel- close, last season with the D. D. Ph nha yhy phia Ledger last winter. Shows (and expect to return there this ws ay year), have been laying over at Plant After closing with the Greater Shees- City, F! repairing and building candy levy Shows Kenneth Malcolm went to stores” an d other concessions, including Atlanta, Ga and is now with Loew’s one of H ne dea, w which eV Wild Animal Shows. doing announcing; intend playing a _ nurbe of dates in also broadcasts over radio Last week Filo ida th the Johnny J. Jones Exn- he was at Birmingham. Ala and exe sition, as they have during former win- pected to close in New Orleans ters. Mrs. “Pat” Hastings is speftding the winter with her mother at Bart The big No. 2 wax-figure show of Creek, Mich George Rollins nd WH Aanfender ened =a m an engagement in a large store room in M L, Morris recently wrote this the wn-town business section of Cin- e«-rj}, datelining his letter humorou cinnati ast week follows attic, coke alti a r “Lake Worth, Fla Harry A. Illions and wife passed ¢ The Land of Sunshine, holidays , With the homefolks at ¢ od d The Land of Sandbar Island, N. Y. Harry expects to be with The Land of High Cost; Hyla E. Maynes again the coming sea- December the Last.” son. cout Hear that “Red” Rogers took a look Madam Ada writes th she and Prof at “Henrv. the Horse Without a Head” Lamar have been ¢ “lie mw a delightful at the exit of the Baltin Christmas Winter at Paiton, P viviting Madan Show and then “named” it fter one or brother Thomas McQ lien who on more persons he had previously met. January 1 took up his office as mayor of — the city. Llovd Fowler, “legless acrobat’. ine foed that he had been contracted for the coming season at World's Circu: Side Show, Coney Island, and is looking for- w ard. to a pleasant ‘eng agement. Doc Carpenticr informs that he is framing a new pit show for the coming season with the Missus doing the inside lecturing, which he will have with one of the gilly shows. A squib from Macy’s Exposition Shows, the winter outfit of which is now play- ing in Louisiana, stated that Bill Norvel was adding another concession to his D. C. Hanna is wintering at Abbeville La., and the coming season will find him again general announcer on Harry EE. Billick’s Gold Medal Shows: also asetet- ing Mr. Billick on the front of the Min- strel Show. Altho some still indulge in it, there {« much less “cutthroating” (downright dir'ingess) for dates than dAuring former years. To some extent the “dirtins has been shifting from the showmen to parties supplying the engagements Ben Davieson infoes from Kittanning, Pa., where he ig headquartering for the 16, 1926 January Portable Carouselles Two and Three-Horse Abreast, 40 ft. diameter. $2-ft. Juntor Carouselle. All proven money-makers Spillman 4-Cylinder Power Plants, built for service. SPILLMAN ENGINEERING CORP. North Tonawanda, N.Y. PORTABLE CARROUSELS 40-FT. THREE-ABREAST. 40- FY. 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January 16, 1926 For Sale or Lease portable Fun Houses, complete with wagon Thoroughly reconditioned Any carnival ny without a satisfactory Fun House should wf attractive proposition on one of these, Flat Car for transportation. Also have com- equipment of Cars, Wagons and Riding De- me or more ten-car shows Will make good terms to responsible parties. “ for particulars and prices on anythin ed in the Line of Outdoor Attractions 8 ny « Devices THE C.W. PARKER AMUSEMENT CO. LEAVENWORTH, KANSAS es for os jonally PERFUME NOVELTIES 100-Hole Salesboard, 1 flashy 6- Bottle Eau de Cologne, B 4 oz. Rottles Perfume. $1.00 For TRUST PLAN workens. Perfume put up in 24-rlal bos, . Also in 30-vial bozes, 58s, Three assorted colors and odors Perfume Sachet, large size. Put up 20 packets in Box. 36¢ Box, Brings in $3.00 SY geal be ae | Gress 5 3 Bers Wrapped Soap, ia Boz, for 12',¢ Box. bs Fine Bulk Perfumes—Rose. Jock- ey Club and ila 1-Lb. Bottle, G0e; 2-Lb. Bottle, §1. is Sig l-oz. Flashy Bot. ) tle A 1 Perfume, Gx = Labelex d, Cappe $1 00 Big Jar Vanishing Cream or eid. Cream - Big Jer Cade Cree. cccccoccesscanceccess Doz. a Bottle Shampoo. .......cccccscccgsecs Big Tube Tooth Paste ....cccccccccces . Hie t-on., Gold-Plate Cap, Asst. Perfume. Dez.$3.00 Hig S-o2., Gold-Plate Cap, Asst. Perfume. Dez. a Big 6-0, Eau de Cologne. Dezen . 3. We ship by express. Cash deposit. Write for Our 1926 Cataleg. Just Off the Prese. NATIONAL SOAP AND PERFUME CO. 512 W. Huron Street, Chicago, III. Serres" THE THRILLER The Most popular Ride on the market at the low- ™ ssidle price Absolutely guaranteed. May be seen in operation Room 303, Coates House, Kansas ( ity, Mo. Ask for Mr. J. T McClellan. JONES MANUFACTURING COMPANY Independence, Kansas Mills & Jennings For Machines used three weeks, as good as new. New “te Venders or Bellis, Sc play, $80.00; 2% play ed three weeks, $75.00; new 25¢ play, $90.00. ew Mills Front Se Play Venders, $95.00. Mints, $11.00 a Thousand. Checks, $2.00 a Hundred. HOME NOVELTY & SALES CO. 2210 8th Avenue, ALTOONA, PA. FOR SALE ete Moterdrome, . 1 fee M New including Motorcycles. ' In elreumference, is two years old, like new and in the very best of with in Baltimore Also other for Including last year Tents, Will ing entire show, 20 Cars, 40 Wagons. Best Show on the road. Write or wire MORRIS LER Miller Bros.. Shows, Box 744, Drome guaran- shape show Show sale, Manager, © Maryland, _COOK HOUSE FOR SALE wi ption of booking with Monarch Exposition . fAlry vH ZOSON, 315 Washington 8t., ia. L 't helps you, the paper and. the advertiser te mention The Billboard winter, that he has been doing some in- door work but is now getting busy with general agenting the Harry Copping Shows for the coming season. A fellow in a certain State in the South writes: “Plenty of money here, but one has to have ‘lots’ in order to get it.” That's the way (altho possibly from a little different angle) folks over in Ile linois last summer ficured it. Hear that the winter quarters Pilbeam Amurement Company, is a busy place of the at Detroit, these days with prepara- tory work, also that it is quite a meet- ing place for troupers hibernating in that city this winter. M. B. (Duke) Go Golden eect out of his home. town, London, O., early last week, came into Cincinnati, paid a short visit to The Bil/board, and left for points south to attend fair meetings and get his share of contracts for West's World’s Wonder Shows According to a letter from Pau! J. “Wo ff, Paul evidentiy likes the climat in the Los Angeles section. He appar- ently liked it “still better” after picking up a local newspaper which had a blaring across-front-page heading reading “Rec- ord Cold Grips East.” In Valdosta. Ga., at the fair last fall, Frank C. Hildebrand, legal adjuster for the Zeidman & Pollie Shows, happened to ask Henry Lavardo: “How did the Submarine do tonight, Henry?” Lavardo hesitated a momént and replied: “About ten leagues beneath a ‘C’!” Caught a look at a very attractive cut in The San Francisco Chronicle of December 27. It was of the well-known Pacific Coast “fat girl’, Nellie Lane, in exhibition costume, stepping into an auto- mobile. No, the accompanying sketch didn’t say a word about Nellie ever hav- ing been with a show. Last year saw a wonderful improve- ment regarding “bull” in “show letters” There is too much NEWS each week with any show to indulge in it! No, this is not just Deb. saying it. showfolks thruout the country make the same com- ment (doubtless, you've heard it and may have yourself expressed it). from the Cole Greater now owns his own ride and is wearing the “smile that won't come off” Wonder iff Bill Connors will now steer his new “Henry” away from larger cars? Mr. Cole has “given” the State of Arkansas to Thomas Lo = a — i, # = a | Z, BM: PONS a ome | ee Mor —— ————— eee — _ wc iciv” Ce : ba 21 oa re AS RO RES eh racer eee ee DE j — : A et $50.00 | ~Pavin eye ig Apr .™ FOR ai ef. . “ete \Ise oes ieee ee if ~ ye.) ie eo ON $65.00 4 ae ee ——— | , Ne] | TT S™—~—SOC‘*‘éF | ‘ ee ee } ; LS f
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na De ee 76 Midway Confab (Continued from page 75) radio and jokes, playing around Boston. Uppgard infoes that Tannehill recently fell into an estate of relatives and may put out his own shows the coming sea- son. Mrs. R. H. Rollins says it seems people have been adopting various means of transportation into Florida. “The best she has seen so far” was a man and his wife with a wheelbarrow, with an un- painted dry-goods box in which were two dirty-faced kiddies, and inside and out- side which were pots and pans and other needed articles, traveling along one of the highways. The man pushed the vehicle and his wife walked Showfolks appreciate reading facts and deplore misstatements “reported” for publication and the action of anyone “reporting” misleading data. What is to be gained among them by trying to “bull”? The most significant answer is: A strong tendency among them to dis- believe anything else (altho it might be fact) written about by those “‘found out” by them. Show people are pastmasters at “checking up” and do a great deal of talking and writing among themselves. It’s a tough break with circumstances when one gets a place of business into the remunerative class and thinking of making additions to meet the demand of trade, and then have fire wipe it almost out of existence. Such was the ex- perience of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Crandell, near Melbourne, Fla. But the Crandells are not of the “grieving” caliber, instead they are hustlers, and, provided Harry’s health improves, it is herewith predicted ‘that they will soon be “on top” again. Doc Scanlon, located at Miami, Fla., opines that the furnishing of a complete list of showfolks in that section would possibly require an additional mail pouch to transport it northward. Any- way, among early last-week arrivals were H. L. Lewis, concessionaire; Bobby Kane, Ralph Pearson, advancing Dyk- man & Joyce, and “Irish Jack” Lynch and Doc Hartwick, of Lauther’s Side Shows, and—all “gravitated” to Jim Hathaway's real-estate office to say “hello”. SOME MIDWAY CRAX (By “Whitey” Quinn, Beaumont, Tex.) Ike Koester, an oldtimer, whose place of business is in Davenport, Ia., greets me always with those sweet words: “Have you eaten yet, Whitey?” Did you ever stop and think that it takes a real performer to put over an act on a carnival the way it should be put. Clipping from a 1910 newspaper: “The midway was billiantly illuminated, also were the attaches.’ The “cookhouse” that specially caters to the profession is a wonderful insti- tution. Try opening that girl show with a magic or comedy juggling act. The change will do the old show a world of good. After 20 years you are either profes- sional or finished. Wise cracks for ears of the public should be stopped by all means! One advantage of a severe winter is that the river is frozen over and some of us will not have to pay ferry fare. There are several reasons for not working in the winter. rey = " t 4. f". "OTe —escmcieathatie : Sse | Coffman's Sales $732 87 ~127 DAVS Die’ F ug ee ; ; 3 . ae Ni Benois, #009 ano we ty oY a ENB <P ce ep es 3 _———— re 7 € «4 EL | f ee “i { ar. ‘ bf ae » é £: tb ‘ mae eS B pO Ee iy ee , } cn RR |
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January 16, 1926 PHILADELPHIA FRED'K ULLRICH Act the Theaters Philadelphia, Jan. 8.—Geo. M. Cohan rican Born opened here this week irst showing at the Broad Street to fine success and attendance, its first showing here was and Zva with the Duncan Sisters Forrest Theater to satisfactory iton and with d houses. « to near capacity houses at the i is What Price ry?, and there ‘il exeellent business at the Walnut th Aloma of the South Seas, Clos.ng week are The Show Off, Gar- ty Girl, Chestnut Street O. H.; Lyric, and the Barl Car- Shubert. Screen Theaters The Stanley ran The Merry Widow to ter \ in G +.a, Tanites, houses. It had as an added tion Lequone ak DeLong, dancers. ox had When the Door Opened, \rt Landry and his Victor Re- » Orchestra. Don Q is in its final at the Stanton. The Big Parade nues a big drawing card at the Brief Bits This Week Mae Desmond and her players at the iesmond Theater gave a very creditable n of The Haunted House to attendance. Welch and his minstrels at Theater drew big houses with ther roaring laughing satire, A Quiet oht’s Rest. Ben Marks in a one-act musical com- ly titled Apples registered a hit at . Earle. Also going f.ne on the Dill were Piechiani Troupe, Ray Fern and Maree, Earle and Rial Revue, Princess jah, Morley and Anger. Woods will present at the Lyric on February 8 The Kiss in the Tazt. Arthur Byron and Janet Beecher are the featured players... The annual theater treasurers’ benefit ance wll be held at the Walnut Theater Dbginning at midnight Sunday, February 21. A large array of stars will be presented. ! are humming at the Sesquicen- and also at fices, 52 Chestnut Gladway” is expected to he ) June 1. which is the official for the exposition opening. Director of Concessions E. Cash is a busy man these days, and giv ng valuable help ! Dire tor Cc. D. Bond, of the iti il big met Welch rs of Toboggan Co. rabeth pg well-known come- was tendered a “Nicht in Bo- at the Pen and BPencil Club Fri- day night. and the event was a royal s The seribes gave her a splendid Icome. Miss Murray is the only norary lady member of the Pen and Club. W. Frank, Glory Comp ? nager of 7 the Pen and stay here. manager of the What Price iny ane Howard Smith, he Show Off, are ecuests of Pencil Club during their KANSAS CITY IRENE SHELLEY Kansas City, Jan. 7.—January 1 the A } Rice Mfg. Co. moved its factory m its former location, 1837 Madison treet, to its new, large, up-to-date bu ld- ne at 1813-1821 East 14th street. The mpenhy is one of the largest dealers in ession and carnival supplies in the Middle West and ts well and favorably wn over the entire country. Frenk Prescott, well-known advance cent. recently spent a few days in the ty after a very active season in advance f tent dramatic show. He left here January 5 to join the Marcus Show in Kentucky as pilot He will be general gent for one of the E. H. Jones shows ‘ ing spring. » Pr W. Mayfleld is in the city for * winter and is running a rooming Hie informs that he has not de- vith whom he will be the coming Lew Lawson, field agent for the T. i. pieture, after being in Cc. about weeks, went to Dallas, Tex., Janu- ry 4 to set dates for the picture in that r tory Lem Edwards arrived from ‘hicago to run the T. N. T. peture at rden Theater here for a week be- einnine January 10, Littl George Beach, the mnedian, has purchased a ‘ chile and hot tamale place on Broad- ind will be here all winter. Mr h played Jeff with one of the Hos- Mutt and Jeff companies the past ” vest-pocket half interest Mrs. George Engesser, one of the most ! r members of the Ladies’ Auxiliary the Heart of America Showman’s Club d vife of the owner and manager of ir Bros’ Cireus, went to a hospital el-ior Springs, Mo.. January 4 for ht operation She is expected to back In the city in about two weeks, S getting along very nicely, and Mngesser and their little daughter with her in Excelsgor, Totn Angeles In he the W. Harpestrite writes from Los that he is fooling much improved alth and is again able to get around city after a slege of illness. —ESMO for Ca ND talog. The Billboard BLANKETS AT LOWER PRICES INDIAN BLANKETS, Size see. ESMOND FAMOUS 2-iN-I. ESMONQ FAMOUS 2-IN-I We carry a complete line of Merchandise for Bazaars Size 66x8 SHAWLS. Size, 66x80. ORIENTAL NOVELTY CO., BEACON WIGWAM BLANKETS. Size, 60x80. BEACON WIGWAM AND KISMET SHAWLS. Size, 60x80. ALSO OTHER FLASHY SHAWLS. Indoor Celebrations and Church affairs. Write us 6 West Third Street, CINCINNATI, OHIO or L. J. HETH SHOWS Season Opens Early in March at Birmingham, Ala. Want Circus Side Penny Arcade, wire quick. Girls,, pony size. Show; House. we furn Want ish car L. 4. Producer Colored Performers and All legitimate Concessions open except Cook Exclusive American Palmistry open. Kentagky, Alabama and Georgia desirous of contracting a 25-Car Amusement Organiza- tion that is up to the standard kindly communicate with us immediately. HETH SHOWS, Winter Quarters, Show with or without own outfit. Illusion Show, one or two more Platform Shows. organized Hawaiian Show, spons'ble party om percentage basis. Please send photos. accommodations. Grab, Corn Game. Law and Outlaw Wax Van Watkins, furnish outfit Musical Comedy Show. write complete to re- Show. Chorus Musicians for Minstrel will for Fair Secretaries in All address North Birmingham, Ala. For @nest Side Show and Musical Comedy, Side-Show Attractions of every Geseription = or Colored Band Ta! Northwestern Shows Want ,- al Comedy. , Southern rir Mi e tece higan. Es Girls or organized and Grinders. State salary. Adam Wint rs, ite Detroit, Mich. Wright, Jack COOK HOUSE MEN IMMEDIATE SHIPMENT We are headquarters for Gasoline Stoves, Jumbo Burn- ers, Steam Tables, Tanks, Pumps llow Wire, Gasoline Lanterns, Little w onder Syste , Mantles, Torches, Urn_ Burners Me Irons, Urns Griddles Jui Jar Juice (Like Cut). Pres- My wders, Circus 7 nade Glasses. Also Special Equipment sure x to order. Terms: One-fourth cash balance C. O. D 4-Ineh . $4.25 r $5.50 Write for complete catalog jeInch .... 5.50 ecasce §.29 “Sruea ‘es. “10 | Waxham Light & Heat C ar Conneetion, Grazed on. 10 | axnam t eat Co., 550 w. aaa “ot. N.Y. City. Palmér C. Franklin left for Los Ange- the comméncement of after a sojourn of les ju before the ne year, 10 days in the city. astic gpectator at the gathering at the Coates Ho by thd Heart Club. ¢ about He was an enthusi- Christmas tree se, conducted of America Showman’s Krail, Peggy waa. H. G. Grimes, Phil Eastman, Capt. Larry and Audrey O’Brien, K. W. Cook, Charles Barnes. Imperial Exposition Shows Things are still quiet around the win- Vern Curtis was in the city from St. ter quarters of the Imperial Exposition Joseph, Mo., recently and after spending Shows, altho the management is very a few days here returned home. Mr. well satisfied with the progress that has Curtis @vill take out a feature picture been made since the closing of the show hortly#thru Kansas and Nebraska. last November. The show is booked for Jack "Neil has contracted for the con- a season of 23 weeks in the Eastern and cessions on the achman-Carson Exposi- Southeastern Ohio coal fields. The line- tite ‘ *y ies 1%. r _. up will be two rides, four shows and r. #d Mrs, John rancis were Visi- about 20 concessions. he show has a tors in ghe city for a few days last week. number of the exclusive concessions al- coming’ here especially to attend the ready booked. The management has con- New Year's Eve Banquet and Ball of tracted with Paynter’s 10-Piece Family the Hegrt of America Showman’'s Club. Rand Johnnie Zybosko will have the Louis Isler, of the Isler Greater Shows, Athletic Show, and the 10-in-1 will be consulthg ‘with his, business ‘manager, (W2ed by the management—the banners - — ve beer rdered : sros Ned Stoughton. Mr. Isler is adding some alear v a th natie al got new shews and attractions for 1926 The show will make « e an aun F be ol. Yan MacGugin returned January os¢trraction for +h ter eel PS ae saved: 5 fromfa swing to Omaha, Minneapolis, “4 ' Sietiniahioes > a 3 ae llss ON St. Li and a visit with his mother i}, the eer et : in Davénport, Ia. Col. Dan says he is thi. coaso ge » 5. feeling ¢ine a ie pa a pantnlfhengweer me, uy. C. Loomis went to St. Mary's ao of the the be . a he ine ospita! here January 5 for some minor ». hic pone ~ ose Pry cuefatione aut wil ba beck of the Gentes While mm ¢ LO i et _———— PC | ee _ a jo + ee pe » ee CTT ™ pe P Po . —_—_—_—_—_— ee >. -B || eho 2 \o i ( i : PS) FEO 5 OT ‘ , lo om. J > 2 i of) : | a se a ry ASL 0a . Se f= ee . — eu 4023 Cottage Greve Ave., — Chicage.
