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INTERSTATE CIRCUIT as he could not get along without the HANGS WITH K. & E. Imp films. COMBINE AGAINST THE Arthur Lucas coincided with Mr. Karl Hoblitzelle Assures the Syndi- McMahon, and said that he must have - cate of a String of Houses in Imp films, and that if it came to such the Lone Star State. SALES CO. IS FORMED a pass he would order a couple of Interviews with Karl Hoblitzelle prints of Imps and run his exchange and other prominent men of the In¬ Independent Film Manufacturers and Exchanges Meet in exclusively with that product. He terstate circuit have been published' said that he reserved the right to in many Texas papers to the effect Cincinnati and Plan Boycott Campaign. think for himself and run his business that the Syndicate attractions would himself, and that he did not consider be seen in the Inter-State