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brs akan a eee 78 The Billboard ae N NDE ty Out In The Open ({S — By JACK F. MURRAY (Communications to 1560 Broadway, New York, N. Y.) COL. JOKE MILLER is very much in evidence along Broadway these days and is about the most sought after person on the Rialto. We fear for him if he ever tried to hold audience with everyone who thought they wanted to talk to him. Jimmy Heron sticks right close te him. ALFRENO SWARTZ, famous _high- wire artiste. is confined to his home be- cause of serious illness, according to a postcard from his wife. Alfreno has not been well the past year, but it looked for a while as tho he would lick his maladies. Mail wil! reach him at 252 Fulton street, New York City. JERRY DOLAN writes that he is rusticafing at Garfield, N. J., waiting for the whistle to blow when the birds come back in the spring. What’s it going to be next year, Jerry? AL RITCHIE, trick rider with Gus Hornbrook’s Cheyenne Days recent sea- sons, enjoys somewhat of a reputation as a boxer and has decided to take a crack at that game again this winter, since Wild West outfits don’t work any too steadily during the cold months. Al has a few victories over promising and well-known lighters to his credit and may *be heard from in the lightweight division some day. While that’s not our idea of a soft winter berth, we wish him luck. LOUIS G. KING has departed from Broadway once again. This time he went down to Edenton, N. C., to join Bruce & Marks, doing advertising, press and pro- motion work on their indoor bazaars and circuses. Louis is one hard-working spe- cial agent; he deserves to be kept work- ing steadily. His first one is at Edenton in April. BROADWAY has been overrun with celebrities. In one day we saw R. M. HARVEY, general agent of the Sells- Floto show; FLOYD KING, of the Wal- ter L. Main and Gentry Bros.’ circuses, and HOWARD BARRY, the legal ad- juster for those outfits. VIC LEAVITT is reported to be somewhere in town, as is JEROME HARRIMAN and ORA PARKS and quite a few others. There are a few more general agents banging around, too. MR. AND MRS. HARRY G. MEL- VILLE arrived in town last week and will stick to the big city for several days visiting friends and saying “hello” vari- ous places around the East before hitting back to their Nat Reiss Shows to get things in shape for the road this season. JOSH AND TILDY, “ruralities that sparkle”, have signed with World Amus>- ment Service Association for 1926, ac- cording to J. E. (Josh) Pool. Josh has been spending the holidays in his own home town of Lockport, N. Y. That’s one town Josh owns once he arrives home! LOTTIE MAYER, America’s aquatic marvel; Eugene Randow and Micky Roscoe, water clowns, and the group of diving girls are appearing at the Hippg- drome this week in the Disappearing Water Ballet. The act is in six scenes and the corps de ballet from the Hipp. helps to augment it. They are going over big and will be held over for a second week at least, according to our advices. act, Fred Bradna’s around king after his wife’s interests during ler engagement. He has an indoor circus on for the end of this month up in Con- necticut. same New York « LILLIAN LEITZEL, famous aerialist, and Felix Adler, clown, were noticed in a box one evening last week watching the Bradna act. Miss Leitzel just finished five weeks at this same house. WE DON’T KNOW how they do it or what the secret is, but MESSMORE AND DAMON, the papier mache masters, sure do manage to grab off lots of free pub- licity. Last Sunday’s edition of one of the local Hearst papers devoted an entire page to their “monsters and midgets”, showing samples of prehistoric animals and other things these two talented builders construct in their shop. We saw their prehistoric animal show on the Jones midway at Toronto this year and sure did marvel at it. SUNNY, MARILYN MILUER’S famous production, employs the services of sev- eral freaks during a circus scene. Among those in the cast at present are the one and only Zip, Carrie Holt, the 468-pound fat lady; Carl Danburg, the 7 foot 7 inch Swedish giant; Irwin mett, the mid- who has the distinction of having with David Warfield in Belasco’s production of The Merchant of Venice; Helen Gardner, snake charmer, and a few others whose names aren’t known to us at present. APPARENTLY BULL FIGSITS are de trop down in Florida. One was staged there recently and the sheriff of the county in which it was held is in danger of losing his job. In the future he'll be interested in but one kind of “bull throwing”, we wager. DAN ODOM—Thanks muchly for the holiday greetings from you and Mrs. Cc. D. They were relayed to us from Boston, as we've been hanging out right here in little old New York since the middle of June. Look us up when you come our way. We're ashamed to say how early it was in the morning when we last saw you in Chicago. Neither of us should have been up so early. JACK HOYT writes that his Eastern engagements next season wiil be for Wirth & Hamid and his Wesiern ones for the Kansas City Vaudeville Agency, with whom he has an eight weeks’ con- tract for fairs thru Nebraska, Missouri and Colorado. _R. C. CARLISLE postcards from Cats- kill, N. Y., that he scooted home for the holidays. We hope he had better weather up there than we did right here during tuat week. When are you headed back to Broadway, R. C.? Or should we say Wichita Jack? LESTER THOMPSON, on the advance of the Ringling-Barnum show during the circus season, is handling one of the road companies of the famous motion picture, The Big Parade. His show opens at the Majestic Theater in Boston. Stella Dallas opens around the corner the week pre- vious, so there should be some real circus billing done on the two pictures. We'll be in the Hub that week, so will have a chance to see who gets the break on the showing in town, but we're betti Lester. ‘ : ver LOU BACKENSTOE’S chim I fa- mous Joe Mendi, is playing pan rv We ran into Lou on the street last week during a brief visit he paid to New York. Joe hasn't had a layoff since last March and is booked right thru to this March with another year on the contract atter that. Vaudeville situation in New York today is such that a two weeks’ contract is being considered a “route” by the performers, so Lou certa niy is getting a break with his attraction. But then the chimp. is liked by the “powers that be" in everything the circuit. which explains WE UNDERSTAND TEX AUSTIN and his business manager, Frank Moore, have. been in town recently, tho we haven't run either of them yet. They've been seen, aboue town. across RAY MARSH BRYDON is certainly successful as a space @grabber for his team of midgets, Ike &@nd Mike. He's wen send.ng us some cl ppings latels The papers around Chicago, where the boys are appearing in cabaret, are a certainly being nice to the little fellows. LOU DELMORE during a recent visit announced that he would. manage the side show on the Sel's-Eloto Circus next year, replacng W. F ao Far'and We have no definite information as to where Mack's gong, but we presume he'll re place Arthur Hoffman with the Hag n- beck-Wallace side show. Lou recently returned to the city from the winter quarters at Peru, Ind. , DURING A RECENT visit to Moss’ Jefferson Theater, which is managed by our old friend, Burns O'Sullivan, we ob- served Mr. and Mrs. Victor Lee, Adgie Costello and Paul: Jerome in the aud - ence. “Specs” Sullivan, last year head waiter on the 101 Ranch, is an attache of the house. Rs MR. AND MRS A. SCATTERGOOD are sure traveling fast on the other side of the big herring pond. Our latest letter was from Nice. They spent Christ- mas with Mrs. Scattergood’s brother in England and will sail for this country some time this week, arriving here early in February. You'll pardon us for not writing, folks, but you're traveling too fast for our mail to keep up with you. AMONG THE RECENT arrivals from Europe were Ed and T lle Bowman, Jack Wright, Hank Durnell, Joe Orr, Dan Dix and Montana Earl. who have been abroad for the 101 Ranch. The con- densed version of the Wild West show is at the Casino Theater in Brooklyn, N. Y., this week. We'll catch it wh ‘e it’s there and report on it in detail in an early issue. RALPH HANKINSON doesn’t care what he does with some other fellow’s life. He's got a new feature attraction for his auto races for next season the person of “Dare-Devil” Charles Ve: “nl | | sical Show. KEY WEST, FLORIDA FIREMEN’S CELEBRATION and FESTIVAL February 15 to 27 Wanted, for this event and other Florida dates, Minstrel Show, Fat Girl Show or any good show. Can also use Girls for Mu- Concessions all kinds. | MORRIS MILLER, Mgr., Miller Bros.’ Shows, Miami, Fla. Write or wire 17th ANNUAL TOUR WANTS Harry Copping Shows An Organization with an Established Reputation NOW BOOKING FOR SEASON 1926 Shows, Concessions and Rides that don’t conflict with what we have. Concessions all open. Exceptional opportunity for Shows EVERYTHING NEW BUT THE NAME January 16, 1926 Who leaps into midair from the tail of & specding racing car, landing on the ground in front of the grand stand and sliding 75 feet before stopping. We recommend this stunt as an ideal method of “how not to live long”. SOME TWO OF OUR RECENT visitors were E. Guillaume “Polidor’ and Herman Poline, famous international clowns off the Ringling Bros,’ Show They're ap pearing with Fred Bradna’s Indoor Cir- cus in Connect cut this week. KING KARLO gets in to see us ov- casionally He manages to keep work- ing round and about during the winter in museums and other places. Karlo has a nice collecton of stuff and makes a nifty attraction, THOSE PEOPLE WHO promoted the “Freak Cty", the stranding of whic! i was reported in these columns recent'y, sure have burned up that territory around Sch ctady N. Y¥., for 1926 When will people learn not to play fast awnd loose with committees? Checker Exposition Shows Altoona, Pa, Jan. 6.—Things are all ahum around wenter quarters of the Checker Expos tion Shows, under the i- rection of Master Mechanic Woods with five stants ass Manager Herman returned from a visit to homefolks at Loui ville and reports one of th best Christmases he éver spent. While in Louisv MWe Herman signed O car Welliston’s wax show, also Maty Gensler with two concessions Visitors to* winter quarters recent! were Harry Bartches, T. M. Gates W Ha'‘lis and Max Halter D Ciwin aaAls in Greensbor>, Manager Her not arrived from hs home but is expected man will personally book the show and is at pre ent working on fair bookings for the season of 1926. EDDIE YOST (for the Show). BLANKETS FACTORY SECONDS $2.00 EACH IN LOTS OF SIX Indian and checkered, size 66x84, part wool. Plaids, first quality, size 60x80, in vari- ous colors. with large silk bindings to match, in separate boxes. FALLS TEXTILE CO., Fall River, Mass. ¢ NO Fe Aree warring )PER $9.50 SALE SALE eos Dp LAST SALE 6 Brass-Lined, Dou ble-Bolstered Photo Handle Knaives on 200-hole Se Board, $2.75 each in Lets of 6 $2.50 each in Lots of 10. Sample, $3.00 20% with order, ba! ane C 0 I» Bs press. Order from ad No circulars, Money back if you want it. . . Seer oeeeeeeeeeeeeee ph bd bbb dd hhh kk ed Morris Cutlery Co. . eeescee MORRIS, ILL. L. GLOTH WANTS Foreman Can use Men to take r \ Wheel Also two Stands. Come on at Fla r. & K ! bert Gloth —Mr . drop me a line. P. 8. 5 Western, writs me if you want a proposition MUSICIANS WANTED On all 1 t openin January 18, Palatka FI Wire FRANK PARIS, care K. G. Barkoot , Shows, Lake City, Fla., until January 14 26 to 28 Inches, 60 | MIDGET HORSE Perfect Image of the bis horse. For April Ipment. $100, $50 cash, $50 CO I) FRANK WITTE, SR., Box 186, Cincinnati, O FOR SALE— Merry-Go-Round, Three-atr Jumper, in fine condit tor stored at Herrington naas Will eell or trade fo Two- Abrenst ED. A. EVANS, Alton Iilinot« CARROUSELL FOR SALE with or without outfits. Season opens April 24, including a ror trl ed comptes Fea em. Brace, Mr long list of day ard night fairs. Address ath, Ohio rie BOX D-369, Billboard, Cinctr HARRY COPPING, Winter Quarters, Reynoldsville, Pa. se tm MIDGET COACH Seating four and drivtr Great bally ue if FRENCH, 19 Arch &t., Newark ha “le WHEN WRITING TO ADVERTISERS MENTION THE BILLBOARD. If you seo it im The Biltboard, tell them se; it helps us. | | | es | Coes a eee ee ee” Re a a Pe es bo eee en es ——— —— fhe | 7 ea nn | mss 2 e . iN | Es a PO
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16, January Promoter Graves in Court at Schenectady sohenectady, N. Y., Jan. 7.—Fred H. ( of Wollaston, Mass., was ar- raigned in police court here this week ‘ harge ted an t t Armory of grand larcey, first degree. indoor circus of freaks early in the fall, under ces of the Gehomecobe Grotto, nd it is alleged by members of the ‘es committee that he secretly with- ar bout $1,000 from a bank account é blished for the circus. When checks we! nt out to defray the expenses of t event there was no money to meet ther The committee also alleges that it was deluged with other unpaid bills r the cireus left town Graves was ted in Hartford, Conn. Pure Food Shows Canton, O.. Jan. 9.—B. Blakemore, head of the Canton Growers’ Association, is making plans for the annual Pure Food Show . to pe held in the City Auditorium the week of March 1. You ingst: rwn, O. Jan. 9—Plans are now being made for the annual Pure Food Show to be “he d in Ravenwood Audi- t im the week of March 8 The show will be sponsored by the Youngstown Re- tall Grocers and Meat Dealers’ Assoola- tion Montreal Motor Show Montreal, Jan —The Montreal Motor Show is to be eld here January 23 to 30 by the Montreal Automobile Trade Association It is planned to feature the equipment floor with the largest num- ber of exhibits ever seen at a motor show in Eastern Canada lhe manager of the show, Theo. Dorion, has intimated that the opening night will be one of the most brilliant affairs of the kind. Jackson Radio Show Jackson Mik Jan. 8.—A Radio Show, under au es oF the American Legion and the Jackson County Agricultural As- sociation, is to be held here January 27 to 30, under direction of E. R. Zimmere man, of the Buckeye Producing Com- ! ! Columbus, O. A Baby Show and tadio Queen ¢ ‘ontest are bein held a irt of the affair. ‘ . : Mid-Winter Festival West Tu Isa, Ok.. a ‘pa Jan. 9.—Plans are bee pleted for the holding of the kn gehts of Pythias, Evergreen Lodge No. M 1-Winter Festival here week of Jar rv 18 R. W. Stevens, formerly on the advance of the F airyland Shows, is in arge of the affair. Lincoln Club Indoor Circus ‘ Detroit, Jan. 6.—An Indoor Circus, with ’ John W. McDonald wild animals ne the acts, was given under auspices tl Li neoln Club, Highland Park, for } venenit of the community house Iast Poultry Exhibit ’ ‘asper, Ala., Jan. 8.—Preparations are nade for the second annual Walker ‘oultry Show, which will be held nuary 28 to 30. Oklahoma City Radio Show homa City, npleted () t v's il be here J Jan. 9.—Plans are be- for the opening of Okla- first annual Radio Show, held January 11 to 16. Monroe, La., Plans Auditorium nroe, La, Jan. 8.—The Rotary Club the American Legion, of this city, nsidering plans for boosting’ @ pal auditorium costing $100,000. Proyidence Radio Exposition ‘rovitence, R. I, Jan. 9—Plans are qk ted for the Providence Radfo ion to be held here January 18 New York Poultry Show More than 6,000 birds were on exhibi- ‘ ‘( the 37th annual Poultry Show tn 4 w York in New Madison Square Gar- last week, commencing Wednesday. yAutomobile Shows Duffah®, N. Y., Jan. &8.—Feature ex- hibits « the National Automobile Show in New ‘York are to be brought here and dé splayegl at Buffalo's 24th annual Motor Car Exposition according to announce- ment by Carlton C. Proctor, executive secretary of the Buffalo Automobile Dealers’ Association, under the auspices of which the show is to be held at 174th Armory January 16 to 23 inclusive, BrookjJyn Jan. 8.—The Brooklyn Auto- mobile Show will be held January 23 to 30 in the 23d Regiment Armory under the augpices of the Brooklyn Motor Vehicle Dealers’ Association. j Ohio Food Show are being made by the Cincin- nati Retail Grocers’ Association for the fourth ‘annual Ohio Food Show and Household Appliance Exposition to be held week of February 1 at Music Hall. It is stited tLat 85 per cent of display space has already been assigned. Plan week from H the pre acts: and V. trapeze; He cor per”, mt tra in M Cleveland, Jan. ” (Communications to 25-27 Opera Place, Cincinnati, O.) Hillbreth Vaudeville Circus A com: libreth G bso ving a Ott a, € nedy monkey; ladder Si K'tchie, clown band, “clown ile; peze ; Co Cum ng; vy, Harry Rubbington and John un'cation to The Bi'lboard last Philadelphia Vaudeville nm New Cire Dunbar success, with o Smith, traine Aerial Florenzeo’s com omedy riding “Hiran act; “Ha Ridi Horace Goudy. Bil alley” stated tl p'aying Cowdens act; headba: us Theater, the d lion-; r dy at Q: ”” and ppy”, | ancing ng La rd, ly Lewis, Cowden. Lloyds, Jimmie it the at was following John double Rn ‘Jenett “F ip- buc king and and John Cleveland Pure Food Show 9—John H. Schlafer has been elected chairman of the Cleve- land is 1926 Cleveland Reta innounced. il Grocers’ Associati Public Hall February 4 to 12. Food Show Committee of the on, it The show is to be held in FIESTA AT MIAMI IS AN AUSPICIOUS AFFAIR Miamj, Fla., Jan. 5.—Miami's first an- nual Fiesta of the American Tropics, held t® greet the new year, proved a ae than expected in view of the preparation. The festivities includ ied a Spanish pageant, two parades, football. and other contests, tent shows and a mardi gras open-air dance on the streets New Year's night, with a fire- works exhibition on the preceding night. On the*last day of the old year a flora) procession was given, followed New Year's Day with a big parade of more than 200 floats, depicting Florida's his- tory aye development, and _ including Spanish’ troops, Seminole Indians, bath- ing gifs and a variety of novelties, comedy features and beautiful floral effects. { Prizes were awarded for the best displays im all lines. The elaborate pageant, was presented at Coral Gables stadium¥y by Kent Morgan and Harold Hadley,! with Ben Lyons, motion picture portraying the part of Viscaynos, prince 7 the pageant, and Eugenie Selma, Norwegian movie-star, as queen. rge M. Duncan was Ponce de Leon. he city was colorfully decorated and thyusands witnessed the different features. The second parade was ranked as among the best of the kind ever given in the Zouth. The Fiesta is expected to become, an annual event hereafter, marking the formal opening of the real winter tourist season, following the holiday@ The pageant and parades were filmed by motion picture companies for national distribution and display. Two Days of Pageantry Montgomery, Ala., Jan. 9—Two days of — y will be held here the week of il 18, with spectacu ar pageants stage ~ both nights, at ¢ ‘ramton Bowl, it has been announced by Fred J. Cramton, civic leader. The event will be presented by the civic clubs and other organiza- tio ns of ti city under the direction of Esther Jan “tt Simon, of Winchester, Ind. A. pe of 100 voices besides soloists, a band of 100 pieces and a ballet of #00 girls wi.l be used. The pageant is ante to cost approximately $80,000 to age. The day-tir ne features will con- si ist of educationa! and industrial parades. Washington Birthday Frolic pr visitors annual be staged cludes marches Eustis, epar: Fila., Jan. itions to handle a Monday, Februar Wash rf&ton Birt! and drils in this ity. Th crowd of 9.—Eustis is making 25 000 y 22, when the day Frolic will program ine- by school chil- dren, floral parade, community picnic, water fight, motor races, ath’etic events, tent ed amust ments and fireworks dis- pis pa history of the ra ay at night. nature of a veritable Okmulgee, geant, Indian Fete Ok., Jan 9.—An The event will be in the mardi gras. Indian depicting various epochs in the annual convention of the a it G inoma 1e page rdon ( filmed by Indians here May ant will be dire Pawnee Bill) Lill motion picture ce, will feature the third Society of Ok- $1 to June 5 cted by Major l and will be pr oducers, LL bhddidtdtlddilladldddddéddddddédtdléddddddddd E. A. HOCK CO., SUTTTTEL I WCC CKxnncKKKCxnnxnnataaadaacaiiaiuuiiaiucaiidiaiidissis $$$$ MONEY MONEY MONEY $$$$$ FRATERNAL, CIVIC. CHURCH ORGANIZATIONS WE HAVE AN ENTIRELY NEW SALESBOARD DEAL $$$$$ SURE MONEY GETTER $$$$$ We carry a complete line of Merchandise, Wheels, Layouts: BAZAAR, CELEBRATION or INDOOR CIRCUS Write for particulars and terms today. 171-177 No. Wells Street, Chicago ASCLYALLLILLLLLULLILLLDLUA LAA LIDOLILLLL LOL LLMLLDLLINLLLOLLOLLLLELDLL LOMA DEL LELLLLLELOOLELDILLOLOADTTTTALILILALLAAIV/2 everything needed for your TW ccccuQquuauaadaauaua Pir Write or wire, Wanted for Elks’ Carnival Honolulu, Feb. 20 to 27, inclusive THE BIG HAWAIIAN EVENT OF THE YEAR Shows. Freaks and other Artractions. until January BEN P. GOLDWATER, Clark Hotel, 4th and Hill Screets, Los Angeles. 15, 79 Waverly, Edinburgh, Carnival A Monster Affair Colin W. Hynd, showman, various concessionaire and who has been identified with large American carnival com- panies, wrote The Billboard December 27 the following data regarding the four weeks’ Waverly Carnival, Edinburgh, Scotland: The capital of Scotland is fortunate in having a promoter that knows the public taste. F. A. Sumley has spared no ex- pense to place before the pubiic a show extraordinary. The decorations and scenery are a sight worth seeing. The circus performance is enjoyed by all, the program including Andy and_ Irving, comedy trampoline bar act; Bernard’s Dogs; The VanWycks, club juggling; Mile. Dalmere Table Circus, introducing cats, rabbits, monkeys and cockatoos; Pinder’s Comedy Circus, ponies and a mule; Flying Banvards, one of the best seen here and well known in America; Brinn Trio, heavyweight jugglers, and motorcycle and rides engine running; Madam Marguerite and Her Six Foreign-Bred Lions and Paul Batty’s Bears. William Ure and His Syncopated Military Band yrovide the music, which is high class. re e circus thruout goes with a swing that leaves no dull moments. The side shows are of high Order: Kaatje, the Dutch giantess, receives her share of the crowds (she leaves for the United States after closing here); Madam Doree, in her second-sight act, the Indian Temple, “It” (a very clever show), the Doll’s House, a reproduction of the queen's dollhouse, which was shown at the Wembley Exhibition (has proved a very popular attraction and probably will be seen in America in 1926). Henry Reihl, well-known Amert- ean riding-device builder, is here with his motor runabout—capacity business. Wilmot’s Galloping Horses still retain their popularity. Under direction of W. Campbell Milne, general manager, this gigantic fun fair has so far run without an incident to mar the enjoyment of the enormous crowds that have visited it. The shows, riding devices and games are too numer- ous to be individually mentioned in this letter, Elks’ San Francisco, Jan. 6.—Coincident with the arrival here of Ben F. Goldwater, of Honolulu, announcement was made that the Elks’ Carnival, a big event of the year in the Hawaiian Islands, is to be held February 20 to 27. Goldwater is here to engage the main attraction, shows and freaks for the event. Preparing for Mardi Gras featuring balancing, on a pole with Hawaiian Festival New Orleans, Jan. 9.—Many visitors are already here for Mardi aoa which officially opens February 11 and closes February 16. The parades. it is said, will outrival those of previous years, FUN MAKING NOVELTIES ALWAYS THE LIFE OF THE wane Noveli Tes in General, Flags, Decorations, Fireworks, ete. Cur catalog is a handy thing to have about—so send for a free copy. BRAZEL NOVELTY MFG. CO., 2700,,Ells St. Se METAL. RAYS rite — prices. 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Per Package of 10 Papers, 20c; per No. 3464— ‘GERMAN SILVER EYES.” 25 loose to paper. No. 5564—"NEEDLE THREADER.” Brass tube containing Threader and 10 assorted Needles, Very attractive. Dozen, 50c: Gross, 75 No. 6651—‘*NEEDLE SELECTORS.” Brass tube with indicator on top. Turn indicator to proper num- ber and out drops size of needie desired. 50 needles in _each. | Dozen, 80c; Gross, $9.00, deposit required on ali C. 0, D. orders. Cate ian free ED. HAHN, “He Treats You Right” 222 W. Madison St., CHICAGO, ILL. GET BUSY! BIG PROFITSIW No Dull Seasons. GREEN TRANSPARENT EYE SHADES (As Tilustrated) Sell on sight. Everyone a Prospective customer. Shade must be seen to judge make and quality. Order sample dozen. It’s a real money getter. eh) -50. GROSS % Sample, Prepaid, 25¢. One-third with all orders, balance C. 0. D. Jobbers, write for quotations. THE S. FELD CO., Mfrs. of Novelty Specialties, 673 West Madison Street, Chicago, III. GOINTOBUSINESS ees System Specialty Candy Factory’’ in your comm: sity. We fur- ish everythin ig. Mc ae making opportunity unlimited. Either menorwomen. Big Candy Booklet Free. Write for it today. W. HILLYER RAGSDALE, Drawer 42, EAST ORANGE, N. J. for Yourself 2 stablish aod VETERANS’ SERVICE MAGAZINE 72 Ws"ts s.- Service Men, Get Aboard! Work up regular monthly circulation route. 6c. Average sales over 100 daily at 25e. ‘‘Flag Rules Respects History” 3c. Sales 300 daily at 10c. ‘’Patriot’s Hand Book’’, also ‘Halt, Friends’’, 2%e. Sales 300 daily. Other good ones. Samples free. SELL OUR WATER MEDICINE MEN SOLUBLE HERB COMP. POWDER. One pound makes two gallons of strong Laxative-Bleod Tonic. ose $1 < l Lay Sample, 10c, Labe EY i +. CHAS. Men” oO tis! unr Olive, St. + Lou, ae : The Billboard Pipes for Pitchmen By GASOLINE BILL BAKER (Communications to 25-27 Opera Place, Cincinnati, O.) Linnie Davis is still in harness, down in Texas, and passing out oil and soap to the natives to a fair business. Dr. Ross Dyer is expected to soon be Florida bound from Indianapolis for the remainder of the winter, as usual. The association boys at Chicago re- cently had-an election of officers—de- tails further along in the “column”. Jetty Meyer recently spent a couple of weeks in and around Cincinnati. Where now, Jetty (was expecting you to call)? About the only things the outdoor boys in the Cincy section could pitch the clos- ing days of last week was snowballs. What say, John Maney, will you and the “bunch” again make the big food show at Music Hall? This is the indoor season in the North. Who of the boys and girls are working. Your friends would like to read of you-—- as you do of them—be fair. One of the biggest wearing-apparel stores in Cincy had a straw hat in one of its windows last week. Perhaps a “publicity” stunt. INQUIRIES “Did Methuselah or Cesar (or who) write those familiar words: ‘I wrote a song the other day and laid it on a shelf’??”—-DR. HARRY PARKER. As Pipes for this issue is in type the day preceding the entertainment and dance of the boys’ organization in Cin- cinnati, details of the affair cannot be given in this edition. Chester Naylor (known to most boys by another \“handle”’) says this is his “celebration” year. . The figures 1-9-2-6 added together represent the number of pers years he has been in the game. “Old ‘Young’” Dr. Harry DeForest postcards from Texas that he still has his “hat in the ring’—med. game. He thanks Dr. Tommy Adkins for wishing him “good health”, —_—_—_—_—— Marion P. Standley, former “med. man”, selling his own manufacture, re- cently got a very commendatory mention in The Springfield (O.) Sun on his prog- ress in the manufacturing and selling to consumers field. W. C. M., Waterloo—Don’t recall just what paper the syndicated cartoon writ- ten about appeared in. However, it probably has been going the rounds of city dailies and may reach where you are soon. Somebody sent a pipe from Muskogee, Ok., and forgot to sign his name to it. Even if a pipe isn’t to be credited to its sender it must have the signafure at- tached—this is a rule with publica- tion in the country. any Wasamattah more o’ you_ household utensil, etc., workers making food shows, etc,, don’t kick in with news or your- selves? Where you worked (if you don’t mind telling it), or just to let the other folks know that you are among the wintertime hustlers. Lew Conn is figuring on again opening the tent season of his show early (for the North), about the first of April. His indoor show opened at Petersburg, Ky.. last week, the roster including Lew and Grace Conn, George D. Woodbury, Paul Redder and Chauncy Baughn. The Walker Boys (Carl and Ralph), pen workers, passed thru Cincy early last week and were callers at The Billboard (during this scribe’s lunch hour). They informed another of the staff that they had closed their engagement at Ashland, a and were on their way to Richmond, ™ L. R. Moritz: Since last spring Bill has had a package of important data for you that you doubtless have needed, and he has tried to get your address a week or so in advance so it could be forwarded —last July Bill made this same mention in Pipes. Kick in with your whereabouts, ol’ top. While the fellow referred to is not in the pitch or any other selling game, the point in his communication, from New York City, was “funny”. It was about some friend who was spending the holi- days with relatives in Cincinnati, and stated that “while there he visited Toledo and other outlying towns.” The many acquaintances of that old- timer “Brother Benjamin” (Benjamin J. Bruns) will be pleased to learn that he has been doing fine and dandy at and not far from West Palm Beach, Fla., and is general manager of the Florida Build- ers and Investment Company. With his selling experience, Bruns should be a whizz in the real estate business, A number of the folks at Indianapolis were entertained Christmas at the home of Henry Speckman, where a big turkey, with trimmin’s, featured the spread. After the feast the afternoon was spent in a manner befitting the knights of the keister and platform — shooting pipes. “Mother” Speckman was the chef, and all present voted her a wonderful cook. Those present included “Mother” Speck- man, Dr. Ross Dyer, Dr. Henry Speck- POCKET KNIFE SHARPENER OUR FAMOUS Pega ees = a. d TOOL. Big seller. Packed = with Illustrated Instruction Sheet. Gross eee ee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee re sD Circular a Goaranteed Vorkers GUARANTEED WORKERS! TOR- Sample, 10¢. TOISE SHELL! FIRST QUALITY! Jvst received. 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Retails at 25c. Leaves 18¢ profit. To save time enclose $1 for sample dozen or $10.00 for gross, with selling plans B. MASTERLITE MFG. Co. 110 EAST 230 STREET, NEW YORK. GOLD-PLATED PEN POINTS FOR FOUNTAIN PENS The Right Kind, Any Quantity Ball-Bearing Points Plain Peints POSITIVELY Gold-Plated Pens NO JUNK, Oreide Metal Pens Best Gold Finish Brass Pens Best Fitting Perfect Designs Prompt Delivery. Excel All Others. Special line of points for Demon- strators. Turner & Harrison Pen Mfg. Co., Inc. 1211 Spring Garden Avenue, Philadetphia, Pa. Established 1876 You Need Us. California Gold Souvenir Rings Just the thing for Salesboards and Con- cessions Halves mounted = Rings. of Gross Lots at $5.50 per Doz Full-Gross Lots at $5.00 per Dez. Loose Seuvenir Coins, Hatves. Per Doz., $1.20; per 100, $9.00 \SEAPEST, BUT THE NEST. Nol SEND FOR NEW CATALOG Of Carnival and Concession Goods—just off the press. New goods. New prices. KINDEL & GRAHAM The House of Novelties, 782-784 Mission Street, SAN FRANCISCO. 500°, geht PROFIT Genuine Gold Leat Letters Guaranteed to never tarnish. Anyone can put them on stere and office windows. Enor- mous demand, large profits Paul Clark says: Smaties, day $28.70. BR. L. Reel made $920 in two months Write today for free sample and liberal offer to general agents Metallic Letter Co., 439 N. Clark, Ch EUROPEAN BONDS OP all kinds, from all « les Excellent as SALES STIMPILATING Pref MIL ‘MS etc, for Pitechmen, Agents, Demonstrators Our present prices enable you to “throw one in free’’. Write for Cut-Price Cir- cular No, 255. HIRSCH & CO., 70 Wall St., New York. THE SMALLE- -T BIBLE ON EARTH Great Flash Novelty About size of Postage Stamp Contains 200 pay New Testament, Genuine leather cover, Securely bound Gold edges with words ‘The Miniature Bible’* stamped in gold on cover, Goes over bie at Fairs, Carnivals, Church Bazaars, ete, oo ; domen, $4.00; Gross, $40.00, eae: Sma vad ac sa re : | = P| a (ent | CAN GE = v- ee i= a ee |. a — ; = o; | : Ages ee i VK . | _ = AGC Te TEA ae | 7 = t=: | _ — Ee FE LT LLL EES A pO a, iz ‘ese Semota, 01.08, Pe _— ~~ vy ni "tw goats 0S | EE es ee | — . —_ eeeeeesesi—(‘i‘i‘i‘i‘i‘isCSL - i; _ i _4{ iil ‘ 4p | : ———— Ss | i. i — — ts | } ——— oer (;RARARAAAAAAAAAAE | a - a
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January 16, 1926 The Billboard 81 " | BIG FIRM DESIRIN FAUST SOLUBLE COFFEE comes in a 1- “MED.” MEN, PITCHMEN, SALESMEN, DEMONSTRATORS, AGENTS DEALERS SERVICE CORPORATION “MAKES A TEN STRIKE” One of the Greatest Breaks in the Selling Game Has Taken Place. A Nationally Known Article That Virtually Sells on Sight. You Double Your Money. i on WANTS PITCHMEN NAT eee DISTRIBUTIO The World Famous FAUST SOLUBLE COFFEE and T SERVICE CORPORATION for distribution and advertising by the C. Q BLANKE COFFEE AND TEA CO. READ THE FOLLOWING CAREFULLY %. ean, containing the fines wood fibre has been removed Place % teaspoonful in your cup and pour STANTLY have a delielous cup of the finest real Coffee you have ever ¢ mended by physicians as @ national health drink It is a tonic health ene pound of any high-priced grade. The only COMPANY in the from 80 to 100 cups of the finest Tea, perfectly soluble and without any tea gr HOW CAN ANY MAN CALLING HIMSELF tt eee FAIL TO SELL AN ARTICLE oF. A hs HERE 1S SUCH A PUBLIC DEMAND Far S CHARACTER, ESPECIALLY WHEN Some of the big Eastern oases a in their orders for two and three th 100 One-Ounce Cans 50 One-Ounce cath FAUST bev f z WORLD whi _ manatac “tures FAUST SOLUBLE COFFEE ( Se eres for $4 pind from Arkansas: “Your Rings a 30 From : w ‘ rk 1g ' > aden . - for th ; &r from H jewe : a diamond expert, sai r geM Wes worth from re then I peid you for ci = E regu trade dis nt eS you « PRO! ] OF ry sale Regular “ample OGer, is $56.00: W thin 24 hot urs = ean ] rofit of $ Yas ‘ name me ahee Case free ve m at r rula t f f price would clean $13.05 Prem! Hest ll, with you ean PROVE FOR YOURSELF tha Mexican Blu-Fla G will id you up a fa r ness that will yield a harvest of big profi Becauyg we know thi e take a loss A HIGH- GRADE OUTFIT. | ee cae New De bane Pocket Case, exquisitely made, that raises up the ring it op t a Pe rling fre the right sects —g—~ heh em wi the | They arkle b r lan hite red ‘ nates ‘ t w 3 y _ ssortmes slat, rned for exchange T “SEND NO MONEY All the coupon be ‘ nomtott our offer of $14.95, and if not delig ated | amd surprised r bee for refy Our 20- year ‘ rantees D ae aran you square mAing at all times. BI T DONT DEL ‘Y we t afford to make this The SBashoun Gem Importing Co.,Dept.NU, Mesilla Park,N.M. Here’s Your Opportunity Coupon Ge nckicnseccdes MEXICAN GEM IMPORTING CO., Dept. NU, Mesilla Park, New ‘Mation, __E want test the » ng ‘ ¢ of your Blu-t e quick Lote Salesmen’s 0 7 . ning 4 Hing . ; a . ret f $4 «for my > i bepeoeit mh nee r i Al iA I Cats —— — Name ED eanndnnecdnecdshencadbehheetsencancchneseeaséaanncnn =» INDESTRUCTIBLE PEARL NECKLACES Almost @ perfert ly er ted Pearl of ¢ wd lustre. Our exe « mets! clasp 1d8 word y iy at e : t tne ; 4 24-Inch, $3.50 a Dezen, in Ne | Selected. 24-tneh. $2.50 a Deren, in Hegular Goods © alg feature 6 + y-wt n 24 h « ’ $6.96 . Dezea, that leate at pr xh- grade bette. Lined hoot Tette Boxes ‘ ” ps All “vengler Merchandise sold under « money- beck gusrantec 160 N WELLS ST CHICACO ILL i pO re fe BLANKES | jFAUST im It SOLUBLE — ee Li ( ps a | a a eee | SOE | — = ip a> Big Pay? ete Oe =) , | a ee ee —_____ es “> ee ) “ @
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4 82 AT ONE-THIRD OF THEIR ORIGINAL FACTORY COST: therefore this giving-them-away price. WZ RINGS =! want to close them out fast, a wit, —Ti — No. C—Tiffany. No. D—Belchior, No. E—Tooth Bel- a ofits, any. %-Kt, White Stone White Stone Chip hier, 1-Kt. White Brilliant Brilliant. Brilliant. Stone Brilliant. Per Gross, $4.50. » for our WATCHES, Per Gross, $4.50. Per Gross, $4.50. illustrated Catalog of FLASH and SLUM JEWELRY, SILVERWARE and OPTICAL GOODS! Mailed free to you on application. Our prices are absolutely guaranteed lower than you can buy geods for from any other house in the world. No. F—Hea Band, With go Initials ALTER & co. on nside, - Per Gross, $4.50. 165 W. Madison St., Chicago, Ill. The Girl with the Rolling Animated B Novelty of Years: $25 to $50 Every Day—Easy to Sell—250% Profit Hollywood has gone wild over this clever colored auto device. You see “‘the girl with the come-hither eyes’ in the back window of hundreds of cars. Agents afte working the streets, parks and ball games and cleaning up. Samples, 25¢ Each; Lots of , $9.00; Lots of 1,000, 00, TERMS: 25% cash with order, balance C. O. D. HOLLYWOOD NOVELTY C0., :205 san"uitan st., Los Angeles, Calif. PEDDLERS— DEMONSTRATORS NEEDLE PACKAGES AT SPECIAL PRICES Per Gross. Each kind contains 4 papers loose silver-eyed Needles, 1 pa- . Vegetable Parers, with per cloth-stuck Needles. and natch of assorted Darning Needles. individual printed cartons..$19.00 beer oe’ Medal Garnishing Set. hite handled pieces in i... (Dozen, $2.50)...... 28.00 auto of 500, $40.00; Lots atti PRs BI57—Keystone Knife Sharpener.. 7.50 Mad 8 wo To —, Bi59—Handy Dise Knife Gharpener. 20.00 ~~ si partes Any | B500—Red Jumbo Fountain Pen, rt] pee es i #6 cae | | _ Gold-Plated Point. Dozen.. 5.50 Z - We carry big lines of Cheap Jewelry, + - Watches, Clocks, Silverware, Beads, Cut- lery, Novelties, Notions, Paddle Whe No. Per Gross. | Paddle Tickets, Sales Boards, Dolls, Me- B70i—Army and Navy........ sescccceccccccsccceccccces$i-00 | chanical Toys, Bridge, Junior and Floor SPOENOEe WORK occcccccc cosnosceenoccceceonsee 3 Lamps, Blankets, Manicure Rolls, etc. ae ll SIIIIEIIIIIIE 800] — wepesit, Required on C. 0. D. Orders. B707—Over a Top. All Gold Eyed..................+- 9.00{ Catalog Free. SHRYOCK-TODD NOTION CO., 824 North Eighth Street, ST. LOUIS, MO. The Billboard p Pipes (Continued from page 81) and “pipes” was at a fever heat when the missus broke up the contest by cry- ing out “dinner’s ready!” During the feed Dyer and Cayton ran a tie, finishing the “home stretch” neck and neck. Charles B. Williams, the “boy pitch- man”, piped that he was in Nashville, with ties, and found business dull there. He had just come from Birmingham, where he says he found he couldn't work—the town closed. While there he met George Barley and his “buddy”, Al- bert, one drumming up trade for a local concern and the other hustling printing for the present. Williams says he would like a pipe from his old “pal”, “Johnny Hicks” (Frank Guerren), whose mean- derings he has lost track of. Some cartoonists seem to be having a hard time digging up subjects to work on. One of them recently “pulled one” on an article sold thruout the country by street salesmen and used in thousands of homes. The “characters” branded the article as “no good”, or words to that effect. It sort of reminded one of the old story of the fellow who deviated from his usual occupation to break into theatricals, but was a ‘“‘flop”’ and returned to his old calling—of which instances many are known to road folks. Nick Kay writes that the C. W. Swain Show closed at Lakeland, Ga., December 12, and the outfit is being wintered ther Planned to open in March with a bigger and better show. The same roster of people as last season, except that another team and a four-piece orchestra has been added, and play the same spots as last year. All the folks went —" for Christmas but Mr. Swain and Nick, both of whom spent Christmas in ; en Rice 9 Nick says “Let’s hear from all you med. men.” Jack Woods worked artificial during the pre-Christmas trade. he ran into various conditions in cities visited. Jumped from Decatur, Ill, to Urbana—little business; to Dan- ville—not much; to Indianapolis, where Mrs. Woods was in a hospital for three weeks; to Dayton, O.—had to “keep moving”, couldn't stand on a corner (he tied a rope to his basket, and when he saw a “shover along” coming he “kept moving”); to Springfield, O.—couldn’t work on the downtown pavements, but got a good doorway at $1 a day; to Ft. Wayne, Ind.—exorbitant reader, left im- mediately; to Huntington, Ind.,—stayed two days; to Peru—one day; to La Fa- yette—did a fine business; then home to Hoopstown, Ill, for Christmas dinner. Says that in all that traveling he met but few of the boys. From Dr. D. D. Lockboy, whose med. show is now wintering at Sumter, S. C.: “In answer to Dr. Maxie, the Timmons- ville tobacco season was good. Am still in ol!’ South Carolina—started in Florida, got ‘cold feet’. We all had a big time Christmas. Would like to read a pipe from Dr. Zimmerman and ‘Smoky Joe’ roses Says the QUICKCUT ROTARY BISCUIT $10 to $50 Daily With These REMARKABLE DEMONSTRATION SPECIALTIES DEMONSTRATORS, AGENTS—GET STARTED TODAY WITH THIS 100% TO 200% CASH PROF- I1T-SECURING LIN€. Whole or part time work. To save time rush trial order. Money back if un- satisfactory. Rotary Biscuit Cutter, $2.40 Dozen; Wonder Wrench and Can Opener, $3.00 Dozen; Nu- gem SOc Style Folding Egg Boiler, $1.40 Dozen; Pie Crimp- tar er, er $1.35 Dozen. — for low quantity prices. We poem end Serving have pooper Ease * 30 OTHER BIG SELLERS or je Crimper isn _oprmmer General Products Co. ** Te Dept. 5-H Frese Sa. 2 25¢ “25¢ Newark, New Jersey roe every xmourn xren- Oh, Oh, You Demonstrators You know whst the pastry decorators are doing. BIGGEST thing at the present time. SURE-SHOT for store demonstrators. JACK FROST IS THE LEAD- ER. We furnish them to you assembled complete, or will sell you the SUP- PLIES in BULK to assemble your own set Or will sell you any part of it you want Formulas, Glazine Bags (large and «mall), Glass Bottles and Corks, for extra colors; Color Tablets—Green, Red, Blue, Pink. Orange, Purple Guaranteed PUT FOOD. Write for proposition and prices. complete sent insured parcel post, 50c. JACK FROST, Pastry Decorator Sample Outfit 914 Rush Street, Chicago, Ill. ONE DOZEN FREE OVER Given With Every Groes of 300% OUR CALIFORNIA UNBREAKABLE EYE-SHADES PROFIT Be Oot Ee 116 bach, In Gross Lots, ith Every Dozen. Right now, en j 3 are short and dimness and early darkness teed the store, office, garage, shop and factory worker to use strong ele tric light, bun- dreds of our agents thruout the country are selling our Eye-Shades like hot cakes, Made of best leather, peak, in different sizes, tractive. Dozen, $1.50; with pure green celluloid and looks very rich and at- 6 Dozen, $8.75; 12 Dozen (1 $16.00. Terris: One-fourth cash with order, balance C. O. D. Prompt shipment. 1340 N. Claremont Ave., Chicago, IMinois WESTERN RUBBER WORKS, Advertise in The Billboard—You’ll Be Satisfied With Results. | J.J. Brennan, Chicago, Ill. WRITES: In 12 hours I sold 46 sets.” Profit, $66.70 You, Too, Can Make Big Money with Harper | mor A CENT OF MONEY REQUIRED al iA We make quick. Our agente easily average $7.50 to $30.01 a day from the start. You get territory you want ith protection TAI ‘ER'S TEN USE SET washes and dries windows, scrubs. mops, cleans walls and rellings, weeps and does five other things that sell housewives om sight. Complete set costa less than brooms. Over i 00% Profit Martin Burkley, New York City, writes “Yesterday I sold 25 seta.’ Profit, $36.25 Wm. H Burgan, Pa., writes: “I sold 36 sets in eleven b * Profit, $52.20. Don't wait Mtart today and send coupon for full particulars (Cat om dolled lire and mail et ones. it easy so you can make money HARPER BRUSH WORKS, 270 3d Street, Fairfield, towa. Please send me full particulars concerning your proposition and how I can start without Iinvest- ing a cent. Name Address COROT ee RHEE ee eee POO Oem eens ste eeeenee 1926 January 16, na Frank De Pries ~ —Read What He Has Done. “f have been associated with The Fyr-Fyter Company over eight years. I have sold over 14,00 Extinguishers and have made as ~~ - 3 $7.0) in one year. With the new Models I expect to double my previous record VY E have many successful workers like De Pries. We need more of them. There are millions of prospects we haven't yet reached Even spare time workers find it easy to make $10 ar od $12 a day Everyb dy needs fire protection-- homes, schools, theatres, factories, stores, ga- rages, auto owners farmers, ete. Fyr-Fyters are approved by Underwriters’ Laboratories, the highest authority on fire prevention devices. NO CAPITAL REQUIRED You simply show the fall size samples we fur- nish, take the order and we ode the rest--we make all deliveries and collectio: Your pay starts at once, Previous experience net oat. ae give thorough training to eve . Our national advertising brings lots ~ FF "leadis’* for our men. Be first in your section -- write quick for inside details of our free outfit offer. THE FYR-FYTEK COMPANY 283 Fyr-Fyter Bldg. Dayton, Ohio —_— Make $50 Daily Char VUUUUUUUUUUU UU With the Little Wonder Combination Too! 7 TOOLS IN ONE Comb. Ruler, Nail Cleaner, Cigarbex Opener, Shoe Buttoner, Bottle Opener and Serewdriver, The Fastest Selling 25¢ Demenstration Article. Everybedy a prespect. Excelient advertisin _ elty. ideal article for premium users. R order today.‘ Terms: 25% deposit, balance c. ‘°. O. Semple, 25. Dozen, 90c. Gross, $8.25. SQUARE DEAL SUPPLY CO.. 236 West 55th Street, NEW YORK CITY. Buy Direct From Manufacturer with the reputation of best quality goods for lowest prices. A trial aoe will con- vince you New Creations SILK KNITTED Ties. The Latest Designs and Shades. No. (56, $1.75 Deren; Nos, 160, 165, $2.00 Dozen; Nos. 250, 270, $2.25 Dezen. SPORT BOWS—On Elastic and s, AS- s Colors, 1 doz, om a card Fits my Collar. 900 per Dezen. Men's Fibre Sport Mese, $2.25 per Dor Great Bargains in Mufflers of Silk. Packed in tindiridual hoes 16@ reduction ina Or Lots of Nos. 250 And 270. Orders shipped only on 25% deposit, balance C. ROYAL KNITTING MILLS, 271 Congress Ave., New Haven, Cons. SPECIALS Propel and Repel Pencll...§ 9.00 Grose Folding Pocket Comb..... . 6.00 Grose Cigarette Cases.$12.00 and 18.00 Gress Snap Cuff Links, on Dis- play Cards .. $5.50 and 9.00 Grose 25% deposit on all C, O. D. orders ORIENTAL MFG. GO. 891 Broad Street, PROVIDENCE, R. |. $1.75 For You on a $3.95 Sale And sales of MeaAIN S&S Guaranteed Ladies’ Silk He siery are frequent. A supe rior line, great Vertety, price! low, a blg repeater We de- liver promptly «and collect Write! McCAIN KNITTING MILLS, Reading, Pa SER¥AN KEY CHECKS Ho ig ge Good for 85 «a day stamping names on checks Sete, oe, le check. me end eddress PEASE DIE WORKS, Drot. ‘D. Winchester, W. REAL INDIAN BEAD WORK ats, Leggings War 1 nnets D ince ‘hea Moccasins, To- Kags, Pipes, Bows, ote Laree Siout Beaded Wearing Apparel and Indian Relics, 41st at Price list free W. STILWELL, Dead- wood, 8. DEALERS’ DIRECTOR 500 different classifications most anything. Price, Checks pot sccepted, bacco stock Of 1,500 Wholesalers and Manufacturers, Tells fe to buy al- 50 cents. money order, uM. STREY, Pane, Illinois. ' : | = SE a 5 SS gx < zecrest loney- <j —l—, Neb aoe sm ad — eee 2 : tl " , rs ’ =~} be | e ° eee ee StopFlirting / Be iss Hollywog 71 imi a= 25 —___— po |) — ee | oe oe ee a REE ae ———— —= | a | —
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January 16 1926 SEE-KLEER Makes Hundreds &, a Each Time it ie = prevents mist steam or sleet from col gless surface. AGENTS tration; quick sales ition of SEE ngers guarantees r Used on windshields display windows, et clean up in a big, un Send name, address and 10¢ large sample—then “‘see for yoursel!! SEE-KLEER LABORATORIES, Dept. 6019-A long Ch'eane, ti Ra PE BLE faa New Way to o- - ke E'g Money 7 in Your fuare \e Tine! Just Wear This Beautiful Hand-iailored FREE Capt Your fr nde will be delighted with ite class, style and fit, and iv. make @ generous preat taking thelr or «The ot Cap ie the same qual. ty, the same ma- terials and toe same workmansh!p as cape sel/ing In the f st New York and Chicago storus for from 64 to @! S a Day Easy For You 1 QO Send Name Quick—NoMoney Melw —~ mace €8 In one week. Hampton made 67.65 in f a \nd right now 1 am making « especial offer By apFRiEt 3 y saicemen. Send me your pame rightawar. andl! tell you how you can make @t*5e week EXTICA and also howto secures Taylor Capfor your own use, Write at once beforesome ot her bustier in your town discovers this !ive proposition, J, W. Taylor, Presa, TAYLOR CAP MANUF Dept. 15-a Cincinnati, Onle RED PENS, GR. $13.50, $21; JUMBO, $28, $53; BANDED, $63. RED PENCILS, $9, $12, $21, $48 GR. PEN AND PENCIL SET, ‘GILT, LEVER FILLER, $3.00 DOZ. Latest Improved Can Opener is A. ry Two-color bos Gross, $.75. ; Sample, 35e. Needle Books: Army. $3.50: Horseshoe, $4.50, $7.00. Nail Filestg$'.75 Gres. Key Coses, $5.75 Gress. Snap Links 4 Gross, $4.50. Running Mice, $4.00 Gr. Real Gillette@Razor. Per 100, $14.00; Deren, $1.95 Gillette Type Blades, Gross, $1.55: 10 Gr . $1.80. Auto-Strop Razor, per 100, $17.09: Deron, $2.25. Pheto Rings, |-Kt. Brilliant. Deze: $1.75; Gress, $18.50. Leather Billfelds. Dozen, $1.75, $3.00. Send 25 extra for each sample 25% with - Ger. balance C. O. DD. Write for Catalog. ss SPIEGEL CCMMERCIAL CO. 153 Canal Street, NEW YORK. Aiter Christmas Closeouts Getting out our odds and ends ot v4 — cost—new foords no longer use n SATISFACTION GT (RANTEED on MONEY RACK. 5-Piece Im. Ivory Tellet Set. Each, @5e. Ne. 234— Selid Geld Ne. & Peint Feuntein Pen, $1.10 Ne. 175 —New Haven Sport Watch Each, §2.35 Ne 302 Gold Fin Gypey Rings. Dezen, 90e. We. 1877—Ring Wate im Dezen, $4.09 Ne. 1048—Belt Buckle and Chain Set. Dozen, $2.50. Snew Skates for Kid. cee Pale BD * - aah Clocks, Each in Carton, ° aT] Each. Se - GPADE BELGIUM BEADED BAGS bs te 24. » Pearls, Soteen Box. Both. Dozen, $3.00. As. . iment ! 50 Rings, $6.00 Cot Links, Kumapart yie. Dozen, $1.00. GENUINE DIAMOND DIN. NER RINGS, 3 Diamonds and 2 Sapphires, 18- Kt. > ¢ ¥ te Geld, Platinum Tee, Worth up te $°9. ach, $2? 0 F OO. B. Chicage Deposit required K REISMAN 4 co. 551 W. Lake St. (J. B.), Chicage Agents — Demonstrators A Real Cleanup. Sells on Sight. TIE WONDER GLOVE MONKEY Anyone can operate bushel of fun * as = as the ite for full particu- lars On receipt of S0c sample will be meatled ‘prepaid, Manulac- turets WONDER NOVELTY CoO., Chicage. til. 35 So. Dearbern St., ~ >) Silk Knitted Ties That Sell Fast \ A Ove $1.75, $2.00, $2.25, $2.50 per pea 2 pe ’ sa poe You dis : em 200 Make sa ™ der will contince you ern Te deposit with every order, bal- ame CO. D. los wt on gross lots. a discount on S-eross tote seorted BOW ae OW TIES at $10.00 per — 8 SILK HOSIERY. $2.35 per £0 NGRESS KNITTING MILLS Ave. New Haven, Conn. SAY “"T SAW IT 1% THE BILLBOARD.” cut The Billboard Lyle—two good old friends who work well together Dr. Zmmerman, how is Dr. Woods. Does anyone remember Dr. Dudley on the Buffalo Bill Show and when he drove two white horses and worked oi) out West? Did you ever hear of anyone ptching and. selling eactor ‘oll? (Ash Doc Yamack) Dr. Billy Jones and wife passed thru Sumter a few days before Christmas on their way to spend the holidays in Spartanburg with Billie's brother—they were driving a coupe.” —_—_—_—_—_————— Jack M.—Correct! P! pes has a num- ber of wou d-be ‘knockers’ Its editor has long known it and, in fact. is proud of it—some of the “wise ones” should try handling it a while—'twould be educational to them Anything that really tries to be “on the level” and suit many tastes and constructive and beneficial, has its fault finders There are always a few poople who can't se« any “good” in anything—unless it is done by themselves. Some of the boys like one thing and some another some @ great deal of vernacular, others only socalled “high-brow” stuff, etc. Some want only “o'dt\mers” mentioned in Pipes, others the “real pitchmen” (and there are a dozen different explanations to what they individually term “real’) Howth'ell would anyone handle the situa- tion except to try and have a little of each “taste” in the “column, be con- siderate of those who “knock”, do all the good possible for the bu-ine.s as a whole and “sail along” without letting any- body’s waves of inconsistent criticism in- cite one’s ire and “upset the boat”. Thanks, Jack, for your opinion of “Pipes are interesting and educational”. Its editor tries to make it so, and he Is con- tent im the belief that a big majority of the boys in the game are not “knockers” —while herewith not “boastful”, it is a Pleasure to state that almost without an exception, pipes and letters sent in start with “Friend Bill”. Everybody and everything has “knockers, so, as the saying goes, “Why worry”! Following are a few notes from No. 2, Chicago local of the N. P. & S. P. A., by correspending secretary, James P. O'Moore : “On January 4 we had a general re- election of officers and a wonderful meeting. which was well attended. Fol- lowing is the list of new officers: Wim. Wehee, president; Buskee, vice- resident; W. S. Warwick, te 4 w. . McDonald, treasurer; J. P. O’Moore. correspondence secretary; L. Bloom, M. Con! n and X. Larrisey, business agents. “Every day many of the boys in the ol’ town gather around the ‘round table’ to either indulge In gabfests themselves or listen to reminiscenses by oldtimers, such as Paddy Smith, Buskee, the bird man; Al Glover, Curly Warwick, ‘Ol’ McDonald, and—a half dozen other ‘flaming youths’ of the days gone by. Boys on the road while here should stop in at the clubrooms and hear how the ‘pitches’ are made—and they have remedies for almost anything from na- tional government to aches and pains. “Harry Allsing has returned from the Lone Star State and did not speak well of the towns he had worked. He now has a store here and is do'ng a_nice business. Valentine Sewald, one of the finest s«'eight-of-hand performers in the itch game, is with him. One of the ys just came in from Milwaukee and tells us that the shops are very good, altho the streets are closed, and one must have the State reader in order to work.” Billy Remsey “shoots” from Bridge- port, Conn.: “Re garding George Bragg’s ‘Do you remember?’ pipe: I remember those trouping days on the Bragg Show and when I hear some of the performers on the ‘big time’ say they are ‘trouping’ it makes me laugh. They should have ‘trouped’ those days, in Maine. in the ‘good old winter time.” We made 20 miles a day, in weather 20 below zero and riding on top of a load on a ‘skid’ pulled by two horses, and would ride a mile, then get off and run a mile to get warm. But we sure ‘cleaned up’ when we got into town and put our feet under the table—and those Maine peo- ple certainly knew how to cook good eatea—at least, we thought so. We played one hall two miles from a town, the only place for the people to stop at being a farm house across the road from the hall. Our hostess caught Tommy Dee smoking in her parlor and it took Bragg and me an hour to square it for Tommy I roomed with Laurence Barlow He had a ‘nichtmare’, dreaming he saw a ‘cat on our bed’, and he took both right and left wings at it, and only the training of my early boxing days saved me from We played a ‘one- nighter’ at one place and took a short- thru the woods to the ‘opry house’ and got caught in a windstorm, and a storm in those woods means something —we had to chop our- way out—Barlow got so nervous he forgot to use his banjo in his act. after carrying it five miles The people would come 10 and 15 miles to the show. I experienced the old gag about ‘cutting the ice to wash up in’, too At one ‘camp’ we couldn't get women to enter the nail-driving contest, as a show ahead of us had ‘jammed’ it—placed a piece of metal in theecenter of the wood—but we pulled a contest just the same—those women folks in t (Continued on page 84) taking the ‘count 83 € Just Think —_omem Cretonne Waterproof Apron to sell at 50 cents! Search the world over for an article to sell at half a dollar and you can’t equal this! Selected patterns of lavender and yellow colors. at neck and tie-back strings. Sample 50c, Dozen $2.95, Gross $33.00 Archer Agents easily make over 100° profit on all aprons handled. Help us take care of the greatest demand ever known for prettier aprons, better made, priced so Tow as to BEAT ALL COMPETITION. ARCHER MFG. CO., 5853 S. Kedzie Avenue, Chicago cretonne heavily Merrowed edges. rubberized in pink, blue, One pocket. 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} : ' 4 84 Pipes (Continued from page 83) country at that time sure knew how to saw wood. I hope all the old pals still living who were with Bragg are doing well. Barlow lives not far from me, in Danbury, and is doing fine in real estate. Dee has taken a contract with a life partner. I heard Bragg had a good last season with h's two shows. The ol’ Pine Tree State is a healthy one, but in the wintertime, to my way of thinking, a trouper should be al- most an Eskimo to get by with ‘Old Man Weather’.” The following notes from N. P. & S. P. A. No. 1, Los Angeles, by Secretary A. G. Holmes, were received just a few hours late for last issue: “The Christmas rush is over and all the boys were work- ing, but none of them report anything sensational in the way of results. “Paul Reeves was a Visitor here for a few days and is now back in Oakland with Isbell’s Mineral Water. George Negus has been working the Fifth Street Store with peelers. E. F, Chase, razor paste, had the misfortune to cut his hand rather badly a few days ago. Lewis and wife, pens, here from Chicago, are to be seen working on Main street to a fair business. Walter Cardwell, after a trip to San Diego, is not very enthusiastic about that city—business about 100 per cent rotten—and he will postpone his next visit indefinitely. Joe Ackerman is back in Los Anzeles after an extended trip over the Middle West. He looks in pretty good shape and told the boys a good one on Frank Sullivan, the noted pen worker. It appears that they were in Oklahoma and Frank suggested that they should go to Tulsa to work, as there were free spots at the fair. Joe had never heard of such a thing as a free spot at a fair, dnd told Frank that he must be mistaken. ‘No,’ said Frank, ‘I’ve got a telegram from them to prove it.’ ‘Let’s see it,’ said Joe, and Frank pro- duced the message, which read: ‘State Poultry Show, entries limited to the county only, NO PEN RENT.’ History does not record whether they worked PENS there or not. “George Damon has been accepted as the official attorney of the association and is retained to act for the N. P. & S. P. A. at all times. We would like to have a pipe from Dave Sax, who has been silent for some time. There is mail here for Robert Goulden, also for Frank Latham, which will be forwarded on re- ceipt of their addresses. Earl Crumley, inquiring for James Miller and Sherman Cowan, is informed that Miller was in Salt Lake and would be in Los Angeles in a few weeks. Cowan is here, working tie forms on Main street. “Lodge No. 1 of the N. P. & 8. P. A. will hold an informal smoker on the first Tuesday in February. Home talent will furnish the entertainment, and refresh- ments will be served in the course of the even ng. “It was with sincere regret that the boys heard of the unfortunate accident to C. J. Mills, glass-cutter worker. When the news was mentioned at the meeting of the association Denny Callahan’s hat was borrowed and@ the boys were assessed their small change. Ten dollars was collected, which has been sent to friend Mills at the Charity Hospital, New Or- leans, La. Wisconsin and Western Assn. of Fairs Hold Their Annual Meetings (Continued from page 5) of the fair associations whose ambition, he declared, was to see how much they were able to get out of the State of Wisconsin, regardless of the truth and regardless of the devices and means employed, with the result that number sole such acts have jeopardized all aid to fairs, and some of these same fa r of- ficials have made it their business to prevent enactment of a law by inventing devices and methods to defeat the very purpose of equitable distribut on of State aid to fairs, by demanding from the ex- hibitors checks or blank signed checks as a donation to the fair assoc at on, which really amounted to an entry fee and deduction from money winners. The control of premiums and rules and regulations has been transferred to the Department of Agriculture from the Sec- retary of State’s Department, and only the actual payment and audit reman in the department of the Secretary of State after apnroval and recommendation of payment by the Comm/'ssioner of Agriculture. This is as it should be, de- clared the president, because the De- partment of Agriculture is organized for the help of the agricultural interests of the State, and for the further rea on that it operates the State fair and knows the problems of fa‘rs in general. The delegates entered freely into dis- cus‘ion pertaining to various phases of co-operation, and many of the perplexing and important points ‘n connection wth the growth and development of the Wis- consin association were clarified to the entire satisfaction of the delegates, The county fair, its aims, influences and #achievements, was discussed exhaustively in the opening session on Wednesday. New. special and standard attractions, by way of concessions, came in for a share of discu-s’on on the opening day in a program given over in part to en- ertainers representing a number of book- associations, The Billboard LIVE WIRE FOUNTAIN PLN ane F WG KT FEN POUNT STEEL @ PRATLD FUP PORT UMBODLD BU) DOaR Dy ‘ TERMS CASH NO FREE SAMPLES. — ce / GOOD-WILL SALES CO. SPECIALS Demonstrators - Agents - Canvassers - Mail-Order and Sales Board Houses A 313.90 Oy SAMPLES OR ORDERS SHIPPED SAME DAY VED. 56 Washington Street, SURE SELLING WALDEMAR WATOM Chan EASY CORD PATTERNS CALLS GOLD PUNE 91RD Ge oy OKENE CHAINS LP FMLLD PENCKS GOLD PRLED cou mLLED Rasen EXTRA LADS 14 KT PounTs | ratio roms ne a | CREDIT to Rated Houses all others C. O. D. with 20% Deposit Providence, R. 1. The most convenient Memorandum Book for Managers, Agents and Performers in all branches of the The Billboard DATE BOOK show world is Date == Just fits the pocket. memoranda for each day for 14 months, commencing July 1, 1925. Contains complete calendars for the years 1924-1925- 1926, maps, space for recording receipts and disburse- ments of money, census of the largest cities of the U. S. and much other valuable information. Mailed to any part of the world for 25¢ each. Also on sale at all offices of The Billboard THE BILLBOARD PUB. CO. Book Dept. Plenty of space for writing cd. Address Cincinnati, Ohio. aN == Thursday’s session of the convention was of exceptional interest, as a re ult of which the entire program could not be covered during the morning and an ad- journment was taken to the afternoon for the unfinished business of the pro- gram. Thursday’s session was opened by J. C. Simpson of Chicago, a fair man_of 31 years’ experience, who spoke on The Budget System for Fairs. Mr. Simpson is an ex-secretary of the Minnesota and Iowa State fairs and of the Eastern States Exposition of Springfield, Mass. He was followed on the program by R. J. White of Milwaukee, superintendent of speed of the W':consin State Fair and a member of the board of appeals of the American Trotting Association, who spoke on Harness Horse Racing. He saw indications that draft horse racing was coming back in Wiscons n. } The third and final talk of the forenoon session Thursday was on Horse Pu ling Contests, by Prof. E. R. Jones of the Col- lege of Agriculture of the University of Wisconsin. Among other th ngs he de- clared that horse-pulling contests had préved so popular that the State authori- ties advocated purchase of another re- cording device for these events, making two that will be available for contests of this nature. ‘ Three committees were appo'’nted by the president to draft rules and regula- tons for severe the future fairs in Wisconsin, in compliance with a law passed at the last sess on of the Legisla- ture. The committees are known as uni- form premiums, stall rentals and other charges, and bookkeeping and audit ng systems. The chairmen of the commit- tees met convention delegates to receive suggestions of ideas for incorporation in the proposed new rules and regulations. which, before they become effective, must be submitted to the State Commissioner of Agriculture for approval, President Prehn stated. The closing event of the convention was a banquet given Thursday even ng. President Prehn received a telegram stating G. R. Lewis, of Columbus, O., secretary of the Ohio State Fair and sec- retary of the National Association of County, District and Independent Fa'rs, who was programed for the main address at the banquet, could not be present be- cause of sickness in his family. San Francisco, Jan. 10.—At the annual meeting of the Western Fair Association held at the Whitcomb Hotel here Janu- ary 8 and 9 and attended by managing representatives of 30 State and county fairs of California and Oregon, W. L. Douglas of Stockton presiding, many topics of general interest were discussed ae pee for the ensuing year were elected. The newly elected off cers are: Presi- dent, W. G. Wilde, of the Ventura County Fair Association; vice-president, E A. Kirk, Orland; secretary-treasurer, Chas, W. Paine, of the California State Fair, Sacramento. Non-conflict ng dates were set for the various fairs to be held this year. An important feature was the removal of the State boundary lines when the Oregon State Fair, the Lane County Fair and the Jackson County Fair, three of the big fairs of Oregon, represented by Wayne H. Stuart of Sulem, Ore., became mem- bers of the associat’on at this meeting. The Marin County Fair, represented by G. G. Vickerson, also came in as a new member. The advent of the Oregon fairs makes an e pec ally strong array of fairs now in the association, Addresses were made by W. L. Doug- las, Chas. W. Paine, Profs. Z. E. L'ovyd and Gordon H. True, of the Un versity farm, and Sam H. Greene, director of the State Agriculture Society, on the various problems confrenting the fairs. This was followed by general discussion. Big Merger in Tabloid Field (Continued from page 6) houses which accommodate shows only of that size Something like 160 tablod shows on both circuits will be affected by the merger. While in no way connected with this merger, the Aro Amusement Corporation of Raleigh, N. C., has lately been formed and it is interesting to note that the purpose of th’s company is to take over theaters to play tab. shows of 17 people in cities where they are nut already represented. The Atlanta office of the Gus Sun-Joe Spiegelberg Agency will be under the management of Joe Spiegelberg and W. F. Martin, the latter of whom has been with the Sun Exchange at Spr nefield for the past three years, both on the route books and in the publ city depart- ment. Succeeding Mr. Mart’n in charge of the Gus Sun press work for the entire circuit is Phil LaMar Anderson. Amy Cox, for a number of years identified with the Joe Splegelbere offices in At'anta, has arsumed new duties at the Gus Sun-Ackerman & Harris offices in Kansas City, working with Frank Wolf. Extra representatives for the enlarged Sun Circuit will be placed on the road in a short time, according to Mr. Neer, for the purpose of reviewing shows more often than tbey have been in the past. All shows, he explained, are booked into January 16 1926 houres either on a salary or percentage With a guarantce The theater in every town playing the tablod class of enter- tainment does so under an exclusive franch -e with the Sun Exchange. The at'anta office of the Sun Exchange will not only book tabloid shows but will aiso handle vaudeville acts and presenta- tons for motion picture hou es, Gus Sun sailed January 5 from New York for a world tour. Old-Time Fiddlers’ Contest at “Stampede” (Continued from page 56) event. Here, where he Is appearing this week, he grabbed off gobs of space in the dallies. It was learned today that negotiations are on with a prominent moving picture company to make a big classic film of the Canadian Northwest next summer, and Weadick has been tn conference with Willard Mack, well-known author of Tiger Rose and other successes, who is also playing a vaudeville engagement here this week. It Is expected that Mack will write the scenario for the picture, as he knows the Canadian Northwest s- sibly as no other screen writer oon Mack's family has a ranch in Alberta close to Calgary, and both he and Wea- dick, it is believed, could form a com- bination hard to beat in securing loca- tions, getting the etuff that should make a great epic Western picture When asked about the Prince of Wales, whose ranch is close to his, Weadick said: “Sure he's a regular fel- low. Everyone who has ever met him knows that It's funny to hear these birds talk and write about him falling off a horse. ‘As a matter of fact he has never fallen off a horse in his life. Yeas, I know they had pictures of him after a spill, but would you expect any rider to stay on a horse after it had caught its feet in the barrier on making a big jump and rolled all over the ground? Some of these wise guys who write articles about him ‘falling off again’ probably never sat on a horse, and those who did are probably the boys who, when they buy an English-riding suit, stock tle, carry a crop and pay two bucks an hour to ride some ewe-necked horve in a riding academy and lope around a bridle path for an hour or so a couple of times a week, consider themselves ‘horsemen’. Those birds would not know a thorobred horse from.a Clydesdale if they met one in the middle of the road. The Prince is not only an excellent rider, but is a real horseman as well. I mean he knows horses—breeding, etc. He raises a lot of ‘em and they are good ones, too. His ranch in Alberta is a fine one and is conducted upon a practical basis. It is not a hobby nor a joke with the Prince. It is a good, sound business investment.” Weadick received a decoration some time ago from the Prince of Wales for the bridle on his raddle horse. It in gold and silver and is the insignia of the Prince's own regiment, The Prince of Wales’ Own Hussars. Weadick showed itt to a Pittsburgh newspaper man, who mentioned it in a story, saying that Weadick had been made a Hussar by the Prince. After reading the article, Wea- dick remarked: “Can you beat that baby? I suppose if some one gave him a nickel with an Indian head on it, he would con- sider that he belonged to the Redmen.” HAIR NETS SINGLE MESH, $1.50 GROSS DOUBLE MESH, $3.00 GROSS State colors. 25% deposit. BAR MERCHANDISE CO. 32 East 14th Street, New York City GENUINE GILLETTE RAZOR With Genuine Blade, avn $2.50 — f%5, $14.00 Auto Strop. Sample Dozen, $3.00; per 100, r=. Compicte in Case, with Strep and | Blade. nders and Christy Razors, with | Blade, $10.00 per 100. Ever Ready Wall Cabinet Razor Sets, with 2 Blades, $15.00 per 100. Sample Dezen, $2.50. One-third with order, F. O. B. Chicago. Catalog of Other Speciale STANDARD CUTLERY HOUSE, 443 South Dearborn Street. 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January 16 1926 7 The Billboard ADDITIONAL OUTDOOR NEWS Greater Sheesley Shows Mobile, Ala., Jan. 7.—Capt. John M. Sheesley has called tn addit onal help in the Greater Sheesley Shows’ winter quar- ters here, and under direction of Ed C. Dart and L. O. Redding the 76 big wawxons, rides, show fronts and cars bid fair to be in readiness for a special date bout February 10, altho the organ zation -¢ a whole will not start northward until the ddle of March, being done with tartar red bodles and chrome yellow gears, and the train will be orange and maroon. Master Mechanic Eugene Woodworth Is superintending wagon build ng and re- pairs. Master Painter G. Lawrence Mac- Donald and his crew have finished their work on the rides and are on show nts. Nick DeRose has a crew over- hauling the roll.ng stock on trackage in Monroe Park. §S. P. Tannehiil and Phil Litth are here today, preparatory to bringing on a cafeteria-style cookhouse and other cencessions. E. G. Cohan and i B. Nixon will present newly arranged ttractions th.s year, equipment of both being about ready. George Gessell has work well advanced in the blacksmith shop. Joe Norton, scenic artist, is to be- vin decoration of fronts and rides next week. “Lunko”, 24-foot python snake, was @ casualty at quarters during a re- cent cold snap. The big rept.le’s skin is being prepared for preservation. A huge pelican, “Plumber”, is the latest ascot", having been taken on the shore of Mobile Bay a few rods from winter juarters. W, H. (Bill) Davis and Ralph Kronner (the Elephant Boy) have a store show well situated on Royal street, Ralph showing daily to big crowds. Harry Moore, with the flyer, and J. William Coghlan with the Pepper Box Revue, are entertaining natives on lots in the suburbs. Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Brown, concessionaires, are here and Mr. Brown s to open a restaurant down town. Fre- quent word from Side-Show Manager Tom Scully and the Sheesleyites—R. J. (Whitey) Norman, Earl E. Ketring, Tom Helvey, Zella Borts and others—with him in Cuba with the Krause Shows in- dicates that Mr. Scully has lined up an array of talent for 1926. Zella Borts, drome rider, has developed a free act, working on a trapeze 30 feet above ground. Among visitors have been Jimmie Austin, show ‘“ustodian, and Vaughn (Fat) Murch, who departed on another paper subscription trip. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Critzer have joined the Bunge Shows, but will return with ball game concessions for the openng. Mr. Sheesley is on_a business trip in the Wagons are North, John D. Sheesley has entered Spring Hill Academy, near here, as a student. Joe E. Walsh, former special agent, passing thru, reported much suc- cess with fraternal order promotions this winter. Special Agent A. J. Linck, from his home tn Racine, Wis., remembered the .show colony with cordial holiday greetings. General Representative C. W. Cracraft is covering much territory these days and will attend numerous meetings of fair officials. CLAUDE R. ELLIS (Press Representative). Brownlee Show Destroyed The big top of the Lou Brownlee No, 1 Show caught fire at Colmesnei!, Tex., December 29 and was destroyed. A working hand while lighting a cigaret dropped the match in the side wall, it is said. The outfit was all new for the coming season. Some concession tops and stock which were stored in the big top were also destroyed. The loss is placed at $6,000. The outfit will be replaced by Mr. Brownlee. Metro Bros.’ Shows Boston, Mass., Jan. 8.—January 1 saw the opening of the Metro Bros.’ Shows’ new office here, the staff consisting of Manager Chas. Metro, George A an- chester, general representative, and the writer, May Ives, stenographer. Report on construction work in preparation for ming season is that four new fronts ind two platform shows have been com- pleted, a uniform color being used on all show fronts and banners. J. C. McCaffery Books Entire Program for Louisville Fair Chicago, Jan. 9—J. C. McCaffery, of the fair booking department of the West- ‘rn Vaudeville Managers’ Association, notified The Billboard today that he per- enally booked the entire program for Kentucky State Fair at Louisville for the coming season for his firm. Mr. M Cattery has just returned the the er Mr. and Mrs, Wm. Price to Calif. Me. and Mrs. William Price, well- wh concessionaires, for several sea- ons with the Ze'dman & Pollie Shows, pbeosed thru Cineinnati recently on their wey to California, a vacation trip, @ stopoff at New Orleans for several days’ sightseeing and v'sits with friends. The coming season they will be located at Kennywood Park, Pittsburgh, Pa., where Mr. Price wi'l be manager of con- ce sions. Their return trip from the Coast will be started about April 1. Capt. Latlip’s Attractions The winter quarters of Capt. Latlip’s Attractions, situated right back of Capt. Lat'ip's home, has been in full operation since the first of the year. All four fore- men of the rides have reported and are — at work thoroly overhauling each r e. Richard Stell arrived first and he states that he will have the merry-go- round looking like new by the first of February and then will start work on the new ride to be bujlt here called “A Visit Thru West Virginia Mines”. As these attractions will play several spots in this State the new ride will no doubt be a big drawing card. Fred Latlip, who ig overseeing the electric light plants, will add another five-K. W. generator. The upper part of the quarters is used by the Latlip Family free attractions for a gymnasium. It is a 25x40-foot room, 15 feet high, and all the Latlip acts are rehearsed daily. The Latlip twins will be added to the acts this season. The outtfi will open the season with 4 rides, 5 free acts and 15 con- ceesions and will take to the road the first of April. ROY REX (for the Show). —— THE CHIEF’S LIKENESS The Chief “looks out” over the Cin- cinnati, New York, Chicago, St. Louis and Kansas City offices of The Bill- board again—this time in the form of a large and beautifully framed picture. The picture is a splend’d one of the late W. H. Donaldson and dozens of friends of tht founder of The Bill- board who have seen it have expressed their admiration. It is a picture of the Chief at his best—poised, reposeful, but with enough sparkle to betray the militant reserve force slumbering for the in- stant. It reminds one of the Chief as his staff knew him—and as they re- member him. Clark Visits Muscatine Muscatine, Ia., Jan. 8—Mike T. Clark, agent for the S. W. Brundage Shows, Was a recent visitor at Muscatine and placed his order with the Tangley Com- pany for one of the 1926 model self- playing calliaphones, mounted on a motor truck chassis with a special-built body, ta be used in the show’s advertising campaign for the coming season. Mr. Baker, of the Tangley Company, reports that the factory is busy on orders for the coming season and the capacity of their plant is now more than one com- lete automatic instrument a day. The angley Company Calliaphone Station KTNT is on the air nightly between 9 and 10:30, on 256 meters. LMA bddddidddldddddddddddddddddddtidtilddddddlilistddda Wanted Adhd hbdiisdddsddddiidddidddddlddddddédidtédddddldddddddddiududn ATLANTA, Junior Order Hospital Fund Circus FEBRUARY 1 UNTIL FEBRUARY 6, INCLUSIVE SIX BIG DAYS---SIX BIG NIGHTS 7 Wanted GEORGIA The entire city boosting. Wheels preferred, also Grind Stores. book same flat rate or percentage; a real week's work. Plenty space, City Auditorium, room for 10,000 people, in the heart of Atlanta. more. We Lucnnntn222:.00nceddddéddddddddddddddddddiddstea VSSSSSTSSTS) hid WALKLLLLALLL, Lc ccc hLkcuaLdddadddidddddaadddddaddddadddddddddddddda Wanted, high-class Concessions, Wanted, Circus Acts doing two or Wire, no time to write. A. V. KENT, “Circus Headquarters, Office, 412 Wynne-Claughton Bldg., Atlanta, Georgia. No Flat Joints. Will Wh ddddddddddddddddddddddééiiséidiinnneaiiiiiiiiisdddddddddddditdiea FOR SALE, fhe Following Ten Lions (5 male. 5 female). broke for acts and ready to work. Price $3,500. Show Property Ages 2 to 10 years. All Four Regular Circus Cages. Suitable for parade. $200 each. Two Bears. Brown and black. Male and female. $100 each. Rocky Road to Dublin. tracks, sound and well broke. Complete with 8 donkeys, cars, 10 sets of new harness, Price $1,000. with canvas. Cars for Sale---One 10-Section Sleeper with 3 staterooms, equipped with running water, lavatories, mattresses and curtains. Also one Privilege Car with dining room, club rooms and new range, 5x9 journals. Will stand M. C. B. inspection. Will make terms to reliable parties. Five 60-Foot Flat Cars. Will stand M. C. B. inspection over all roads. Price $600 each. THIS PROPERTY IS NOT JUNK BUT THE BIGGEST ALL CAN BE SEEN AT OUR WINTER QUARTERS, FAIR GROUNDS, MONTGOMERY, ALA. Address RUBIN GRUBERG, Box 736, Montgomery, Ala. ! All donkeys = : BARGAINS EVER OFFERED IN SHOW | QULUUOODODERUDEEO DDG TEOUDUGEEERUUUOOEEEUDERGUERUDERG DEES OES CEE CUUUDUUUOEOETEDERUEDERUEERURURDEDEOEEEEDE ! ' } entertains te = Now in Mis-Up. WANTED Two m Walk-Thru alu « \QItt furnish ‘Too WANT legitimate Concer tens of all Kinds thes aad American Palmistry. of March, Mobile Ala R. L. WADE SHOWS winter quarters Mobile, Ala, CAN PLACE, Season 1926, No. 5 Eli Ferris What and Merry re Shows with neat frame-up. Ti usion Show, Midget Show, Mechanical Show, or any Platform Show except Big Snakes sod Banners for Fat Girl Show WUI sell exclusive on Cook House, Corn Game, Juice, Novel No P. C. or buy-back stores, tip-ups oF roll-downs Long season, FOR SALE—Badger and two Monkeys Good opening for Ten-in-One, Five-in-One TOM CORBETT, would like to hear from you Show opens about Srst Address all mail, R. L. WADE, New Harmony, Indiana. A new telephone derice that gives the privacy of a booth at the desk Locks your phone talk in. Locks surrounding noises out. Instantly at- tached and sells on dem- onstratior fery attrac- tive in appearance and construction A wonder-, ful seller with thousands of prospects Has par- ticular appeal to real es- . lawyers, physi- cians, dentists. garages and all classes of business men. Opportunity for specialty men, crew man- agers and distributors to make big money on this Proposition. Retails at $6.00 to $7.50. Whole- sale price, $2.50 Each. On orders of 12 or more, shipping charges pre- pai 25% deposit, balance C. O. D. 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The Billboard ST. LOUIS PF. B. JOERLING Attractions St. Louis, Jan. 9.—Desire Under the Elms has been the attraction at the Shu- bert-Rialto Theater this week, with Pat Rooney, Marion Bent and Pat Rooney III, opening there tomorrow night for a week’s engagement in The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady. The fourth edition of the Music Box Revue has been play ng to splendid houses all week at the American Theater, where the engaBement closes tonight. The School for Scandal opens tomorrow night for a week’s run, to be followed by Frank Craven in New Brooms. The Woodward Players are this week presenting So This 1s London at the Em- press Theater, with The Bride slated for next week. Pickups and Visitors Mr. and Mrs. James C. Simpson, the former business manager of the D. Murphy Shows, returned to St. Lous Friday, following a trip to the East, dur- ing which they v sited Pittsburg, Louis- ville and Indianapol s. Joe Candrea has returned from a three- day trip thru Northern Lilinois, scouting for locations for the wax show which was exh biting on S xth street here last month. He advised that he would take the show to Peoria, I'l., next week, and that “Shanty” Mahoney and Francis J. Bligh would accompany him to look after the show whWe it exhibts in that city. x H. Barkley, general agent of the D. D. Murphy Shows, arr'ved in the city Thursday even ng, following his trip to the Indiana fair men’s meeting in In- dianapolis. John R. Castle, of the Morris & Castle Shows, was in the city for several days hobnobbing with local showmen. Chas. F. Watmuff, general agent for the Rece-Dorman Shows, stopped in St. Louis for several hours, en route from New York City to Texas. Lindemann Brothers, owners of the Seils-Sterling Circus, who were Billboard vi itors Tuesday, advised that they had snent the holidays with relatives and frends in Sheboygan, Wis. Johnnie Lazia, well-known carnival men, was in the citv for a few drys ‘ast week, during which t'me he joined the Mississippi Valley Showmen’s Asso- ciation. WEEK IN Ferris Wheel, Rocky Road to Dublin, Law Working World or any other Real Actracti panel fronts for Musical Comedy, that can cater to ladies and children. Performers. Musicians who can read standard music for You won't last. accommodations. Cook House. except Palmistry open. 30 Concessions at any time. and Prof. Paynes’ 18-Piece Colored Milita conflict. night. Have 14 Northern and Southern good prospects to follow. senna E. BILLICK, Juice and G HARRY E. BILLICK’S GOLD MEDAL | SHOWS WANTS FOR SEASON 1926, OPENING AT ALEXANDRIA, LA., SECOND Hawaiian or any other show that can get money, Mechanical Show for real busctler. Teams for fast-stepping Minstrel Show. All people with me before and in good standing, write No Roll Downs or Tipups. Nothing gillies. This is a 25-car show that plays real territory and opens every Monday Rome to interested parties. 1818 ‘Warshouer © Alexandria, La. MARCH and Outlaw, Monkey Drome or Speedway, ion. Have swell outfits with wagon and Colored All people must Buck Dance. Band and Orchestra. Don’t misrepresent. Pullman rab, Corn Game and all other Concess ons Book early. as I only carry At present I have 12 shows. 6 rides try Band. Will book anything that don't Fairs booked up to date with 6 more All mail or wires — eng FOR THE LARGEST INDOOR CIRCUS TO B BALTIMORE, MD., FEBRUA Two Special Agents, two Program and Banner M BENEFIT OF AUXILIARY 10 THE BATTLE BLIND 5,000 BOOSTING MEMBERS. CIRCUS ACTS, BAND AND CONCESSIONS MRS. W. H. GABELER, General Chairman, Room 400, 110 E. Lexington St., ne Wanted—Look E STAGED IN BALTIMORE THIS WINTER, RY 22 TO 27 (ONE WEEK). en. Have 300 feet of Concession Space. Address Baltimore, Md Reno, Bodie and Reno, well-known vaudeville trio, are play’ng in, this inity for the next few weeks. Fred S. Morrison is back in town, the first tme for over a year. He wouldn't d.vulge his mission in this city when he called at the office on Wedne day. The St. Louis Shoe Manufacturers and Wholesalers’ Assoc ation at its con- vention here last week and Annual Pag- eant of Footwear Products, engaged Blossom Seeley, assisted by Bennie Fields and Company, Rae Samuels and Swegle’s Saxotet, as entertainers. The performers were secured thru Joseph Erber, manager of the local W. V. M. A. office. Denny Pugh of the C. A. Wortham’s World’s Best Shows arrived in the city Thursday after an abs nce of about four weeks, which he spent n Texas. George B. Jacobson and T. E. (Susie) Lucas drove into the city Thursday morn- ing in a new car and hobnobbed with the boys around the various showmen‘s haunts, advising that they would be among those present for the next few weeks. Others in the city included Frank Payne, O. H. Tyree. John O'Shea, James Meighan, Allen Nagle, Irene Cassini, Charles Davis, Bobbie Dixon, Robert Harrison, Billy Austin. Helen Will ams, Adeline Barry, Jack Hunt, Clyde Bates, James Holly, Alice Richey, Sam Lewis, Jack McSorley, Roy Butler, Mary Mor- ris, Daisy Johnson, Albert Brush Arthur Mack. Mary Mallon, Margy Lowery, Patty Moore, Bobbie Farley, Beulah Sul- livan, J mmie West, Minn e Chamberla n, Marie Colilns, Bruce Eaton. Harry Wal- ters, John Brown, Vinnie Phillips. Willy Schubert, Felix Marx, Otto Reuter, Paul Gehring, Lou's Ropp, Lina Weinzgaertner Hilda Muempher, Marie Hasemann an Billy Moore. Shields Wild West Stock On Hands of S. P. C. A. According to press report issued from Lockport, N, Y., January 6, a buffalo. a Wrestling bear, some steers and some riding, jumping and bucking horses of the Norman Shields W.1d West. winter- ing on the fairgrounds at Lockport, were on the hands of the Society for the Pre- vention of Crue'ty to Animals. The stock had been cared for by Al Faulk, one of the riders with the show the past two seasons, who owns some of the horses and who also handled it last winter when the show w ntered on the fairgrounds at Richmond, Va., at which time it seems he was up against the same proposition he- was this winter, funds for feeding the animals not forthcoming from the owner. After many repeated futile at- tempts to secure finances with which to obtain food for them. and paying out uite an amount of his own savings, aulk finally consulted a local attorney with the above-mentioned result, Tanlk taking his horses to a local stable. He also MARTIN COUNTY HOME JACK BUSH. LZ Ld dbdddbdddidddsssdsssbdisddsddsddddddddddsdddbddsssdddbsdddddbbdddddbdbddddddbddbddbdddidiisiiianuauaaaciue WANTE Week January 25, Stuart, Florida Also Shows, Rides and Concessions. FREE ACTS COMING &% CELEBRATION Address Stuart, Florida KbddbddddddddddddddddddddddddsdddcccccccccUd Splendid opportunity for large Coaster, Hey-Dey, “ - other high- Ohio’s favorite Playground and Summer Resort Groves, Picnic Grounds and spring-fed Lake. LAKE BRADY PARK WANTED—RIDES AND AMUSEMENTS CONCESSIONS TO LET Wonderful transportation. THE LAKE BRADY COMPANY, Ravenna, Ohio; or Brady Lake. Miniature Railway, Kiddie = Dodgem, Jr., or -grade Rides. Drawing opulation 1,590.0900. 600 acres beautiful Summer population, 7,500, Address C. A. VERN WANTED! Shows and Rides that don’t conflict 35x85 Top for good Show of merit. WILL BOOK Hawalian Show. CONCESSIONS ALL OPEN WANTED! People for Side Show WHAT a WANT? Wire or write ON SHOWS | WANTED! Good proposition to Freaks. Good new )R BUY Monkey Motordrome Complete frame-up "he A. VERNON, Box 261, Tyler, Texas. a Richmond, Va. who is said to hold a . ie Wild West outfit. but Swartz- child declined to care for the stock. The result is that the S. P. C. A. 8 called upon to furnish feed fer it until the mat- ter can be traighteswed out In the meantime Faulk. faithful even in the face of discouragement, has been mak ng two trips da‘ly to the fargrounds to dis- tribute hay, etc., and otherwise care for the animals which he dear'y loves, The Playshop To Favor American Playwrights (Continued from page 11) Playshop is not in any sense of the word a little theater movement, nor an art theater. Three full-leneth plays will be presented this season after a preliminary two-day tryout out of town, The enzage- ment of each at the 52d Street Theater will be lim'‘ted to three weeks, whether the venture is successful or not. At the expiration of that time the play, if suc- cessful, will be taken into another thea- ter. If not, it will close. The organizat’on, Mr. Stanton said, is the result of the convicton of men prominently associated with the theater in this country that American-born plays do not get a fair chance here, due in part to the enormous number of foreign vehicles produced each season. It is solely wth the desire of viving the American -playwright an outlet for his work that the organization has been formed. After the three-week engagement of Not Herbert, two more plays will be selected for production from the follow- ing: Beau Galant, by Stuart Ol vier Part Time Lady. by Isabel Lerichton: The tindaunted Woman, by Le ghton Osmun: Thieves’ Holiday, by Charles K. Van Riper, and The Nightingale, by Robert M. Sterrett. The productions are nnder the direction of Edwn Maxwell, and the casts will be chosen from prominent actors and ac- tre sea who have become interested in the project. Admission will be by subscrip- January 16 1926 tion for the series of three plays. Seats are $3 each for evening performances. or $9 for the series; $2.50 each for Satur- day matinees and $2 each for Thursday mat nees A new play will be given every third Monday from January 25 Claire Ulrich May Stop Sale of Century Theater Baltimore, Jan. 9. —An injunction halt- ing the sale of the Century Theater her+ to the Fox Film Company, New York wll be filed bw Claire J Ulr ch New York and Phi'adelphia actress, within th next few days, it is belleved. That the Fox company has about com pleted plans for the purcha e of the Cen tury was admitted today. The theater is a part of the estate of the late Chark W, Whitehurst Miss Ulrich cla’'ms she is Whitehurst’s widow, having been mar ried when he read a ceremony to her out of a book in the Park Hotel. New York There has been a bitter fight between the Whitehur't he rs and a group of in fluential stockholders represented by a comm ttee of bankers The committe. opposed the sale of the theater to int ests headed by Marcus Loew on th: ground that the sufficient purchase price was in Equity Rules Sunday Show Okay at Neighborhood House New York, Jan. 11.—Acting on the con Pla'nt of various parties who took excep- tion to the privilege accorded the Neigh- borhood Playhouse in the matter of Sun- day performances the Actors’ Equity A sociation last week ked Helen Arthur of the Grand Street institution, to ’ pear before its Council and explain the situation After hearing Miss Arthur's story the Council concluded that ft Neighborhood Playhouse could rightf be classed as a semi-philanthropic inet tution and in no way a competitor of t) Broadway theaters The playhouse is in reality a subsidized community enter prise, exempted by both the city and f eral governments from taxation. and it unable to make financial profit from its productions Before Miss Arthur was summoned | fore the Equ'ty Counctll, Frank Gillin executti sect tar of the as ation vestigated the situation and could find ) cause for interfering with the Sunday a ti of the popular East Side group S. . Municipal Band Leader Honored San Franc'sco ‘Jan. § 8.—Philip Sapiro, leader of the municipal band, was ten- ‘ renade and arty in } f his birthday a few ays aco t his home A midnight supper was t bandsmen and in vited guests. Secretary A. A. ig n ef Muscans’ Union No. presented Sapiro with a radio set, the. gift of his fellow bandsmen. Cross Joins Stern and Green New — Jan. 9.—Lee Cross, former Vaudevillian and cabaret entertainer, this week j ined Stern & Green in their theatrical enterprises He will ass‘st ‘n booking novelty box-office attractions for many New York and out-of-town thea ters. Even before the Rivoli polcy of presentations thes bookers have ir- ranged spr entertainment for var'ous theaters, such as opportunity contests Charleston contests, plantation nights featur'nge a'l-star loreal entertainers, and other such attractions su.table for motion picture theaters, Well-Known Entertainers At Schiff-Center Benefit New York, Jan. 9—Among the enter- tainers who wi'l appear tomorrow at a benefit pertoran nee at the 48th S'reet Theater r q by the Jacob H. S-hift Center are Geor e Jessel, Vera Gord Phil Boker, Morian Battista’ Wellineton Cross, Fannie Davidson, Helen Lubarsk + Yascha Fi hbere and Senor Gando'fi The proceeds will be used for acqu r'ng add'tt onal educational facilities for 2,000 children Profession’s Interest Growing In Confines of Ward's Island New York, Jan. 11—The group of pro fessionals interested in behalf of their fellow artists confined as inmates of the Manhattan State Hospital on Ward Island ie conetantly crowing and at least one actor is voluntarily devoting all hi spare time to seeing that the matter further propagated George Leonard, of the Friars, not content with his own ef forts to bring cheer and comfort to the former theater workers whose unfortu nate mental condition hag caused them to be herded in with the 1,600 sick and (Continued on page 89) SAL rouey WANTED Sell our line of Advert}. ing elers, Phone Indexes ete Lihera} commbecton References quired Full or part time STANWOOD-HILLSOS CORP, Dept. RB. 3 Tremont Rew. Boston FOR SALE-—AIR CALLIOPE “ ovate Pe oat 7 Or will trade Pw t A. BRUCE, . MI { a 150 Ogden Arte round oat i, Za | ae ee | ee — pi _ ME Wanted a a PC ee es — a : | ' 41 , ee | NY N N N 5 7 ee > NY . N NY NY > N N N N N - - - N ee N ‘ \\ LLL adda aadiuuaaiaacdaaaaaacacaca A a St SsS~—~—STSS oe 7 } t So -— El ie | a | fp i a 4 ee : ' ae ay
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nuary 16 1926 | SAN FRANCISCO | ; E. J. WOOD Dancers, appearing on the Theater stage this week with lorful and artistic dance in- are making a decided hit sudiences, »s sixth annual Music be held May 1 to 8 Chester ins, originator of music week, ) named executive director. kman, who is on his way to ich, made his local radio debut Wednesday Ellis, planist, and | gerald, violinist. Fitzgerald ! mn here on account of his Heller at the Ca!i- n KFRC on night ented Frank Herman ter Roses, the Fanchon & Marco Warfield Theater this week, ed and the Rosebud beauties tumed. sican Venus will be given its miere at the Granada Theae w Coincident with the show- s film Fay Lanphier, the “Miss test winner at Atlantic City, I y appear on the Granada 1a big spectacle. Municipal Chorus will start re- next week for another choral plece on the order of The Messiah, vas successfully presented several . as The world premiere of Moana, a spec- e of the South Seas, will be given Theater following W anderer. It is said e at the St. Francis run of The EE SINGER BROS. LARGE COMPLETE CATALOG IS FREE TO DEALERS ONLY WRITE FOR IT. Also ask for Bookiet “Bon Salesboards Also ask tor Cir- cular ‘C™ on Candy SINGER BROTHERS 536-538 Broadway, New York FOR SALE esty Platform Spring Wagons suitable for show business at $50.00 to $100.00 each. These Wagons cost from $300.00 to $600.00. COLLINS NORTHERN ICE CO. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. } “Attention Carnivals and Free Acts” Representatives of Montana and Wyoming Lewistown, Mont. Patres February 1, 1924, ee Fair dates and transact other business I ay + Treasurer, Central Montana Fair, : nians “PLAY THE PONIES” The Real Salesboard Hit ef the Season. A most amusing game P ntaining 300 seals, each Tepe Zee 14 Known race horse, such as Man o War wv. 8 Gold, ete. Jobbers’ prix . Orepaid Place your order now =e. S600 ger Oezen, MILLARD STARR & co. Box 342, - - - St. Louls, Mo. FOR SALE Merry- Go-Round " Spillman, A-1 condition Run by nN tractor New Top and Side Walls Wuor- r Organ N 10, with Snare and Hass wil 7 Address T. LANG.- Covington, Ky. Phone, ee her business M, 508 Madis nm Ave., s5 cton 6 - BILLFOL.)S better kind at price of ont yeas, ¥y $16.00 per G Doren, prepa d, $1.50, Get the habit o ; f ue * the rest ef the fellows are now ' bag Se MFG. CO., 243 Front St, “OOK HOUSE AND JUICE JOINT Tops gain, Used five months Also t ' t MRS. Jac K KIM. some equip. Avvsnaas City, Kansan Hts 125 South Summit, The Billboard Any Shows of Merit. Riding Devices, Merry Mix Up. Address MBN 7 AeORanernsnnennne ERR’. Were Matthew J. Riley Shows Want Want Concessions of all kinds. Merry-Go-Round, Whip, Caterpillar and MATTHEW J. RILEY, P. O. Box 164, Elizabeth, N. J. Oo Senn LMM OMMMM ws Want SOOO MAHOU Aananaanaanens sane WANT Manager Caterpillar Ride H lp, Ferris, Wheel Ride WANT Sea Plane 4 any other Ride that don't Road, Tab. of good Platform Sinw WANT Manager on Ball Games Wheels sold 7 CALIFORNIA SHOWS: H. F. Boston, Mass. milict CALIFORNIA SHOWS, Inc. WANT Kiddie Rides. are Lom s, China, Birds, Hall, 3 East i7th St., N SEASON 1926 WANT Help, Merry-Go-Round Ride. WANT Hey-Dey Ride. CAN BOOK WILL BOOK Ten-in-One, R cky for Monkey Speedway Show CONCESSIONS—No X Uk Blankets and Quilts. Address all mail ew York City; Sam Anderson, 254 W. Newton St., that no studio sets, stage or lights were used in the filming of this picture Kolb and Dill, now touring California towns with A Pair of Fools, are playing to crowded houses everywhere and wil open at the Curran Theater January 24. Word was received here a few days ago that Alexander Pantages has leased property for the construction of a new theater in Fresno to cost approximately $1,000,000 La Gaite Francaise, the French thea- ter, opened its sixth season Wednesday nicht with the performance of Chateau Historique, a three-act comedy. Eddie Fetherstone, well known to local theatergoers, has come into the cast of Kosher Kitty Kelly, now in its second week at the Capitol Theater, as Patrick O'Reilly. His most recent appearance here was in the role of Jimmy Dugan in Sal'y, Irene and Mary. Den Phillipini, who at present is con- ducting the orchestra of one of the larg- est theaters in New Orleans, is here with his wife on a visit. He led the first band at Idora Park and was afterwards at the head of orchestras in several of the local theaters. Charlie Chaplin's The Gold Rush is smashing all attendance records at the Imperial Theater. . Milo’s Minstre’s, consisting of 10 peo- ple, are going over big at the Cameo Theater. This troupe has had a suc- cessful season In the southern part of the State and made an instant hit at the opening show on New Year's Eve. Mutual Reports New Records (Continued from page 34) pany, with Charles (Klutz) Country, a Baltimore boy, broke all previous records at that house since its opening somé 3 ago when Columbia held the boards Sliding Bi'ly Watson held the previous record of $7,191 on New Year's week, isd, that was the ~reatest business that had. been brought to this house until Laffin’ Thru did a gross of $7,227.35, a real record breaker. In return for this a party was given on Saturday night at the Commercial Hotel by Charles Platt, owner and a dyed-in-the-woo] fan at the Gayetr, for the members of the company. Music was furnished by a local orches- tra and ae real chicken dinner was served to those that attended. after which several songs and dances were led by the entire chorus and various numbers by the female principals. Dolly Davies and George (Buttons) Fares did an old-fashioned “cake walk” that was a “wow”. Gang all sent to their rooms during the wee sma’ hours and all declared it a real party, with a hundred thanks to Mr. Platt for his thoughtfulness and hospitality. Columbia Circuit Changes (Continued from page 34) night and booked in Newark, ©O., but getting a better offer canceled Newark and booked in Cambridge, O Oswego Replaces Binghamton When the C. A. C. dropped Bingham- ton, N. Y., from the circut it left an open date, Wednesday, that has been filed in at Oswego ere going into Utica for the last three days of the week between Rochester and Schenectady. Mike Joyce En Tour Mike Joyce, assistant to General Man- ager Sam A. Scribner, of the C. A. C., entrained from New York January 4 for Montreal and Toronto to supervise the installation of managers in those cities, Scribner Denies Sale (Continued from page 34) gether different one recently, in which he extends a cordial invitation to one and all alike among theatrical journalists to bring to him personally their real or fancied grievances as affects their rela- tions with the Columbia Amusement Com- pany and its attaches, likewise houses and shows booked by the C A, C. Since Mr. Scribner's change of attitude, a Billboard man has been permitted to sit in several unofficial conferences and learned much relative to the propaganda- making efforts to disgruntle creditors, pro- ducers and performers on the Columbia Circuit. There iS no denying the fact that propaganda is being sent out by some- one along these lines, for under the head- ing of Protesting Producers in The Bill- board of November 28, was carried a full- column article covering the subject in detail, closing with the following: “While some of the protests are in all probability founded on facts, there are other protests in the typewritten, un- signed contributions of copy to The Bill- board that have no foundation in fact, and this publication will not be a party to any such propaganda. “Perplexed producers are pandering to the propagandists now preparing to utilize the testimony elicited at the Irwin vs. Columbia examination in their prospec- tive effort to unseat Scribner. “Ed. Comment—Producers or perform- ers in burlesque, having a real grievance founded on indisputable facts, that effects burlesquers in general, can see us per- sonally or write us and we will investi- gate their grievances, and if found justi- fied and to the best interests of bur- lesquers in general, we will give space to its publication. “Burlesquers in general should know by this time that The Bilboard never be- trays a confidence, nor does The Bill- board fall for propagandists with ulterior motives who contribute unsigned copy.” The foregoing reprint evidenced The Billboard's attitude at a time when Scrib- ner assumed a silent attitude, declining to confirm or deny the rumors current around the Columbia Corner. The Billboard would have been fully justified in giving publication to some of the rumors in consideration of the fact that Scribner ignored its representative's offer of co-operation in giving publica- tion to any confirmation or denial made by him relative to conditions on the Columbia Circuit, but this publication would not and will not become the tool of any propagandist with ulterior motives. The Billboard holds no brief for Mr. Scribner personally, or for the Columbia Amusen ent Company, its attaches, houses or shows, but its columns are always open to any and all who contribute in- formation that will prove interesting and instructive to its readers. Wine, Woman and Song Breaks All Records at Columbia for Regular Weekly Presentation of Burlesque While realty values in New York are based principally on location of ground and situation of building there are other factors that make or mar their value on the realty market. In the old days a corner saloon com- manded a much higher realty value than 4 corner grocery. The same condition is applicable today to other lines of busi- ness, professional and vocational. The Columbia Theater is conceded to command a much higher realty value than any burlesque theater in the coun- try barring none. Its value to the Colum- bia Amusement Company as an advance advertising medium for the 35 Columbia Circuit shows playing other cities is in- estimable. In the early part of the current sea- son producers of Columbia Circuit shows claimed that the Columbia was not get- ting the patronage given presentations in previous seasons and their protest reach- ing Scribner he made a personal investi- gation which has resulted in his personal- ly directing management of the Columbia and an extensive billing campaign that has jumped the weekly receipts to un- precedented figures of previous seasons, Scribner is- noncommittal on the re- ceipts played to by Lou Talbot's Wine, Woman and Song company, but from an unquestionable source it is learned that show_played to the biggest receipts ever given a burlesque attraction for the same number of performances in any one week in the past at the Columbia. With Scribner's directing management of the Columbia Theater and his direct- ing management of its advertising cam- paign, it is inconceivable that the Colum- bia Amusement Company would consider its sale, and Scribner's emphatic denial of any such aim, purpose and intent on the part of tha C. A. C. in letting go of this valuable realty holding should set at rest all rumors of its prospective sale, which have no foundation in fact. 87 DANCE NOVELTIES 100 Snowballs (Marmiess) ................ 100 Asst. Midget Hats (Very Comieal! 1000 Serpenttne Assortment, Best Grade. . 59-ib. Bag Confetti (Best Grade), for...... 100 Confetti, in Glassine Packages, for "0 Cheiee Assorted Noisemakers........... 100 Paper Hats, Asst. Shapes and Colors... Saunders Merchandise & Novelty Co. 620 St. Clair, West, CLEVELAND, 0. TERMS: 25% deposit with all orders over $10.00. Orders less than $10.00, money order Must be in full. Personal checks should be cer- tified. No free samples. 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88 ACKLEY—Amos Blum, 45, member of the Northwestern Shows, died Decem- ber 23 at Oakland, Calif. Deceased was a member of the Stuckrath Lodge No. 430, F. and A. M. His body was shipped to Pittsburgh, Pa., where services were held January 2. ATROY—Mrs. James, professionally known. as Viola, and wife of James Atroy, proprietor of the Picturedrome, Lancas- ter, Eng., died recentiy in that city. BALES—Frank (Booze), who for many years traveled thru Kentucky with Ricton’s show under canvas and who with Lew Palmer had musical comedy shows on the Sun Time, died Monday morning, January 4, at Jackson, O. De- ceased was for many years right-hand man for Dr. Leon of med.-show fame. Mr. Bales was loved by all who knew him and his passing will be a shock to his many friends in the profession. Funeral services were conducted Wednes- day afternoon, January 6, at the home of his brother, 344 E. Main street, Jack- son, IN LOVING MEMORY OF MY WIFE ROSE BARLOW Whe passed away two years ago, January 68, Missed us all, but forgotten none, ORL H. BARLOW. ad BF OO Na tg API” BARRETT—James, Jr., 7, only child of Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy (Bevo) rrett, died January 2 at Grand Rapids, Mich., from injuries recetved the previous day while sledriding. The father is principal comedian with Ross Lewis’ Radio Dolls Company and the mother is known pro- fessionally as Lillian Bossman. Burial Was made at Grand Rapids. BEACH—Belle, internationally known horsewoman and often referred to as one of the greatest women riders in’ the world, died January 9 at her home in Great Neck, L. L, N. Y. Miss Beach for many ye rs was a leading figure at all important horse shows and took more than 2,000 blue and red ribbons, Until the Judgment Day. Gelden Gates opened, ed within. ear God, Our little MR. AND MRS. JIMMY BARRETT. CASSIRER—Paul, husband of Tilla Durieux, well-known French actress, died in Berlin January 7 suddenly. They had been married 19 years. CHOROMOKOS—-Mrs. Louis, died January 7 in St. Luke’s Hospital, Chi- cago, where she had been a patient for several months. As Elain Thompson she Was one of the original English pony ballet girls to come to this country years ago for an engagement with Eddie Foy in Off the Earth. She afterward filled an engagement with Jack and the Bean- staik. She did not return to the stage after her marriage to Louis Choromokos March 6, 1897. Mrs. Choromokos was one of: the best loved women in the Greek colony of Chicago and the first English, or American, woman to be baptized in the Greek church there. The funeral was held January 9 and interment made in Elmwood Cemetery. CLAPP—Fred W., 65, well known in the outdoor show world, passed on De- cember 28 at Detroit, Mich., from bron- chial pneumonia. Mr. Clapp entered the amusement field about 18 years ago with Josiah Pearce & Sons at New Orleans, La., and at various times he managed the Dreamland, Grand, Bijou Dream, Trianon, Newcomb and Tudor theaters in that city for the Pearce interests. When Josiah Pearce & Sons sold their New Orleans theaters the deceased went to Dallas, Tex, where he assisted his nephew, J. Eugene Pearce, in the man- agement of the permanent amusements at Fair Park. Last April Mr. Clapp left Dallas to enter the employ of another nephew, Fred W. Pearce, in order to be near his son, Frederick W. Clapp, Jr., who was assistant manager of the Ex- eelsior Amusement Park, near Minne- apolis, Minn. Burial was made in Grand Lawn Cemetery, near Detroit. COCHRAN—Roscoe, of Carmi, IIL, lessee of the Grand and Strand theaters at Robinson, Ill., passed on December 14 at Carmi after a lengthy illness. De- ceased opened his first theater, the Maine, at Carmi 12 years ago. CORSON—Mrs. J. Bruce, 51, who with her husband was connected with the J. Frank Hatch Shows, Johnny J. Jones Exposition and other outdoor or- ganizations as operators of the merry-go- round and Ferris wheel, died suddenly December 29 at her home in Muncy, Pa. She is survived by her husband, one son, Fred; her mother and one brother. CULLINS—Lew F., head of the Cul- lins Bros.’ Shows, which was formerly a wagon show playing the Western States and which, with the trend of progress, became one of the smartest of the smaller animal circuses, died The Billboard denly at Minneapolis, Minn., recently, a victim of a heart attack. Deceased, after many years in the circus business, sold the Cullins Bros.’ Show and moved to The Dalles, Ore., where he entered the motion picture business when that industry was still in its infancy. After 16 years’ experience as a movie house manager Mr. Cullins disposed of\his thea- ter at The Dalles and organized another dog and pony circus, which of late years has been playing thruout the West and Midwest. The show was wintering in Minneapolis when Mr. Cullins was stricken. Burial was made at Haviland, Kan., the home of his wife, who was with him at the time of his sudden death. ° CUNNINGHAM—Mrs. Emma Sue Zimmerman, 16, died December 30 at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Hartman, 2509 Prospect avenue, Ft, Worth, Tex., after a two weeks’ illness. Emma Sue was a popular child actress and appeared with many well-known companies befgre retiring from the stage following her marriage to Roy K. Cun- ningham last September. She leaves her husband, mother, fatner, brother and mee friends in the profession. DALEY—Patrick E., father of Fred E. Daley, franchise-operating producing manager of Lena Daley’s Own Show and the Scribner-Daley Rarin’ To Go show on the Columbia Burlesque Circuit, died December 20 at his home in New York. -|)eaths in the Profession January 2 when he missed his step in jumping off a train and fell between two cars in the Pennsylvania Station, Philadelphia. He was for many years associated with the Barnum & Bailey Circus, going to Europe with that or- ganization on its first extended tour as boss lithographer. He was opposition agent on the Buffalo Bill Show, and in the days of the old Stair & Havlin Time he was agent in advance of practically all of George M. Cohan's “turkey” one- nighters, among them Little Johnny Jones, 45 Minutes From Broadway and many others. At the time of his death he was working for George Buford, bill- ing the New Madison Square Garden. He was known thruout the country. HOLMES—George Franklin, Jr., 21, son of Mrs. Peter Murphy, well-known circus and vaudeville performer, died December 28 at St. Mary’s Hospital, New York. Deceased was in the show busi- ness until 10 years ago, when he began the study for the priesthood. JONES—Dr. C. F., 80, of Chicago, well known in medicine-show circles, was killed in that city December 14 when struck by a taxi. Deceased was promi- nent in the late ’70s and early ‘80s, and will be remembered by many of the old- timers in the med. game. LEACOCK—Mrs. Beatrix Hamilton, at one time in the company of Forbes Robertson when he toured America in Shakespearean plays, died December 14 NAT CROSS By W. FRANK DELMAINE HE Almighty Father has called Isaac O. Cross—Nat Cross as he was known in the profession—after he bad suffered for months. This humble tribute is written by one who knew him intimately and was always proud to call him friend and brother. He was one who faced every condition and every obstacle along the termination and fortitude. He was indeeed one of nature’s noblemen. journey of life unflinchingly—with de- He was generous to a fault, very often depriving himself to give to a fellow trouper. Our beloved profession would be much better if there were more mai like Nat Cross. He was always a loyal member of the Actors’ Equity Association, also a member of the PF. & A. M., No. 42, of Holton, Kan. The greatest legacy that he left his good wife and daughter is that he has made the world better for having lived in it because he was a good well, beloved friend and brother! and father. Fare- Nat Cross, who was 35 years old, died January 8 at bis home, 921 Cherry street, Kansas City, Mo., from complications developing from an operation per- formed a few weeks ago. Besides bis widow (Verba) and young daughter (Jeane), bis mother (Mrs. Emma Cross) of Greensboro, N. C., survives. Pull Masonic services were held at the Freeman Mortuary, Kansas City, at 10 a.m., January 11. Burial was in Mt. Moriah Cemetery, Kansas City. Mr. Cross, to- gether with his wife, was owner and manager of the Nat and Verba Cross Company, a tented dramatic show, with headquarters in Kansas City, bat weil and favorably known in the entire Southwest. DOORLY—Charles C., organist and composer, died January 4 in St. Peter's Hospital, Brooklyn. He was forinerly organist at Brompton Oratory, Londcn, and at the time of his death was organist and choirmaster at the St. John the Bap- tist Church, Brooklyn. GATEWOOD—B2Bart. X., 39, news- paper man and widely known in band and orchestra circles in the Southwest, died of pneumonia November 25 at his home in Arkansas City, Kan. Deceased was formerly a member of the Great Patterson Shows and other outdoor or- ganizations. He was formerly trombone soloist at the Rex Fifth Avenue Theater, Arkansas City, and at the time of his death was b4ritone soloist with the Arkansas City Municipal Band. He was an Officer in the musicians’ union in that city. Deceased was a brother of Mrs. J. G. (Opal) Bowser, of the Bowser Dra- matic Company. Besides his wife, known professionally as Beulah Keller and as one of the Gaskins Sisters, there survive three children, his mother, sister and two brothers GiLL—tLawrence, 88, father of Ack- erman H. Gill, manager of F. F. Proctor's Theater, Schenectady, N. Y., died et his home in that city January %, after a brief illness, due to infirmities of old age. Funeral services were conducted at &t. John the Baptist Church, Schenectady, January 9. Gill is survived by three sons and a daughter. GRIGG—William A. (Billy Single), 46, brother of Wally Grigg, member of the stock company playing the Jefferson Theater, Hamilton, O., died at the Free- man Hospital, Jéplin, Mo., December 29 after an illness of nine months from cancer of the stomach and pancreas. HANSON—Eddie, for many years a circus and theatrical agent, was killed at Liverpool, Eng.. where she had gone to take the new lead treatment for cancer recently discovered by William Blair Bell. Unfortunately her illness had ad- vanced to such a stage before her arrival in England that it was impossible for her to respond to the treatment. De- ceased studied in Boston at the Boston School of Expression and afterwards went to the Pacific Coast on a lyceum tour in company with Lois Winlow, cellist, and Caroline Lash, soprano. She retired from the stage after her marriage to Prof. Stephen Leacock, author and professor at McGill University, Montreal, Can. Burial was in Toronto December 29. Her mother, husband and one son survive. LONDON—Emily, 71, many years ago a favorite comedienne in the music halls of England, died in that country December 8. She played many engage- ments under the management of the late . L. Graydon, both in London and in Brighton, Eng. McALESTER—William Henry, 76, founder of four Long Island newspapers and one time manager of grand-opera stars, died January 5 at the home of his son, Spencer Hamilton McAlester, Patchogue, L. L, N. Y. McGEE—John A., 66, one of the owners of the Strand Theater, Toronto, Can., died during the last week in De- cember at his apartment in that city. He had been suffering from a nervous breakdown for the past two years. Serv- ices were conducted in the Church of Our Lady of Lourdes, Toronto. ‘ One brother and a sister survive. MAURER—Mrs. Emma, 79, wife of Otto Maurer, who at one time was a manufacturer of magic tricks for profes- sional fans, died after a short ill- ness in Holy Name Hospital, Teaneck, January 16, 1926 N. J., January 1. Burial took place Jan- uary 3 at Mount Moriah Cemetery, Fair- view, N. J. Deceased is survived by one son, Otto, and a daughter, Mrs. Louise Karp. MOE—Charles, 57, for four years advertising agent for the Selwyn Thea- ter, Chicago, died January 9 at the Swedish Covenant Hospital tn that city, following an operation. Members of the billposters’ union will have charge of the funeral, which is to be held January 12 from the Bush Temple Chapel, Chicago. Interment will be at Grand Rapids, Mich. MOULTON—Edward, member of the Board of Review of the National Trot- ting Association and long engaged in the jewelry business at Worcester, Mass., died in that city January 5. Deceased whs former president of the Bay State Circuit and president of the Indian Lake Driving Club in Worcester. He was also vice-president of the Worcester Agricul- tural Society and for many years super- intendent of the racing at the Worcester Fair. PAGE—E. V., songwriter, and for many years manager of the old Canter- bury Music Hall in England, died re- cently in that country. PILKINGTON—George T., 62, died at Chicago January 6 after a lon period of il! health. Mr. Pilkington ha been with the United States Tent and Awning Company for 10 years, and for many years prior to that time had been associated with the tent business. He was regarded as an expert in canvas and was known to practically all of the out- door showmen. The funeral was held from his late home, 450 Belmont avenue, Chi o, January 8, to Mount Carmel Church, where requiem mass was said. Burial was in Calvary Cemetery. The widow, a daughter, two brothers and two sisters survive. POWELL—John, 82, for many years owner and manager of the Grand Thea- ter, Barrie, Ont., Can., died recently in that city. Deceased was one of the old- est showmen in the businesa, having been in the game for 50 years. He was well known in the United States and Canada, and many oldtimers will regret to hear of his passing. PULTZ—Jacob Benclift, 73, step- father of Mrs. Guy Bates Post, the former Adele Ritchie of the stage, passed away January 10 at Philadelphia, Pa. Mrs. Post was in Pasadena, Calif., when she was mformed of her stepfather's ill- ness. She left immediately for Philadel- phia, arriving there two hours after the death of her stepfather. RHINOCK—Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth, 65, mother of William L. Rhinock, treas- urer of Keith's. Theater, Cincinnati, 0., died Saturday night, January 9, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Charles Fornash, Latonia, . Funeral services were conducted at her daughters” home Monday afternoon, January 11. RITTER—Ethel, 23, screen actress, wife of Cuyler Supplee, movie actor, died at Los Angeles December 31 fol- lowing an operation for appendicitis. RUDOLPH—Mrs. Mary, sister of Margaret Lyons, of Rice and Lyons, and aunt of Madeline Rice, of Broadhurst and Rice, died January 2 at Philade!phia. The deceased was well known among the profession in both the dramatic and bur- lesque fields. Interment was made in the Cathedral Cemetery. SENDERDRAKOWSK!I—Leopold, 31, well-known organist, died in a hospital at Baltimore, Md., December 27 from bullet wounds suffered the previous day when a woman who proved to be a religious maniac shot him while he was giving an organ recital in a Polish church in that city. Deceased was organist of the Church of the Immaculate Conception at Watervilet, N. Y., and St. Casmir’s Polish Church at Albany, N. Y¥. He was born in Poland, where he received his early musical training. He came to this country at the age of 18 and continued his education at the Troy (N. Y.) Con- servatory of Music. In addition to being a musician he was an artist of ability The body was taken to Waterviiet for burial January 6. Deceased’s widow and four children survive SERGEL—Charles H., 65, playwright, died suddenly January 7 in Chicago. For 40 years Mr. Sergel had been in the pub- lishing business in that city, being presi- dent of the Dramatic Publishing Com- pany and holding posts in other publish- ing concerns. His widow, Mrs. Annie Sergel, survives. SHEEHY—John G., widely-known showman, died early Tuesday morning, January 5, at the Hotel Melbourne, St. Louis, Mo., after a four days’ illness. Deceased went to that city with the Greenwich Village Follies, of which he was manager, and upon his arrival there was stricken ill with double pneumonia. He was born in St. Louis tn 1873 and began his theatrical career as usher at the old Haviin Theater there in 1885. A ioe yore later he bacame treasurer of the Havlin Theater Company, and in 1902 accepted the position as manager of the Grand Opera House in St.Louis. Fol- lowing this position he was treasurer of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus for several years. For the past five years he had been manager of the Greenwich Village Follies. Funeral services were conducted by 9 8 morning, January 8, at the residence of his mother in St. Louls at the Holy = es —— _ y, SSS jn, eZ J lp-4: OK a ————> A ag ee : a panera | ne — ee
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January 16 1926 Interment was made in Calvary *hurch 2 etery, St. Lou's. His mother, three sisters and a brother survive. Deceased Sat a host of friends In the indoor and vtdoor show business, and floral tributes ind messages of condolence were received from all parts of the country. SOMMERS—David A., president of the Metropolitan Theaters Company, owners of the St. Louis Theater, St. wou Mo., died December 22 at the jewish H pital in that city following an “»weration for intestinal trouble. He ha hoon il but two days. The services were ted at the Temple Israel, with in- terment in Mount Sinal Cemetery, St. STEIBLE—Joseph E., 37, employed yn the press room of The Billboard, Cin- died January 6 at his home t city from cancer of the throat. Funeral was eonducted from the resi- F e Saturday morning, January 9, with | jem High Mass at St. Boniface's Church, Cincinnati, Interment was made , St. Mary’s Cemetery, St. Bernard, O. l <ed leaves his widow and one ehter. TOYNTON—Joseph, 57, of Pontiac, Mich. died suddenly January 4 in that city from paralysis. For 10 years the a ised had been in charge of policing the erand stands at the Michigan State Falr. He was a former chief of police and chief of the fire department in l’on- nati, «)., ‘ TREGO—Charles, 70, a life-long f d of the late Col. W. F. Cody (Puffalo Bill) and for many years a member of his Wild West Show, passed on December 30 at Dowingtown, Pa, De- ceased is survived by his widow and one sister TUNISON—Mrs. Mabelle, 51, singer, formerly widely known on the Pacific ( st under the professional name of Madame Boccasini, died Monday after- noon, December 28, at the Los Angeles Sanitarium, Los Angeles, after an illness of two years. Mrs. Tuntson is survived by her husband and@ an adopted son. VORAN—Frank, 83, physician, mu- si-ian and viniculturist, died January 9 at Monroe, La. Deceased was a friend of President U. S. Grant, and was leader of an orchestra to play at the Golden Gate when Grant returned from a tour of the world. Mr. Voran claimed to have played the first saxophone in New_York in 1863. He directed orchestras in Phila- delIphia, San Francisco and Los Angeles. VULLIET—Aucustin, 80, organizer of the Orpheon Francais at New Orleans, La., and a member of.the Philharmonic Society in that city since New Orleans was the musical center of the United States, died there recently. He was a native of Savoy, France. WALLACE—Henry Lane, 73, son of General Lew Wallace, died last week at New York City. Deceased had gone to New York from his home in Crawfords- Ind., to be present at the first presentation of the motion picture, Ben- Hur, adapted from his father’s famous book of that name. Deceased was said to have received a million dollars for the picture richts to the novel. One son, Lewis, survives. WHALEN—Mrs., mother of Tom Whalen, well-known actor, died at her residence, 363 No. Front street, New Bedford, Mass., January 6, following a lengthy fliness WILKINSON—Mr., father of W. E. Wilkinson, assistant general “counsel of the Film Board of Trade, New York City, passed away recently at Prattville, Ala. WOLF—Walter Aloysius, 31, known the stage as Abe Leonard, died at home McKeesport, Pa., December 31 last, following an illness of several weeks from pneumonia. Mr, Wolf was first stricken while playing with a mu- il comedy, the Canadian Capers, in Anniston, Ala., while the company was king a tour of the Southern Circuit. is was confined to his bed in that city for several weeks, when his condition im- proved sufficiently to permit him to re- turn to his home. After his arrival there his condition gradually grew worse. He was a very capable Jewish comedian and producer. He was in burlesque on the Mutual Circuit for several years. He had been in the profession for 15 years. He is rvived by the following: His widow, Mrs. Beulah Baughman Wolf; his parents, two brothers and one sis- er Funeral services were held Janu- ary, 4 at St. Peter's R. C. Church and mierment was in St. Mary's Cemetery ~ABEL—Paul, 75, impresario of the companies that gave grand opera con- erts in the old Schlitz Park, Milwaukee, W's, died at hie home in that city Jan- vary 6. Forty-five years ago the de- ed was prominent in Milwaukee opera , and numbered among his friends ny grand opera singers. Mr. Zabel born in Staten Island, N. Y., and nt to Milwaukee tn 1875. Some 10 yore later and continuing until 1896 he ‘porated the old park where the Hess pera Company held forth. Deceased ! been in failing health the past two nonth He was a past master of Har- Lodge, F. and A. M., Milwaukee, and \lso one of the three trustees of the lod ure Masonic funeral services, under t of the Harmony Lodge, were - ted January 8 at the residence and ‘t Forest Home Cemetery, where inter- ment was made. Pallbearers were past Masters of the lodge. Surviving the de- t cond ‘eased are one pon and two daughters. The Billboard MARRIAGES BENNETT-BENNETT — Raymond O. Bennett, Jr.. and Evelyn Farris Ben- nett, former Follies beauty and movie star, were remarried January 7 at the home of Mr. Bennett's sister in Chatta- nooga, Tenn. Squire Camp performed the ceremony. Mrs. Bennett received an in- terlocutory decree of divorce at Tampa, Fla., January 5. BOYD-THOMPSON—Ralph J. Boyd, nonprofgssional, and Anne L. Thompson, actress,” of 131 Macdougall street, New York City, were married at the Little Church Around the Corner, New York, by the Rev. Dr. Randolph Ray, January BRADY-ALEXANDER—William A. Brady, Jr., son of the famous theatrical producer, and himself a producer, and ‘atherine Alexander, who has appeared in It All Depends, That Awful Mrs. Eaton and other plays, were married January 5 in the rectory of St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York City, by the Rev. Father Bernard F. McQuade. CROSIER-SOMERS—Harry Crosier, well-known hotel man of Columbus, Q., was married to Johanna Somers, New Year’s Eve, by Judge Murray D. Urmsa- ton, secretary of the Butler County Ae- ricultural Society, Hamilton, O. The ceremony was performed at the home of the bride’s sister, Mrs. Charles (Whitle) Pierce, 631 East Ludlow street, Hamil- ton, O. The bride is well known to out- door showfolks as a dancer. After a short honeymoon the couple will live at the Pal Hotel, Columbus, which is the property of the groom's parents. De GOGORZA-LEE — Maitland De Gogorza, nephew of Emelio De Gogorza, opera singer, was married at New York Cty January § to Geraldine Lee, daughter of Gerald Stanley and Jeannette Lee, well-known authors. DePRESSLES-McGIRT—Eugene L. DePressles. professor, of Marseilles, France, and Lena McGirt, nonprofes- sional, of Okmulgee, Ok., were united in marriage at Kiefer, Ok., January 6. The ceremony was performed by Judge W. H. Sloat at his home in Kiefer. Mr. De- Pressies is a Hawaiian guitarist and is touring thruout the South with his troupe. DOWNTON-FORBES — Horace W. Downton, business manager for the Gene Lewis-Olga Worth Players, playing at the Lyceum Theater, Memphis, Tenn., was married January 2, following the night performance, to Christine Forbes, manager of the ushers at the Lyceum. The entire company witnessed the wed- ding. Dr. William C. Clark tied the knot. GUISTI-OUFFY—Rov Guisti, known on the screen as Roy D'Arcy, and Mrs. Laura Rhinock Puffy, Kentucky society matron, were married at Los Angeles Christmas nicht. The ceremony was kept secret for more than a week. HUNT-COLLINS—Fdward, A. Hunt, of Mishawaka, Ind., musical director with Hauk's Sunshine Revue, and Edith Col- lins, of Rochester, N. Y., were married at Henderson, N. C., January & Barney Kleeber was best man and Marvy Williams bridesmaid. A wedding dinner was served at the Vance Hotel, Henderson, following the ceremony. HUNTER-HACKETT—Fadward An- drew Hunter, som of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Hunter, of Detroit, Mich., was married Friday afternoon, January 8, to Elsie Mannering Hackett, daughter of Mrs. Frederick Elliott Wadsworth, of Irvington-on-Hudson, N r.. and James K. Hackett, the actor, at St. Barnabas’ Chureh in Irvington. The Rev. Dr. Wil- liam N. Colton performed the ceremony. HY-KI-DAVIS—Hy-Ki, the human ostrich, Was married at Jonesboro, La., January 5, to Alma Davis, of that city, while he was filling an engagement at the Palace Theater there. IMIG-HOPKINS—Paul Imic. mem- ber of the “C” company of Wheat Price Glory?, and son of Hugo Imig and the late Mabel Imig, well-known in stock and rep. circles, was married at Erie, Pa., January 2, to Olwen Hopkins. niece of Arthur Hopkins, New York producer, and daughter of George Hopkins, prominent Cleveland physician LORD-COPELAND—Jack Lord and Dorothy Copeland were married on the stage of the Hippodrome Theatcr, Dallas, Tex., December 28, by Justice Ben Fly Mr. Lord is producing comedian at the theater and Mrs. Lord is in the chorus. MATHER - DeVORE — Wiley A. Mather, former secretary and managing director of the Consolidated Amusement Company of Honolulu, was married to Dorothy DeVore, motion picture actress with Warner Brothers, in San Francisco December 18. At the present time he is gathering the material for a musical fre- vue, which will be offered at the Hawail Theater, Honolulu, early in 1926 MEANOR - HACKNEY — Harry Meanor, the past season with the Isler Greater Shows, and Jeane Hackney, non- professional, of Urich, Mo., were married December 29 at Olathe, Kan., by Judge Ernest. Thomas Kelley and Frances Duggan witnessed the wedding. After the ceremony all adjourned to the Coates House, Kaneas City, Mo. where a wed- ding supper was served to about 25 of Harry's friends in the show world. The room had the privilege car on the Isler hows last year, and has signed with a well-known circus for the eoming season. MERRITT-JEROME—Dr. Russell D. Merritt, of Detroit, Mich., was married recently at Chicago to Maude Jerome, a member of Al Jolson’s Big Boy Company, and a daughter of William Jerome, well- known playwright MORRIS-SM!ITH—Courtland Morris, member of the Rocky Mountain Warblers, a lyceum quartet, and Helen Smith, of Mason City., Ill, were married at the home of the bride’s parents in that city December 30. The ring ceremony was used, with the Rev. E. V. Sauer officiating. Following the ceremony a wedding dinner was served at the Rose Bud Cafe. PAYNE-VOLK—R. I. (Rip) Payne, short-subject manager for Universal, was married at Dallas, Tex., December 22, to Dorothy Volk. After a honeymoon trip to Mexico City the couple will reside in Dallas SELWYN-WILCOX—Edegar Selwyn, theatrical producer, and Ruth Virginia Wilcox, of Morgantown, W. Va., actress, were married January 7 in the Municipal Building, New York City, by City Clerk Michael J. Cruise. They sailed on the Leviathan on their honeymoon January 9%. Jesse L. Lasky, motion picture pro- ducer, and Mrs. Lasky were witnesses at the ceremony. SMITH-CLANCY — Clifford Smith, manager of the Corinthian Theater, Mu- tual burlesque house at Rochester, N. Y., was married December 29 to Marie Clancy, nonprofessional, of Rochester. The ceremony was performed in the par- sonage of the First Methodist Church at Victor, N. Y., by the Rev. Arthur White. Mr. Smith was formerly manager of the ppc Columbia burlesque house of tochester. VINCENT-FUQUA — Alva Vincent, manager of the Rialto and Victory thea- ters, Denver, Col., was married New Year’s afternoon in that city to Ruth Fuqua, nonprofessional. The couple was the first to receive a marriage license in Denver for 1926. WITHEY-JOHNSON—Chet Withey, well-known motion picture director, and Margaret Vivian Johnson, actress, were married December 29 at Hollywood, Calif. Miss Johnson began her stage career with David Warfield in The Auc- tioneer, then appeared in several Belasco successes, and played leads in other Broadway productions. Mr. Withey is one of fildmdom’s pioneer directors, his experience dating back to the days of Selig, Edendale and Vitagraph. The couple will reside in Hollywood. COMING MARRIAGES According to a dispatch from Holly- wood, Robert Leonard, divorced husband of Mae Murray, and Gertrude Olmstead, screen beauty, will be married in the near future. Rosale Reitter a favorite in Milwauk-e theatrical circles, and Jack Wiener, rac- ing driver, will be married shortly, ac- cording to report. In our issue of November 28 we an- nounced the coming marriage of J. B. (Jack) Huber and Mrs. Lillian Smith. We received a letter this week from Mr. Huber stating that the wedding has been indefinitely postponed owing to the serious illmess of Mrs. Smith, who has been in a hospital since November 12, where she underwent a serious operation. It will be several weeks before she will be able to get around, and, according to the doctor, she will not be able to work for at least a year. Paul Ladin, nonprofessional, 2 and Helen Beck, daughter of Martin Beck, the theatrical producer, will be married by Rabbi Nathan Krass at the home of Miss Beck’s parents, No. 13 East 67th street, New York City. January 15. Dot Bates, soubret with Lee Talbot's Wine, Woman and Song company on the Columbia Circuit, and J. W. Kennedy, a nonprofessional, of Toledo, O., will be married January 22 in Newark. N. J. Earl Gregg, leading man with the Lil- lian Murray Stock Company, playing in Des Moines, Ta., and Vivian LaHon, chor- ister with the same company. will be married in that city January 13. It is announced that Smiling Curley, Jewish comedian, of 1842 Smith street, North, Providence, R. I., will be married February 13 to Minnie Borello, pianist, of 1928 Smith street, North, Providence. The ceremony will be performed at the St. Lawrence Church in that city. A report from Philadelphia stated that Leopold Stokowski, director of the Phila- delphia Orchestra, would be married Jan- vary 11 to Evangeline Brewster John- son, of ' Philadelphia. Mr. Stokowski formerly was director of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. ‘ BIRTHS A daughter, Jewell Luella, was born December 16 at Okeechobee, Fla., to Mr. and Mrs. Ross (Shorty) Robenson, the past two years with the J. L. Cronin Shows. Mr. Robenson had the front of the circus side show on the Cronin Show and his wife worked i!lusions and an impalement act with Colorado Charlie They are at present wintering at West Palm Beach, Fla., and will be back in harness in the early spr ng. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. (Cotton) Watts, of Hubert Lyon's Bobbed Hair Revue, announce the arrival of a son, born Janu- ary 3. Mother and son doing nicely. An 8-pound boy. Charles Louis, was born Tuesday afternoon, January 5, at the University Hospital, Chicago, to Mr. and Mrs. Tad Tieman. Tad is well known as the leader of the orchestra billed as Ted Tieman and His Tune- smiths. Mother and son doing fine. Mr. and Mrs. Wesley L. (Hawkeve) Brown became the parents of a 61-4- pound daughter, Mabel Maizie, born De- cember 21 at Los Angeles, Calif. Mother and daughter doing well. An 11-pound boy was born December 26 to Mr. and Mrs. Jack Davis and died four days later. The mother is in a serious condition. A Miss Wilson, who sent in this notice for Mr. and Mrs. Davis, requests that The Billboard try to locate Jack (Spiash) Rippel and have him write to Jack Davis, care The Bill- board at Cincinnati, immediately. jorn to Mr. and Mrs. Sam Saks a 9 1-4-pound boy. January 3, at Platte- v lle, Wis.. where they are making their home for the winter. Mr. Saks is a well- known concessionaire and outdoor show- maa. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Norman E. Jewell, formerly of vaudeville and motion pictures, at San Francisco, 2 6%-pound daughter December 28. The newcomer has been christened Dorothy Corrinne. Mr. and Mrs. Alan Patterson announce the birth of an 8-pound son January 6, at Monte Vista, Col Mr. Patterson has been doing juveniles on the Lamkin Show for four consecutive seasons, and is at present taking his first rest in three years. He will go back to work in a couple of weeks thru the H. & C. The- atrical Exchange, Denver, Col. DIVORCES Alleyn Selby, motion picture actress, was granted a divorce from George S. Bowen, prominent real estate man of Chi- cago, December 23 at Puebla, State of Puebla, Mexico. In her complaint Miss Se'by charged cruelty and desertion. Evelyn Farris Bennett, former Follies , girl, was granted a divorce January 5 at Tampa, Fla., from Raymond O. Ben- nett, of Chattanooga, Tenn. Dorothy Thomas was recently granted a divorce at Paris, France, from Luke Thomas, son of Augustus Thomas, the American playwright, on the ground of nonsupport. Marie Mosquini, well-known movie ac- tress, was granted an interlocutory de- cree of divorce by Judge Paul Keeler, of Los Angeles, December 31, from Roy Harlow. Ted Waller, musician, of Denver, Col., filed a cross complaint in the district court of that city December 31 to the divorcee suit instituted several months - ? by Helen Waller. In the complaint Mr. Waller charges his wife with extreme and repeated acts of cruelty. A. T. Lylo writes that he was granted a final decree of divorce January 4 by Judge E. L. Parks, of the Circuit Court, Tampa, Fla., from Ethelda Lylo, on the ground of desertion. The custody of their young son is to be held jointly. Edward Fitzgerald, Duke of Leinster, recently filed suit for divorce at Edin- burgh, Scotland, against May Etheridge, former London Gaiety Theater girl. Profession’s Interest Growing In Confines of Ward’s Island (Continued from page 86) deficient wards of the State, has heen working unceasingly since his first visit to the Island the day before Christmas to stimulate benevolence and action in the other members of his club and in all the people of the stage that he can get in touch with. His interest and remem- brance is spreading rapidly. George M. Cohan and many other prominent thea- ter folk are reported to have taken up the cause. Small comforts are now be- ing sent to the ex-stage confines and @ plan to secure the Percy Williams Home as a recluse for their private care 1s being much discussed. Visited by the several professionals who. have journeyed over to the Isjand to offer their personal cheer are Mr. and Mrs. Bert Leslie, Evangeline Arnold, Robert Donaldson, Josephine Bernard, Julia Comin, Sibil Flwood, Yolanda Bi- jou, Marie Murphy, Yetta Nicoli, Timothy Murphy, Thomas O'Neill, Oka Bunda and several other equally well-known former stage artists Last week Pete Gillon, of the Friars, sent over cigars for the male inmates, and Manager Martin, of the Friars’ club- house, sent a shipment of clothing and personal apparel. Mrs. MacGregor Bond will go over to the institution this week with boxes of things for Mrs. Leslie and Miss Arnold. , Ward's Island can be reached quite easily from the Broadway theatrical district by taking the Sixth avenue elevated to 116th street, changing to & crosstown car to the East River and then taking a ferry to the Island Visitors should go to Ward 24 and ask for Dr. Godfrey Burns, who, together with Dr. Isaac Furman and Nurse Mac- Donald, is especially interested in the former stage celebrities being cared for at the institution. Dr. Burns is planning to produce a musical show, with the assistance of George Leonard, for the entertainment of the inmates in the near future. Leonard is gathering material and will stage the affair. an 4 ; : : ) Po Po 89 ‘ | a — a , ie 7 ! es | ee | aa eee ee — ee } a ~ fern
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Aerial Ward, Billie Wier. Sherman (K)Ward, Clown Wilkinson, — E. . **Will Har , Claton A. Willard, aoe Ward, R_C **Willard. Mort C Wardell, Frank **Willards, The Warkman, Paul *Willetts, Clarence *Warner, Capt. Earl WwW. & Mrs - Warmer, Okla. | Williams. Jack Whitie ows (Humes wy) ** Warrington ’ ane bed R Jay _ - x %. *Zin del. "eg “Warren, Bob E *Williams, Joe Zi Paul Washburn. H. C. ‘Williams, Rube ***Zuber, Henry *Washburn, J. W. Williams. Bub Zurheide, Pat mey ; yp Prank s Alice : Stiers. Fre os Ww. **Raymond os Perry, Mr. & Mrs Bob axton “- ga a nome, immons, C eaan, Ted fowelis @ Gilman Simone. Maz Among New York Office Callers New York, Jan. 8.—Asong recent callers at the New York office of The Billboard were Felix B. Adler. Fred Mur- ray, Col. Joe Miller, James Heron, Harry Wilson, Max Gould, Joe D. Cramer F red G. Walker. King Karlo, Louis G. King, Mr. and Mrs. Victor Lee, Harry Row, Frank Chapman. Bert Ibberson, Hubbard Nye, Clifford Karn, Ed Rahn, Al Ritchie George Orth. 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Levey ‘Riteck, BC Morris, Chest Orr, Glenn Teddie. Theodore *yr rele Joe - - ' _ : : : 2 ny ey nat We Teeters — lete ¥ Morrish ( 5 oa : id Schicber' stag, Emil! *Teiber, apt ohn (8) Morrison, Frog Pritcha ~ oh Risen. rs Schinkel. Lemons i a Edmond oe Edward Morrison, Chag A (&) Pre Mr. & Mrs. Stings. 5 ® Sours, Jesse N (KiTemple, Dess & Morrissey, D. T. Proct ) Sowerby lovis & (K)Temple, Ray Morse, Bill Spaulding, Geo. Templeton. S § Mortar ae ey 0 Epruchy Tenbroock, Charlie **\foser, TR Fddie Schnell, Eugene ears, Paul ***Ten Broock, C Richest ongen ser, Otto Rob & Whitman Chas. ook Harvey (K)Tenbrook & Rott Mosier, Art. J. Moe gg J oberts, Frank Red Schoth, Engine Speer, Ray Co Moss. ‘Morris HL ~~ he pees he Sepuerts. Harry _ Spencer c% Teninty, Wm. Dea Mourain, Gus es , — Schul@nberg, C. Be eesnencer, Wa *Teninty, Wm D | i x am iw. A. J. Pusgsiey, —. c. nat * s. “> — Sack ome — s conkt ae Billie Moyd, Harn berts - Schutz. Ed a “Terry, Ned Mueller, B P Pullen, > a =n alle A (K)Muir. 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Edd } Players Parker, Palmer Fa ’ Li rin Robkins, Joe Mrs. Geo. *Stecker, Barney * Thompson, Jack 2 “*Musnitsky, David Raker, Lorin Ficbeon. se Shadrick. J. A. Steele, Gene Thompson, Leroy & Musselman, George Raley, Jack = aa oe n Staton, Pete **Stecls. Floyde Thompson. Louls y My ‘ ‘ au * L. Ralston, Elton oom aes Ernest . Shoter © ng w (K) Steen, Geo, (K) Thompson ‘eine Wy zldy ° . Shafer ¢ . Stee Gus 1 “Murrell Bert em ¢ A. (K)Roceg, R on Shackleton, Jack den. Fred *Tbompson, *"\ Rob Rand, Billy & Mrs. ,, Al * **Sbannon, Walter oatchie Bil Fran Myers midie = } — . Rock, =) nen, Joe Stehley, ym 1. A. (i Myers Claude Parsons a. ( ofapeell. i Rockford > (K)8 on Wee *s vy. Wi | rag Myles “arl *Pastor, oe ; , oat ” + oy Pav ck & Retta **Randolph, J. , = seRockway, Jack i Yor. Herbert ‘Trio Patterson, pa Randolph, R. C Rodgers, Tt *eeThrasher, Jobnt ; **Myrt, Herbert Patterson. Fred _D. (Fat) Rodmere. Chas rope Thurston. W. 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it . | 1 ; ' 4 ‘ a Frank J. McCann Wins Fight Railroad for Injuries — Awarded $45,000 Frank J. McCann, of Waterbury, Conn., a member of the Billposters and Billers’ Alliance, on December 9 last was award- ed the sum of $45,000 in his suit against the New Haven road in White Pla ns, N. Y. On June 6 Mr. McCann, then em- ployed as a_ switchman at the Meriden junction yard, while on his way to throw a switch was struck on the head by a cake of ice thrown by an employee of an ice house owned by the railroad. The New Haven company’s counsel contended upon the testimony of two doctors of Waterbury that Mr. McCann had merely a mld concussion of the brain. The at- torney for the claimant, however, called Prof. Sharpe of New York to testify that he had examined McCann upon four oc- easions and that he had a hemorrhage and edema of the brain, and this is a Against permanent cond tion from which he wil! never recover. He asserted that an oper- ation would merely prevent the injury from becoming progessively worse. McCann worked for Fred Bates on the No, 2 car of the Howe Show and Kid Koster’s brigade in 1914; Mike Connors on car No. 2 of the Sig Sautelle Show, spring of 1914; J. C. Donahue on car No. 2 of the Kit Carson Buffalo Ranch, fall of 1914; Josh Billings on car No. 2 of the Walter L. Main Circus, spring of 1921; Clyde Willard on the No. 2 ear of the John Robinson Circus, during the month of June, 1921; Charles G. Snow- hill on the No. 3 car of the Ringling- Barnum C reus, remainder of the season 1921; Jm Sammons, Ringling-Bornum Circus opposition brigade, season 1922 He retired from trouping the fall of 1923 and took to railroading. EXPLOITATION (Continued from page 50) Week.” The same idea was used in the window display. A telephone campaign was put on in connection with the showing of Metro’s picture The Merry Widow when it played at Loew's State Theater, St. Louis. A week before the opening of the picture two swtchboards with six trunk Ines were installed in the lobby of the thea- ter, and two of the best operators were employed from the telephone company. A sign was placed over the switchboards, telling the purpose of their installation. Whereafter teaser ads appeared in four newspapers warning the people of the arrival of The Merry Widow. This re- sulted in hundreds of calls which were answered by the operators, who sold the people calling on the picture. When not busy answering incoming calls the op- erators were given li_ts of people to call. In connection with the run of Warner Brothers’ picture Bobbed Hair at the Forum Theater, Los Angeles, a contest to dec'de what girl in Los Angeles, in- cluding Hollywood, had the best job, was carried out at the Ho'lywood Roof Ball- room. The judges first narrowed the number of entrants to three, who besides rece ving orders for photographs from Hollywood's lead'ng photographers were ermitted to enter the grand finals. hese lasted a fu'l week, and prizes ranged from $50 to $75, consisting in orders on beauty shops and articles donated by merchants. Posters displayed fn the ballroom carried announcements of the run of the picture, and a great deal of effective newspaper publ c'ty was obtained for both the picture and the ballroom. Many letters have been received at the office of First National Pictures from exhibitors in connection wth the an- nouncement of the F rst National Ex- plo'tation Contest, open to exhibitors all over the country For the benefit of those who have not vet seen a detailed account of the contest the following is listed : The prizes offered total $2,900 For the best complete campaign in each classi- ficat’on. $250; for the second best ,cam- pa‘gn in each clas“ification, $150; for the third best campaign in each classification, $100; for the best newpaper adverticec- ment, $59; for the best lobby display, $50; for the most or‘gina] stunt, $509. In add tion, one prize of $59 will be awarded for the most effective newsp-per stunt used by any theater in any c'acsi- f cation. Theaters will be divided classifications: Theaters of over 1,590 seating ca- pacity. of from 1,000 into three 2. Theaters to 1,499 seating capacity. _ 3. Theaters of less than 1,900 seat- ing capacity. . All exh’bits must be received by the Contest Editor, First National Pictures. Tne., 383 Madi-on avenue, New York City. not later than midnight. February 21. 1926. Tn the event of two or more contribu- tions being deemed of equal merit by the judges, the prize tied for will be awarded to each entrant. A Night in Paris (Continued from page 43) she is decorated with a silver train in- stead of feathers. Norma Terris displays unusual ver- satility in the singing, dancing, comedy and acting line, and very fine work is done by Harry O’Neal, Ralpn Coram and William Davis in straight roles. O’Neal ig the principal feeder for Jack Pearl and The Billboard February 8, 9, Ritchie, Governor of Maryland; Hon. General Charles D. Gaither, ERYTHING OPEN. Circus Headquarters, - Powerful Hospital Charity Fund Auspices. Surpassing in Mag- Howard W. Jackson, Commissioner O’Conor: Mr. A. S. Goldsborough, Executive Director. Baltimore Assn. of Commerce. WANTED HIGH-CLASS CIRCUS ACTS OF ALL DESCRIPTION. HIGH-CLASS CONTEST PROMOTER. PROGRAM SOLICITORS. Wire, write or phone J. J. BURNS, Director. Phones—Day, Plaza 8796. Baltimore's Mid-WinterCharity Circus § HOWARD STREET ARMORY 10, 11, 12, 13 nitude Anything Ever Attempted Indoors in Baltimore. Sanctioned and supported by a host of prominent patrons, including Hon. Albert C of Baltimore; Herbere R. Mayor of Police; Srare’s Attorney CONCESSIONS. EV- HIGH-POWER 418 West Lexington Street. Night, Madison 8601-W. CARMSACAAEES IEC Se TARAS Reese there are times when it looks more as tho Pearl were feeding O'Neal Anyway, they work together in great style. Barnett is one of the leading principals in the more or less dirty skits, and others who agsist with capability in this line are Richard Lee, Emily Woolley, Maria Kieva, Kathryn Ray, Vivienne Purcell, Marietta O’Brien and Osterman. In addition to her appearance in two or three of the skits and in the nude, Kathryn Ray is supposed to represent the most beautiful girl in America. Oyra and Catherine offer some very good dancing, including a Chinese apache number and another apache specialty is contributed by Loulou and Carlos. The Loulou in the case is apparently Loulou Hegoburu. It is difficult to identify some of the performers on the program. Joan Lee does a couple of interesting dances. If the perception isn’t twisted she also sang the Powder Puff number at this performance and did it very nicely. Another good dance is con- tributed by Olive McClure. Yvonne George, assisted by a large red handkerchief which she ties around her head or shoulders in order to as- sume different characters, renders a few Parisian impressions in song, and an- other French number is sung by Maria Kieva. Carlos Conte also assists in one of’ the French specialties. The Gertrude Hoffman Girls have one very good stepping drill and a very unique light-colored Zulu number, but outside of this they do not distinguish themselves particularly. The music is tuneful and lively in its way and the staging in general has ree ceived thoro attention. DON CARLE GILLETTE. Jack of Hearts (Continued from page 43) heard him. Among his numbers during the performance are Jaunting Down to Kerry, After the Rain. Pretty Molly Malone and Beguilin’ Irish Eyes. What N. Y. Critics Say “A Night in Paris” (Casino de Paris) WORLD: ‘Fairly good fun.’’—Wells ‘Root. HERALD-TRIBUNFE: ‘‘Last word in intimate revues.""—Charles Belmont Davis. TIMES: ‘‘All the elements of the «tage re- vue save the divine one of inspiration.’"—J. Brooks Atkinson. SUN: ‘‘Lively, frank, glit‘ers and Gilbert W. Gabricl TELEGRAM: “A siyly gallivanting rerue —Frank Vreeland. POST: “Swings along at a terrific clip.”— John Anderson. fresh, fairly funny, fa‘riy titters energetically.”""— ” “Dope” (48th Street Theater) WORLD: “Fairly soggy with significance.’’—Alexander Woollcott. sociological 'TIMES: ‘Seems to be more closely allied to the moving pic‘ure than to the stazge.""—J. Brooks Atkinson HERALD-TRIBUNE: “Of no account.”’— Percy Hammond AMERICAN: ‘‘Twitched and switched spas- modically and relentlessly."’ EVENING WORLD: “Drama was raw. . <* But story hammered tself straight to the given point."—FE. W. Osborn. , TELEGRAM: “Rather anaemic Vreeland ‘ *—Frank . From London Town (Continued from page 31) lery, Capitol and Marble Arch Pavilion. It is said to be nigh impossible for them to fulfill the obligation even for the first year by showing an average of 10 British films during the first year of the quota system. As each of these houses will degire to show “exclusively” it means that the first year must produce 40 British films equal to “super showing” The whole thing is full of standard. snags and even those whose who'e live- lihood is involved don't know what to do for the best. ‘The key is in the hands of the exhibitors and the government must realize that if this class is an- tagonized then the scheme must fail. For goodness’ sake, we've enough govern- ment restrictions already; we don’t want any more red tape. “A Studio Bomb Shell’ That's the description given by The Cinematograph Weekly, the leading film weekly, in describing the Registration of Theatrical Employers Act. It appears the people controlling this paper had never heard of the act until the ex- piration of the date for the last day when intention to register such intention had expired. consequently with one exception every film producer “filming” here on January 1 is violating the act and is linble to a term of three months in jail, a fine of $250, or both. The ‘‘Splitc Week” Despite the most awkward time of the year, when all are seeking work and those who have got it in pantomime are busy producing or rehearsing, the V. A. F. officials have been forced by the trend of events to at last tackle this most serious question. Every person w'@® has played America is a living protestor acainst any such innovation here. As before stressed in thes@ columns, the whole of the future conditions of employ- ment of British vaudevi'le artistes looks like goi into the melting pot, and none can say What will emerge therefrom. The lack of employment has caused many people to fall for the offers and it must be confessed opinions are really sharply divided. The reflex will, mavbe, be felt your side when offers are beint made— should the thing really get a hold here— and moreover the trouble is more con- cerned with working conditions in 1927 and 1928 and onward than at the present moment. This refers to the so-called big time. The whole thing wants very hard thinking. Pros Here and There Pantomime still holds pride of place but many favorites are occupied else- where. Harry Weldon is not this year Playing panto. and his enormous salary of $1.750 will not aritate the waking and sleeping moments of Julian Wylie. Billy Merson is in Rose-Marie at the Theater Royal, Drury Lane. Maybe we have seen the last of London's O'd Drury as the panto. productions of England. The only London pantos. in the West End are that at the Palladium with Charles Austin and George Mozart and Clarice Mayne and that at the Lyceum with Dick Henderson and George Jackley. Victoria Carmen will still be under Leon Sal- bere’s management but not at the Alexandra Birmingham, with its 16 weeks guaranteed. Shes at Wimbledon, where the late J. B. Mulholland used to pride himse'f on producing. “J. B.” used to insist upon the parts being played as written and sternly repressed any “gag- ging’. The Brothers Egbert are playing in Salberg’s Forty Thieves at Birming- ham and the Brothers Obo at Salbere’s show at the Lyceum, Newport, for the next seven weeks. Jack Edge is at the chester, which J. W. Jackson, of girl troupe fame, will produce. Jack Edge and “Johnny” Jackson were boys together in old man Jackoon’s Lancashire Lads Nixon Gray will be playing in the Em- pire Newcastle panto. and Hetty King will have the title role in Robinson Crusoe at Theater Royal, Leeds, Harry Norris and Edward Marris are running a panto. at the Pavilion, Glasgow, called Mary Had a Little Lamb, in which Tommy Lorne is playing “Jock” Syd Coppin is another funmaker. Winifred Roma is the principal boy, with Jean Kennedy playing female comic to Lorne. There four, ‘all Glaeweeians, have the show on their own and the result a riot. Wilkie Bard quit the show at the Victoria Palace the other evening Wilkie was doing very nicely and got the laughs Palace, Man- January 16 1926 all richt. but at tabe he made a speech saying he was suffering from neurasth: nia and that he wasn't well, ete. et: The ituation was saved by Mr Bard (Nellie Stratton) coming on, kissing h and leading him off. Bard has not been too well of late Alfred Daunton Shaw and Family, of Australian Trick Cyclists, are back in England after 18 months’ absence on the continent They are featuring at Bertram W Mills’ Olympia Circus and then leave Eng'and again till 1928 Daunton Shaw vays there's no work in England and he must go where the work is. Quite richt, and it shows that he ha the goods, doesn't it. Stanley W. Wathon, whose act, th: Clovelly Girls, is at present your sid is making himself indispensable at thy Olympia Circus We were up there th: Saturday before opening and Stanley wa more than useful to us in meeting ti outfit. You should have seen Stanley helping to direct the rehearsal for Ma Wirth with directions from Philo. Wha a Tower of Babel is out there. All sorts of languas English, French, Italian Spanish, Danish, Russian, German and American Poor Truzzi, whom we 1 met in Leningrad last May, seemed quit: pleased to mect a face he knew, and also Alfred Schneider with his 70 lions, w! met us at the flying grounds at Koenigsberg on our alighting from the Moscow acroplane—800 miles in eight hours We were greatly nonplused a: that moment when Madame Schneider presented us with a bouquet of flower and never did we feel more awkward Little did Schneider and Truezi think that “Westcent’’ would be directly r sponsible for their appearance at Bertram Milly’ Olympia Circus this year. It was a very big red tape job even tho we were on the spot in Moscow. No, we are not a 10 per center but we believe in the Rotarian mottg: “Service, not self.” All we ask is that you see our JUMBO FOUN. TAIN PENS—or send for trial order. THE PROFIT WILL PLEASE YOU B. t/tt—Red Barrel, Seif. 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January 16 1926 Additional Routes ved too late for classificatiog) 4m. Co.: Wtldweod, Fia., 11-16. (Muj.) Houston, Tex., 11-16; Antonio 18-238 - Co.: (Keith) Syracuse, N. ¥., . ‘ 1) Montreal 18 23 r Shows: Franklin, La., 14-24. Wiavera: Collinsville, TIL, 14-16. . She Permerville, La., 11 16. ; ta (Now DProadway) Chariotte, (Roa e) Roanoke, Va., 21-28. M.. Co.: Lake Charles, La., 11-16 « S s: Hollywood, Fla., 11-16 Pour: (Orpb.) Hanpibal, Mo., ter Shows: Whigham, Ga., 11-16; (Correction): Mulberry, Fla., lip-Top Shoavs: Melbourne, Fla., 11-16. il Francis, Revue: (Pin) Dallas, Tex., 11-l Pan.) Ft. Worth 18-23 Elmore : El Reno, Ok., Apache 20; Tawton at M agician; (Rialto) 18; Chicka- Nash- t ; Lumberton, Miss., r igoula 18.23 Hamilton, megr.: Geor- Ww Shows Rernice, La., rs, Ted Dedrick, mer.: 3 (Strand) Miss., 10-16 & Burke Shows; 1 Cabin \it . megr.: Oswego, Sondheimer, La., 11-16. (Mason Bros.), Thos. Kan., 14; Chetopa 15; Carthage, 19; Joplin 20; - Musical: (0. “H.) Wash., Barberton, O., 14-16. Spr ngfie'd w inlock, vw perch n, Thad., Co.: c API TAL AMUS =MENT CO. s, Concessions. Concessions ker . St. Paul, Minn. MR. N, ene ager A London Letter (Continued from page 29) jardy’s Tess, now goes on tour with Coristine § r in the title part. Arthur Bourchier is acain entertain- ga thou_and poof children of London to a matinee performance of Treasure j ad on Christmas Eve The author of a former St. James play, The Outsider, Doro\hy Brandon, has another piece in rehearsal for a provin- cial tryout previous to early presentation in town. This is called Blind Al'ey and Ion Swinley and Elis.a Lundi will play parts Miss Brandon has the film rights of The Out- liam Fox for $35,000. Aliho the play had only a limited success in London, Moeurice Moscovitch did big things with it on his colonial tour. Walter § es su ssfully sued Are ur Bou r in re ct of the latter's eged br h of a Satg my to employ him to vy tl uy lead in the Lon- don production oe The ‘Ti icf. He plared e part for 18 wecks in the provinces but was not permitted to appear in it at the Strand. The judce awarded him $222 on Bourchior's acreement to pay this m, the full salary which would e been paid in respect of the short london run of the piece. Sir Patrick Hastines, the eminen® counsel and ex-labor minister, has writ- ten another play, entitled Scotch Mist, in Which Godfrey Tearle will appear at the conclusion ‘of his engagement in i te Caran, Cyril Maude threatens to bid adieu to London public on his return from the tes with a new comedy by Michael he Man With the Load of Mischief le place to a revival of Mary Rose the H ymarket during the third week y Fax Compton will resume part in this, as will Jean Cadell. rt Loraine’s part will be taken by t iartemmain. Ashley Duke's play e run for seven months at the Hay ket, a most creditable achieve- I a highly original and charming THIS BIG 25¢ ITEM NOW COSTS YOU 6 CENTS IT’S A REAL SELLER, TOO. 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The Boston Symphony Orchestra, Serge Koussevitzky, conductor, gave its second concert this season in Carnegie Hall Thursday evening, January 7. Copeland's Music for the Theatcr, which was re- cently given under Mr. K ypussevitzky’s @Wreotion at one of the Int saatlenal Composers’ Guild concerts in New York, was a feature of the program and altho very modern in type it pleased the au- dience if one can judge by the number of recafMs given the conductor and the composer. The symphony was 8S: mene Alpine Symphony, which was giv most skillful interpretation by the Boston players. Concert and Opera Notes (Continued from page 32) ard Hageman at the piano, in Aeolian Hall, New York. The American debut of Evelyn How- ard-Jones, pianist, will be made in New York in Town Hal! Saturday afternoon, January 16. Mr. Howard-Jones will in- clude in his program four new pieces, composed and dedicated to him by Delius. The second New York concert to given by — Cleveland Symphony Or- chestra, with Nikolai Sokoloff c ynducting, "segue for January 19 in Carnegie a The joint recital by Josef and Rosina Lhevinne will be given in Carnegie Hall, New York, January 17. One of the most interesting events to be given in Buffalo this season {s the appearance of Roland Hayes, negro tenor, on January 15. Six free chamber music concerts will be given by the Lenox Quartet thru the courtesy of Mrs. Elizabeth S. Coolidge, accord'ng to an announcement by the New York Public Library. The programs are for January 13, 20 and 27, February 3 and 20 and March 8 and wi'l take place at the Music Library, 121 E. 58th Street, New York. Paderewski is appearing at the Public Auditorium, Cleveland, January 17. Tuesday evening, January 19, is the date for the program by the Minneapolis String Quartet, Minneapolis, with Gabriel Fenyves, pianist, as the soloist. Donver has announced the next pair of concerts of the Civic Symphony O ches- tra, under the direction of Horace E. Tureman, for January 15 and 17. The chorus of the Tuesday Musical Cub, as- sisted by Ada Marie Castor and Alice MacNutt, will sing with the Orchrstra. The advance sale for seats for the con- cert by the Hartford Sympheny Orches- tra January 17 indicates the growing interest in the orchestra. The orchestra, conducted by Professor Edward F. Laubin, will have as guest soloist Charl>s Bradford Becch, baritone, one of Hart- ford’s most promising artists Among the coming interesting even ts scheduled for At‘anta are the F'onzal ley Quartet, January 2%; Paderewski, Janu- ary 29; the Minneapolis Orchestra's two eoneerts on February 8, and Galli-Curci, February 19, Chamberlain Brown Installs Telautograph for Efficiency (Continued from page 11) ton electrically registers in writing at Chamberlain Brown's desk, in the office of Lyman Brown, his brother and asso- elate, and in all of the various depart- ments on the floor, thus every worker from the executive head to the lowest em- Plovee knows exactly who f« present and what is gong on every minute of the day. It is hoped that this new system = do away with the long hours of wait- in one casting office at least. ere are many other innovations in Chamberlain Brown's new quarters and much of interest in the way of divertisse- ment if perchance one does have to wait a few moments. The walls of ee offices Slone would enterta'n for several hours. They are solidly covered with auto- eraphed photographs of members of the profes ion, 993 dfferent players in all to dote, it is said, practically every name well known. Jewish Guild Benefit To Be Assisted by Many Stars of First Magnitude New York, Jan. 9.—The work of draw- ing up the list of performers who will appear at the monster benefit of the Jewish Theatrical Guild at the Manhat- tan Opera House on Sunday night. Feb- ruary 7, will be begun next week by the entert rtainm: nt committee, according to an announcement made by Loney Haskell, secretary of the organ zation, this weck. More than 200 stars of frt promi- nence, from the legitimate, musical eom- edy, revue, vaudeville and musical fie’ds will take part in the affa'r. Sam Ber- nard, as chairman, and Georg’e Jessel, as associate cha'rman, head the committee which is entrusted with the task of com- pil'ng the rocter of art'sts. The funds der ved from the perform- ance will be devoted to the bu/‘Iding of a Memorial Hall, where religious services may be he!d. and which will also serve as a recreation and social center. It will be erected in the heart of the the- atrical district. Will Rogers in Miami From Jan. 29 to Feb. 8 Miami, Fla., Jan. 9.—Wf4ll Rogers, now in Los Angeles, wired S. A. Martin, New York concert manager, yesterday announcing that he would arrive in Miami cbout January 25 to appear at the Miami Beach Gardens in the Carl G. Fisher Organizat'on celebration, opening there January 29. Rogers will be here for 10 days under the management of the Martin Concert Bureau. He will make his first appearance at the Miami Beach Gardens, next to the Roney Plaza Hotel, and then in a series of polo matches at the Nautilus Hotel po'o grounds. This will be Rogers’ first ap- pearance {n Florida as entertainer. Planning Annual Ball of Professional Entertainers New York, Jan. 9.—Plans for the an- nual ball and banquet of the Professional Entertainers of New York to be held next month at Palm Gardens were further per- fected at a meeting held last Tue day at the headquarters of the first vice- resident of the organization, Frank ucrot. Professional enterta nment will be recruited from among the members, who include magicians, ventriloquists, s ngers, monolog'sts, dancers and others who play club dates in and around the city. The organizat on ts a comparative- ly new one, having been organized a little more than a year ago. Pauline Lord and Bennett To Follow “Rain” in Chi. New York. Jan. 11.—Pauline Lord and Richard Bennett in They Knew What They Wanted is to follow Rain as the next attraction at the Harris Theater in Chicago, according to Garrett Cupp, who is handl ng the publicity of the show and is at present in this city while the production is playing the subway circuit. 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96 German Theatrical Industry Is Healthy, Says Leo Singer (Continued from page 12) and again, until their drawing power dwindled, and their chief plaint now against the American act is that they know when an American attraction is en- gaged it is getting more money than they themselves can secure. Mr. Singer stated there are many Ger- man acts working in England and France and a large number in Russia, which he thinks will develop in time an excellent tour for the average act. But all over Europe, declared the mid *t manager, it is the American attractions that are patronized heaviest. In Russia American acts are being paid off in English pounds. In Germany for the average American vaudeville artiste about five months’ work can be expected. This includes a month at the Scala or Winter Garden in Berlin, but never both, due to the fact they are opposition; one month in Ham- burg, one month in Munich, and two weeks each in Bremen and Frankfort. The theaters of Germany are consid- ered to be enjoying unprecedentedly good business in view of the fact that taxes are tremendously high for the theater owner, and patrons are required to pay a tax also to attend the shows. In Austria, where conditions are quite bad, according to Mr. Singer, the theater owners either go broke or make nothing at all. The Apollo, in Vienna, has changed hands several times, leaving a trail of losses. This is the house Ben Tebor operated before his retirement a few years ago and subsequent death A Viennese manager by name of Eckner now has the house for three months and is playing a revue. Mr. Singer said he could not exactly understand why no one could make money with vaudeville and revues in Austria, but indicated it must not be the 32 different taxes the theater operator must pay, relating with a smile that the Vienna tax minister told him when he was there last summer that while the managers complain the heavy taxes are ruining them, they never seem to pay the taxes, but go broke anyway. A close study of both Germany and Austria was made this past summer by Mr. Singer, and he reports there are no big attractions there for American vaude- ville, such as the late Breitbart, strong man; hisown midget production, or others of a headline class imported for tours on this side. Mr. Singer declared cabarets in Vienna are doing quite well, the Pavillon and Reclame, under management of Director Brett, reporting they are making money. This week the Carl Hagenbeck Circus opened an engagement in Vienna, while December 23 three theaters, closed down for some time, the Apollo, Ronacher and Moderne, opened their doors with new shows. How long they will remain open is doubtful. Shows Under Way (Continued from page 10) matinees on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays beginning January 29. The Derelict (Edth M. Kessler & Al- len Lieber) will open at Daly’s 63a Street Theater here February 8 after a week's workout at the Windsor Theater in the Bronx, New York. The Unseen (Robert Milton) closed last Saturday night in Boston. It wi'l be rewr.tten and recast, then sent to the provinces for another tryout. Other shows in process of cast ng, re- hearsal or preparation include Shelter (Barry Macollum), Shadows (John Wil- liams), The Creaking Chair (Carl Re.d), The Voice in the Wilderness (Jules Hur- tig), Cherry Blossoms (Dowling & An- halt), The Half-Caste (Ace Product.ons), No Questions Asked (Char'tes K. Gor- don), Soft Coal (Hugo W. Romberg), “The Night Duel (The Playgoers), he Great Little Guy (William Anthony Mc- Guire), A Weak Woman (Henry Baron), John Gabriel Borkman (Eva Le Gal- lienne), Philip Goes Forth (Rosalie Stew- art), Square Crooks (Bannister & Paul), The Love Boat (Hope Hampton-W llam A. Brady-Jules Bru:‘atour), The Beaten Track (Gustav Blum), Sweet Wiilam (Joseph E. Shea-L. H. Bradshaw), The Squall (Carl Reed), Repayment (A. E. & R, R. Riskin), A Lunch in the Sun (Shuberts), Devils (William A. Brady. Jr, & D. D. Wiman), Lulu Belle (David Belasco), A Woman Disputed Among Men (A. H. Woods), The Great Gatsby (Willam A. 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Woods), Pygmalion (Theater Guild), The Pas- sonate Prince (Carl Reed-A. H. Woods), Flirting Husbands (A. H. Woods), The Brush Heap (John Jay Scholl), Who Hit Hattie (Charlotte Greenwood), The Bal- cony Wa'kers (Henry W. Savage), Back to Philippa (Henry Miller-William Har- ris, Jr.) The etaway (Dramati ts’ Theater in association with William Har- ris, Jr.) and undoubtedly a few more. W. J. (Doc) Allman Is Re-Elected President (Continued from page 5) way also expressed his gratitude and ap- reciation for the co-operation and whole- oarted support given him. There w-ll be no formal insta!lation of officers next Friday night, as has been the custom, as all the governing members are the same as the past year and it will not be necessary. President Allman will appoint his committees for the year’s work during the com ng week and these will be announced at the next meeting. A standing vote of thanks was given the officers. Company of 70 Sails for Cuba (Continued from page 5) chorus girls. The first intimation to reach Equity that the venture was in progress came in the form of a call from the Department of Justice, which re- quires that a bond covering return pass- age must be posted before a theatrical troupe can be taken out of the country. The Broadway Scandals firm had fur- nished the Ward Line with a bond for $9,000 for the return transportation of the’ company, but Equity would not recognize this security alone and the association has written to the American consul in Havana that the sponsors of the show must deposit a bond for $4,500 in favor of Equity immediately upon the arrival of the company in Cuba, other- wise the performers are to be ordered back at once. The additional security is considered necessary by Equity in order to protect the artists in the matter of salary, as well as return passage, in case anything should go wrong At first the parties connected with the enterprise claimed that the production was a vaudeville entertainment and therefore did not come within the juris- diction of Equity, but in view of the large number of Chorus Equity members engaged the producers finally agreed to comply with the demands of the associa- tion for the protection of the performers. Playwrights Take Steps To Protect Themselves (Continued from peae ! ers, John Emerson, James Forbes, George S. Kaufman, George Kelly, George Mid- dleton, Channing Pollock, Otto Harbach, J. Hartley Manners, Le Roy Clemens, Roi Cooper Megrue, Eugene O'Neill and Gene Buck was delegated to meet Saturday aft- ernoon at the home of Miss Crothers to determine the form of contract to be adopted for presentation to the managers. Dudley Field Malone and Arthur Garfield Hays also were to be present to aid in the legal questions involved. Altho the Actors’ Equity Association is brought into the movement prominently and in a manner that would indicate sup- port from that quarter, it is not likely that actors will favor any affiliation be- tween their organization and the play- wrights. There is already a good deal of talk among players to the effect that since the dramatists took the managers’ side in the Equity fight and joined with the managers in threatening to stop pro- ducing if the closed shop went into effect, there is no reason why the authors shauld rush to Equity for counsel and protection now that tneir own welfare is at stake. Had the dramatists at least remained neutral during that critical period, one actor artues, it would not have been so bad. But the writers were just as vehe- ment as the producers in their denuncia- tion of Equity. Another well-known player points out that the playwright is essentially pro- manager—or as least he is more on the side of the manager than on the side of the actor, and the pl.ywright is just as prone to find fault with the actor as the manager is. It is further stated that the dramatists would have everything to gain by an affiliation with Equity, whereas there is little they could do for the actor. As a matter of fact, it is said, such an associa- tion would infringe upon Equity’s inde- pendence since the association has attained its position thru its own efforts and therefore is not obligated to share its power with anyone, nor does it need the assistance of anyone in order to control the situation. Still another actor believes that. since the playwright’s interests are closer to those of the manager than to those of the actor, it would be dangerous to admit the authors too far into the confidence of the actors’ organization, and this artist de- clares that only a harmonious relation- ship should exist between the actors and the dramatists. Many of the Broadway managers do not seem to be taking the organization of the dramatists very seriously, claiming it is nothing more than a tempest tn a tea- pot. In reply to the threat of the playwrights that they have other means for the production of their plays if the managers refuse to sign their agreement, some managers claim there are plenty of new writers both here and abroad who can supply them with all the plays they want to produce. The playwrights, how- ever, figure that with Equity on their side the actors will not appear in any plays not written by members of the dramatists’ organization. Generally speaking, how- ever, the managers seem to feel that the situation is still pretty much in their hands. A. H. Woods, for instance, declares he would not produce a play under the pro- posed iron-clad contract. “The kids are nervous,” he says. “They are worried about something which is no cause for worry No legitimate theater manager ever cheated an author on the moving picture rights. I wouldn’t make a con- tract taat wasn't equitable. I certainly January 16 1926 wouldn't have an author tell me that a share of the picture rights wasn’t mine “The authors take themselves too se. riously, anyway. They don’t do the work: the managers do that. All they do is write plays; they haven't anything else to do. The manager is the one who takes the chance, and he has a right to negoti- ate for the motion picture rights. As a matter of fact, the Authors’ League con. tract now provides that no manager can sell the motion picture rights without the consent of the author. How does the au- thor get trimmed? “Representative group? Yes, that same representative group has lost enough money for the managers to finance the subways Jimmie Walker wants to build.” The report submitted and unanimously adopted at the meeting last’ Thursday was drawn up by the playwrights’ com- mittee appointed at the conference held last month at Equity headquarters. This committee consisted of Arthur Richman Cosmo _Hamilton, George Kelly, Roi Cooper Megrue, A. E. Thomas, Rita Wei- man and Geerge Middleton. The report said that while “this is no time for pus- syfooting”, the real purpose of the organi- zation is defensive rather than aggressive, and that if the proper co-operation could be brought about between playwrights, managers and actors it should result in the encouragement of plays of real merit and the solution of grave problems of the theater. There will not be any direct alliance with Equity, at least not for the present, it was stated, altho encouragement from that section was indicated in a letter from Frank Gillmore, executive secretary of Equity, which was read at the meeting. The letter said: “The Actors’ Equity Association { delighted to “ learn that all American dramatists have at last decided to unite in a homogeneous body. We feel and always have felt that without or- ganization no group can effectively func- tion. It goes without saying you will have our support. “There are today many problems in the theater where the interest of actor and dramatist is identical. We are sure that harmonious action between the two asso- ciations will solve equitably those prom- lems which may at any time call for our united action.” The 131 playwrights who signed the agreement drawn up by the committee are as follows: George Abbott, Achmed Ab- dullah, Zoe Akins, Louis Kaufman An- spacher, Michael Arlen, Maxwell Ander- son, Fred Ballard, Tom Barry, Lewis Beach, Guy Bolton, Hutchinson Boyd, Martin Brown, Thompson Buchanan, Gene Buck, Arthur Caesar, Edward Childs Carpenter, David Carb, Le Roy Clemens, John Cotton, Barry Conners, Marc Con- nelly, Noel Coward, Rachel Crothers, E. H. Culbertson, Tom Cushing, Catherine Cc. Cushing, Owen Davis, Paul Dickey, Lee Wilson Dodd, Dorothy Donnelly, Ash- ley Dukes, Wm. Cary Duncan, Edith EI- lis, John Emerson, Gilbert Emery, Tom Fallon, Edna Ferber, Anne Crawford Flexner, James Forbes, Harriet Ford, James Gleason, Jules E. Goodman, Arthur Goodrich, Harry W. Gribble, Clifford Grey, Milton H. Gropper, Clayton Hamil- ton, Cosmo Hamilton, Oscar Hammer- stein 2d, Otto Harbach, George V. Ho- bart, Brian Hooker, Avery Hopwood, Sid- ney Howard, Hatcher Hughes, Rupert Hughes, William J. Hurlbut, John B. Hy- mer, Kate Jordan, George 8. Kaufman, Patrick Kearney, George Kelly, Edward Laska, Vincent Lawrence, John Howard Lawson, Isabel Leighton, Anta Loos. Willard Mack, Percy Mackaye, Wm. An- thony McGuire, Kate McLaurin, J. Hart- ley Manners, Don Marquis, Adelaide Matthews, W. Somerset Maugham, Rus- sell J. Medcraft, Roi Cooper Megrue, Abby Merchant, George Middleton, Alice Duer Miller, Langdon Mitchell, Norma Mitchell, Don Mullaly, Jane Murfin, Margaret Mayo, J. C. Nugent, Elliott Nugent, Har- vey O'Higgins, Eugene O'Neill, Mann Page, Alice Leal Pollock, Channing Pol- lock, Gertrude Purcell, Clemence Ran- dolph, Luther Reed, Mark Reed, Arthur Richman, Willard Robertson, Edwin Mil- ton Royle, Maurice V. Samuels, Samuel Shipman, Lawrence Stallings, Lynn Star- ling, Austin Strong, Mark Swan, A. E. Thomas, Dan Totheroh, Sophie Treadwell, Gladys Unger, Bayard Veiller, Eugene Walter, John V. A. Weaver, Kenneth Webb, Charles Webster, Rita Weiman, Percival Wilde, John Willard, Jesse Lynch Williams, John Luther Long, John Hunter Booth, Edward Sheldon, B. B. Valentine, John A. Kirkpatrick, Isabel Stapleton, Fanny V. Cannon, Georgia Earl Harwood, Granville Fortesque, Lot- tie Blair Parker, Carty Ranck, Martha Stanley. MILLS Sc & 25c MACHINES With of without venders. used a short time, as good as new, at bargain prices Also Jennings Display Front Venders, Serial + some Mille Front Venders. MINTS—nearly a carload, at cobt. WINNER MINT CO. 3979 Cottage Grove A Shickeo mu P, Hf 7 : tna mo © ek | ' ye om ||.
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Jenuary 16, 1998 The Billboard OLLI WRITE FOR OUR NEW Te encrnnsitilime ane] C UMBRELLA PENCILS? = cae 68-PAGE CATALOG Full of Salesboard Assortments and Supplies— Which introduces Sensational NEW FREE PREMIUM OFFER-JUST OUT UMBRELLA PENCILS IN DEMAND ON SIGHT No. F679'2—Ten (10) fancy assorted colors, re- pel and pro pel gallalith novelty Umbrella Pencils, complete with extra leads, also silk tassels. One (1) 14-karat solid gold Pen, red barrel, jumbo size, which is reserved for last sale, all complete on a 600-Hole tiny midget Sales- board. When Pv renee in $30.00. $4.7 Price in Lots of i etnath nnaces ° Sam A. ioe. $5.00 Each, KNIFE BOARD LEADER. We. F625'.—Fourteen (14) large and medium, brass-lined, 2-blade, colored and fancy Art Photo Handle Knives all high-class photos, and a 600- hole Board. One (1) large Knife, double bolster, grand prize. Six (6) next size double bolster NO WAITING Knives. Seven (7) Photo Knives with- oat bolster. AM complete. Sample Out- $4. 25 fit, $4. Each oat in full with order, or 25% deposit, balance ADOLPH KOSS COMPANY Wholesale Jowelry, Established Since 1910. 337-339 W. Madison St., CHICAGO TWENTY-FIVE COLLECTORS WANTED We want twenty-five reliable men to locate and collect on 10 O. K. Mint Vending Machines. We pay a commission—cr $25.00 a week salary. These machines you place in Restaurants, Soft-Drink Parlors, Cigar Stores, Billiard and Pool Rooms and Confectionery Stores. We prefer Indiana, Michigan, Ohlo, Ulineis and Kentucky. You collect once or twice each week on each machine and return with report weekly our money. When writing give us full information of your ability, char- acter, reference, etc., and if any machines are now running in said territory. If not, see if you can operate and get ten first-class bona- fide srders from reliable merchants and mail in at once to the INDIANAPOLIS MINT VENDING CO., Cor. Capitol and North Sts., Indianapolis, Ind. GELLMAN BROS., 118 N. 4th St., MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. SPECIALS FOR DEMONSTRATORS, SHEETWRITERS LA MAE _ wwekeraverees PEARLS, 24-Ineh Pearls .........++ eveccecceed $3.00 per Dezen 30-ineh Pearls ........ senecentecencs BEE ee 3-Strand Pearle .......ccccccscersess 6.50 per Dozen Satin-Lined Pearl Bexes......... «+ +e$1.75 per Dozen . . Plush-Covered Pearl Boxes ......... 7400 per Conn «=p SHELL RA OPES Terms: 25% deposit, balance C. O. D. Dozen, $3.75. oe RED JUMBO UNBREAKABLE PENS omer ~~ er r 0 [oe Or eT or Lever Self-Filler, Patented Pen Peint. A RELIABLE HOUSE TO DEAL WITH. TARGET PRACTICE LITTLE PERFECTION 0. K. VENDER OPERATOR'S BELL fe and Se Play. “eaaasts Pr te and Se Play. TF Se, 10s, 25¢ and SOs Play. want of Machines REX NOVELTY CO., 2848 Southport Ave. Chicago. S'aitbesras” Send for Catalog. Special !—Concessionaires—Special ! MARIE-ROSE TOILET WATERS OF QUALITY For Carnivals---Bazaars---Amusement Parks Put Up in 8-Oz. Bottles—Ask for Prices Manufactured by CANDEE CHEMICAL CORP., BROOKLYN, N. Y. SMITH GREATER UNITED SHOWS Hae and Rides that don't con@iet. Concessions all open, Wonderful opportunity for good, reliable Cook muse and Juice Party Palmistry open. Have complete Ten-in-Qne, Athletic, Night in Japan and small . sis, a ye | Show Outfits that I will need good, reliable people to run and operate. Will let on percentage will ut will only consider sober, reliable people. Junkers, boorers and disorganizers need not apply, as I eed ———— nly have showmen of real ability connected with me. Good Carnival people I am now ready to contract. everal go« rerle . re nie a! for my Allan Hlersehell Machine and Big Eli Wheel. Wil open further not: SMITH GREATER UNITED SHOWS, 118 S. Clay St., Salisbury, W. C. Rides TIN-Y, 25440 K.F. KETCHUM WANTS OPENING IN NORTHERN JERSEY APRIL 21. Athletic si 4 reli Sle shoeeren et one: ,Hawalian Show, Posing Show. Platform and Pit Shows. Outfits furnished Whip and Caterpillar, WILL RUY Merry-Go-Round, Swings and Kiddie La Nivet be cheap. WANT Wheels, Tracks and Skillos, Palmistry, Cora ‘coon, Arrow Game, Pitch- in, Spot, Ball Games and Grind Co “Ty a all kinds, FOR SALB—40x60 Top only, $50.00; Top only, $40.00; Banners, all kinde $8.00 K. F. KETCHUM, 13! E. mieth St, Paterson, N. 3. Phone, Sherwood 7482. James Dutton’s Circus Yoakum, Tex., Engagement Proved a “Bloomer” Victoria, Tex., Jan. 5.—The James Dut- ton Circus arrived here today. Its “canvas city” will be pitched on the Fimble lot. The engagement here is only for three nights—January 14, 15 and 16. The writer, Doc Waddell, ad- dressed the Rotarians today at the Dela- ware Hotel and will talk to the Lions Thursday at the Denver, where the troupe is stopping. Tonight the Free Masons honored both Mr. Dutton and the writer. The “indoor thing” at Yoakum, Tex., proved a “bloomer”. The cold wave turned the trick of bad, losing business. Otto Greibling and Harvey Beach were bedfast several days and all were more or less under the weather, A diagnosis of the town found “no crop money”. Idah Seine and Myrtle Compton have returned to the fold. The Aerial] Youngs are ex- ng in from Peru, Ind. tomorrow. of. Merle Baker is making a ten- strike with his concert band, which is made up of I. D. Longnecker, Elmer Toth, Homer L. Friend, Fred Heinrich, A. J. Heyn, John Pulliam, Lloyd F. (Peggy) Stoltz, A. B. Bowden, who has been in the Palestine Hospital with chills and fever; J. C. Irwin, just back from a visit to San Angelo (Tex.) friends, and Chas. M. Morgan, who has been visiting in Dallas. Harvey Beach has taken the canvas, succeeding “Hickey”, who has returned to the Bob Morton Circus in Florida. An “absentee” is noted. The records reveal “Snow”, the performing Spitz dog that has been with the Dutton riding act for more than 20 years, on the retired list—a pensioner—because of old age, missing. Last seen in Yoakum, all dressed up with a nifty, costly circus blanket buckled tight about him, was in an auto on a side street. Police and offers of a reward failed to later locat: him. The Duttons feel his loss keenly. Tex Forrester is here with a bang-up side show in a storeroom on the main street. He seeks other pastures Satur- day night. Rubin & Cherry Shows 7—_-___ Now that the holidays ate over, things are rapidly getting back to working nor- malcy at the winter quarters of the Rubm & Cherry Shows at Montgomery, Ala. Tom Salmon, superintendent of quarters, has 40 men under his manage- ment and more will be added within a few weeks. Every wagon is going thru the shops for a thoro overhauling and re- painting, each varnished and relettered. All baggage wagons are of standard type. Eight wagons came in quarters and 10 more are being built under Mr. Salmon’s direction. The new show fronts are com- ing along in fine shape, Eddie Marconi and two assistants being on the job 12 hours a day, and some innovations being the result. The front of the Miniature Circus will be a gorgeous creation in gold and white, 120 feet in length. The Kemp Brothers are at quarters with their two shows and busily preparing for the spring opening. Cliff and Mrs. Wil- son will soon leave Cincinnati and take up their residence in a cozy bungalow on the fairgrounds. J. P. Riley is in charge of the blacksmith shop. Rubin Gruberg is a busy man these days. He recently purchased a new dodgem ride to add to the nine riding devices carried by the shows. Josie Nagata and family are living at the grounds, and Josie and his assistants are renovating the various rides of which he is manager. Wilbur S. Cherry, general representative, after be- ing confined to his room at the Exchange Hotel as the result of injuries sustained by a fall in the railroad depot at Bir- mingham, Ala., recently, is in Chicago, where he is engaged in booking the sea- son’s route and making railroad contracts. His arm is still in a sling. Herbert A. Kline, general manager, will rejoin him in a few days after spending the holidays at his home in Flint, Mich. Jim Eskew and cowboys and cowgirls are still at West Palm Beach, Rubin & Cherry showfolks deeply re- gret the serious accident that befell Mrs. Lillian Collins at Miami recently. Dan Riley is slowly recovering at the hospital in Montgomery from the injuries he sus- tained Christmas Eve. The’ Ritter Midgets played a week's engagement at the Grand Theater, Montgomery, re- cently, and made a big hit. They may do some movie work before the season opens. Rubin Gruberg and W. S. Cherry will attend the meeting of the Western Fair Secretaries of Canada, to be held in Regina February 2 and 3. Trainmaster Edward Payton has the train overhauled and within a few days it will be sent to the shops of the Atlanta and West Point Railway to be repainted and varnished. Three new flat cars will be added. The Wild Animal Show will be enlarged this year, and many animals, including ele- phants, added to the program. Myer Lobe, Col. Albert Abrahams and other notable Montgomerians are _ frequent visitors to winter quarters. Walt 1 Nealand sends the above information concerning the shows to The Billdcard. 97 x SPECIAL prices f one” v i a ain “7 steel Tools, all of which are 4] interchangeable and fit in ; } metal clamps. All pieces (except Hammer) may be placed in varnished hardwood handle when not in use. A ..% real seller at lest than cost ’ price. Sample, ase, Gene Lots, $1.50 per Dozen. Gross Lots, $16.50 Per Gr. Per Doz. 1020 24-Im. Indestructible Pearl Necklaces.§$ 2.25 1021 30-Im Indestructible Pearl Necklaces. 2.60 1028 3-Strand Pear! Necklaces, Pear! Clasps 5.40 $65B Large Red Pen with Gold Band...... 6.00 ‘ 1226 Gillette Razors, with Blade. Per -_ t $14.00; per Dozen.......... 621 Novelty Art Rings, Best Grade 1570 Imported Photo Cigarette Cases q 335 Ladies’ Beaded Bag, with om Frame 8.00 1300 Phetograph Art Knives.............. 4.50 NEW SLUM AND GIVE-AWAY ITEMS ‘ . ee MI9 Stone-Set Dice. Per Gross Pair...... $ 1.00 KIQ Glass Bracelets, Small Size. Gross.. 1.00 24 Perfume in Glass Vials. Gross...... 1,25 { 104 Wine Bottle, with Giass. Gross.... 3.00 } 688 Nickel Pen & Pencil Combination. Gr. 3.00 ¢ 6i0 Gilt “Pal” Propelling Pencils. Gross ie : 78 Flashy Bead Necklaces, with Clasps. 1,25 25% deposit with order. Re M. L. KAHN & CO., a 711-713 Arch Street, PHILADELPHIA, PA. Whitsett Super Novelty Knives sa SS ul, Why, a6 a WO yn The 1d Famous “RO-CO-CO” Knife. with a Hand- hgh nt A Photo Handle that sparkles and glitters as if set with a thousand tiny jewels, 12 K Mounted on 1,000-Hole Beard, / You HAVE NOT SEEN A SUPER NOVELTY KNIFE UNTIL YOU SEE THE “‘B0-CO-CO”. Write for Price List. ) WHITSETT & CO. en | 9 South Clinton Street, CHICAGO, ILL. THE KING & QUEEN GETS THE JACK We sure are thankful for the great business the King and Queen Novelty Candy Package has brought us. Fall in line for more business. ORDER TODAY! $11.25 22.4, $22.5022, 509 $45.00 Ber, 1000 Packed 250 Packages to the Carton FREE—10 additional Packages per Carton until February 15. Send 20 20% deposit, balance €. O. D, é Oe COMING? COMING? TRUMPS oF HEARTS { A 2c Sensation! ie | AMERICAN NOVELTY CANDY CO. |, 403 Bedford Ave., BROOKLYN, WN. Y. WANT For the Following Dates: Fis.. Brewster, Fla., then Lakeland, Fla. mn er strong auspices Grind Stores of all kinds, also a few choice Wheels. Shows with « own fits Would like to hear from a two or three ebeeast Merry-Go-Round that would like to book for season. Opening Mulberry week January 11. Address all mai FLORIDA AMUSEMENT CO. Mulberry, Florida. &. Ff. eg Distributor, Nat'l Bank Richmond, Va. mus Starest MODEL FRONT we ER AND OP- ERATOR BELL MACHINES I sell direct to Merchants and Operators at rock-bottom prices. Trial Machine for $120.00, to operators. Mints at $11.00 per 1,000, for lo8 of 10,000; lot of 20000 at $10.50, F. 0. B. Chicago, Ill., or Cleveland, O A deposit of one-third with or- der, balance C. O. D. Write for special prices on large or- ders. I sell the 5c, lOc, 25¢ and 50c Operator Bell. Ask for literature Rebuilt and slightly used machines from $60.00 to $95.00. Will buy your old machine. What have : you to offer? 7 NUMBERED BALL GUM Set of 1,200 Balls, $6.50. DUNWIN CO. Washington Avenue, A ‘ . ‘ h 1 o14 ee a ha | “ | ee ii he ; — | — ee ) f + r \ | ; i} i) | | | | | | = SaeaaHHatataetiitasataiiiaa juin titers eeettt S 7 7 THER eset am | RUM MEififiitiiiiciit:stitiiii st sess Po - ee Led | ae | ; nae t rg a 5 ——— 4 ay : | ald Ee PSAP OF - ee eee i Sees | re Se ; ets — hl se see es ee a a, i Geil ¥ | el 3 fe) i aan :f i: eats : ie : <— Z . ae a a ‘ = 3 | SEASON 1926 WANT 1926 SEASON — —“—C—sCSYS ——— a | Cc — — ; 7.
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98 THE FAIR FLAPPER E THE | Cm . LATEST a ; £ PRODUCT OF OUR OWN LARGE FACTORY FINE DOLL $13.00 Doz. The Billboard Money Raising SALESCARD DEALS 70 — 80 — 100 CHANCES A splendid selection of fine Pre- miums in the Three Booklets. Average profit, $10.00. These are the three most profitable January 16, 1926 CLOSE OUT BARGAINS FOR QUICK ACTION AUTO ROBES At less than factory cost. CEDAR CHESTS 1 and 2-Ib.. without lock and key. a JAPANESE PEARLS Remarkable, reductions. SALESBOARDS at Half Price Kameraphone Deals on the market. Send 25 cents for all Three Sample Sets. REAL PHONOGRAPH CAMERA SIZE se $8.00 W $7.50 DOZEN. tors, $7.00 coun OAYZ™MAAY VM NOUZ0Zr-0 mA Double Silver Bolstered ehete Handle Knives, brass lined, 2 blad 1-— blades, brass lined, for last sale. On a 200- Siete Board. When sold at 5c — in $10.0 B938. SAMPLE, $3.25. $3. oo Same on 300-Hole Board, 250 M , > ig OG NO 29 NOW OUT. HECHT, COHEN & CO. 201-205 Madison Street, CHICAGO, ILL. Very Best Profits Obtained Thru the a VEND.- OPERATORS BELL MACHINES. New Improved 1925 Model. —t0e Stic, Write or wire. BANNER SPECIALTY CO., Large Jack Photo Handle. "Knife, 3 25 tors. OR MORE, No. % with order, balance C. 0. D. Machin acaines 1825 Modeiz lo—Se-=|0o—Bhe 608 Arch Street. PHILADELPHIA, PA IT’S A LANDSLIDE These Fast-Moving Serving Trays Sell on Sight Made by the world’s largest manufacturer of Serving Trays. 13 in plated frame. with me tal bottom and glass center, disclosing brilliant designs under- neath — orange, blue, red and green back- grounds. A good num- ber for Carnivals and Fairs, also for Ssles- boards Write teday for price list and som- plete information. UNIVERSAL ART METAL WORKS, Ine., 65-67-69 Bleecker St., New York. “WANT CARNIVAL for the Second Annual DUBLIN COUNTY FAIR WALLACE, N. C. One of the best County Fairs in the State. October 5, 6, 7, 8, 9. Mast be real w of ffteen cars. Address TAYLOR TROUT, Secretary, Stuart.Fla t i" -— ALL BALLY YOU CAN FLASH EVERY BALLY GETS REPEAT BUSINESS NEW CANDY— CHOCOLATE BRAN The Greatest Combination for Profit You Ever Had ALL BALLY and CHOCOLATE BRAN CANDY Alice Dee, 25¢ FINEST EATING CANDY YOU HAVE EVER TASTED. YOU CAN MAKE YOUR $120.00 per 1,000 Deposit of $20.00 required on each thousand. Write us about Juliette, our Ten-Cent Package. THE DEE CANDY CO. Samples furnished upon request. Dept. A, 900-910 W. Lake St., Chicago, fll. . ea mo ga WHAT HAS ATTRACTION aun i The ‘Trade Rush’ Bi) WRITE FOR BIG. c cATALOG 3—MANY OTHER He: e€ 1rade NuUs OSCAR LEISTNER | ; WORLD’S GREATEST SALESBOARD) @ J] SDS W'Ranaeion Sen Chteage til. | onan at tag Ge ane Gain ae ee eee Ge mar wet a : —— pe in a Cigar Box or Book Cover. Has any other Board be “nl S| ° ot ot Machine \ Jobbers’ Price, $3.00 Each&| Lots of 10, $2.70 Ea.; 25, “— or More, $2.50 Ea : Operators , Comes in two styles. Please specify. a! “OVER-THE-TOP” : = ee s ae ee . a : ate ae H CHICAGO PRODUCTS CO., 2215 Rice St., CHICAGO, ILL. | we taal ett INE REUSE CR SURE Ss 0.00 Each | 9 jobbers’ queens . MINT VENDERS or OPERATOR’S BELL—— Boyce Coin Machine 100 Mills or Jennings Machines. Operator's Bells, $40.00. Mint Venders, $45.00 easily worth $65.00. Amusement Corp. Quarter Bells, $70.00. Nickel Checks, $10.00 per M. Quarter Checks, $15.00 per M. We rent, buy, sell or exchange all kinds Slot Machines. Discontinuing the operating business. Machines thoroughly over- hauled inside and out. First come first served. Makes # Beautiful THE NEW REAL CANDY Made Only by Us Salesboard Item. The Famous tp * ‘Teleray” pat- Our patent ved PITCH ON THIS ALONE. no 4 n—_- a, OCTACHED Gefinite $12.00 per 100 Basket shown above, 6 lights, 23 Inches high $60.00 per 500 4- LIGHT BASKETS. $3.00 Ea. $39.00 Dz. | THE “TELERAY” ELECTRIC FLOWER BASKET ented Electric flower Basket attracts attention everywhere shown Electric bulbs tn- side flowers make them look so rea! that everybody wants a basket Order some of these beaut!fu baskets today They are proven money getters sLiglreAskers. 395 Ea. $6.00 Dz a gy ® ef nies 3.75 Ea. 42.00 Dz. Samole Ry at Individual prices shown abeve AMERICAN BEAUTY ROSES New Composition—Not Wased $3.00 per 100-—$27.50 per 1000 CALIFORNIA DAHLIAS $25.00 per se00— 62.76 per 100 Immediate delivery. 2 on all C. 0. D requirec TUCKAHOE, W. Y Phene, Tuckahoe 1874. Special stock list on request. | OUR 52-Page CATALOG FREE ON REQUEST FAIR TRADING CO., Inc. 307 6th Ave. N.Y. | A. 20 | | ALMAN NOVELTY CO., 347-351 North Dearborn St., Chicago, Ill. | SPECIAL ADVERTISING = : BALLOONS - WRITE FOR CATALOG - so oe oe 5 CH — - 4. Saint Pp ite ot ER “9 fi png on ae ‘T eno ATE yee SEND 25¢ FOR SAMPLE “AND PLAN. DIRECT SALES & SERVICE CO., 24W. 5 a St., Chicago, III. SALESBOARD OPERATORS “~ Balloons. Per Gross, fie: 75—Heavy Transparent Gas. Per Gross, $3.50. Jest Grade Bulloon Sticks Pin? Gross, 35. Send for Sample Advertising Balloon and Catalog IT IS F at } to with all orders, balance C. O. D. M. K. BRODY 1118-1120 So. Halsted Street, Chicago, I Il. Attention Fair Secretaries LEO BORTZS BIOWAY snows 3 new Rides Cote Fre Act At lib- erty for Fairs in ‘Wie main, tino is Minnesota Ad dress . ROKRT oe MIDWAY SHOWS, 143 7th St. Milwaukee, Wisconsin WRITE FOR CATALOG | FOR SALE ON “GOLDEN BEE” CANDY mn ad he eary We gons, ane ine «to ved bos, three | ope ASSORTMENTS Wheete om. Tens 21,360 for the fous en Gien fer (2 THEODORE BROS. CHOCOLATE CO. open, mea or $800 for FF EE open, : . rT t re Park and Compton Strs.. St. Louis. Mo. ENOC B BUTCHER, "729" "Eimmoed A...” - ci Sseour Z — P| z _— — ———— a = ee ed me, eS l—=EnRU Sn : “tT — —— sence a csp t) i: | Seine ; m7 as LORE ANN oa meta A igs Ae TAMOOS AN ae an SCONES g a | ay \\ eee i. ES y ie x eh ay | —- a | ———— — | (ft hhh rir thi TTT itt rrr irr | | a Sd | uo ee =| = —— | WH I \ =, uw, | _______ B , | es , b a | | | ti‘ CO™OC*‘*UY | [i aa ———— " | a ees - | | Sa = i | * ae ‘1% il | ar al ne ie ET nn : ————EE i ; Te
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Pertete Jani i $2.00 Dozen 24-Inch Indestructible Pearls, with Boxes .........-cceeeeee 3.00 Dozen 30-tnch Indestructible Pearls, with Boxes.............00005: 3.50 Dozen weSccese eascesecen 4.00 Dozen Complete Assortment of above numbers, $2.75. West of the Missis- Fancy Clasp set with Colored Birthstones Com- plet “with B ae ork ‘ r : = ‘ 5.00 Doz. KOBE IMPORT CO., 738 Broadway, New York Salesboard Operators, Concession Men, Agents, Correspondence Solicited. Here is something new Complete Salesboard Deals Fastest sellers Guaranteed to che boards in ten days Mail 75¢ for samples, price list and illustrations 5. G. GREEN CO., 991 Mission Street. - - - SAN FRANCISCO. CALIFORNIA. S S SEEBURG S S Automatic Pianos Pay Profits J. P. Seeburg Piano Co. Dept. A, 1510 Dayton Street, Chicago, Il. " al Pe ‘ ‘ bd ag Al : ‘i ei a | a . ' ee + ie | ql i 1 ee hae ss - 4 b 4 re b « | ia ee ) | i BJ ¢ , , Ee ee = gid |, |e} 4 i ( | en | | \ , rey es { a Ye «4 B —— ‘iscunsciiielieeiaaeeee ee “hy a f i Ea — Ps ‘4 | : | it | >. ee — ee ee Pan A ‘ | . — i is \ | i Lt‘ aR“ ee a4 a CAL? Qe Eats ! a _ > Exe: “Tp Teil abe H Ae rt re ths i oe ER : y oe | | Pas ee q / : SUSESSEREEESEEEE NO. 4 ASSORTMENT . 4 (pi Gory) 4 a 22—$0 ‘ ee i] — rt $= } 2— | - i— 3 ‘ et STITT : jen — en | : Hi 2 } ih . Ly | oars ee a oe CC ee 86h sa Su feaeh BBR HB 222: | | ‘oii iia h FO CALIFORNIA GOLD QUARTERS AND HALVES > & Lae ee " | se “S (ERY) Ae) at ae eee + $a 1 | “<gs . L439 ey : ; . | |
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real Theatre? CORseRysr ComPre Famous Frozen Sweets have proved themselves dependable money-makers because: They contain twenty-five strong ballys in every carton of two hundred and fifty packages. These ballys are constantly changed and today are stronger than ever. They contain novelties which delight young and old. They contain cocoanut, chocolate and molasses taffy, as well as delicious dairy cream caramels. And, above all, because: Your audience knows that they are getting honest value for their money. You can get big sales in the same territory year after year with Famous Frozen Sweets 250 packages, $11.25 500 packages, $22.50 1000 packages, $45.00 Packed 250 packages to the carton. A deposit of $10.00 requested with every order for 1000 packages. THE GREAT AND CONSISTENT TEN CENT SELLER Universal Theatres Concession Compan y Randolph and Jefferson Sts. - - Chicago, Ill. The Largest and Strongest Novelty Candy House in the World — ——— Ee : | Fes | : ae | | | ‘ wr” THEACME | | | Y || Sil ee _ PERFECTIONm CANDY I | | ——— ee | | ee i | Pe | | | f | eee i —_ a | = | it | | 7 - —————————<—— iy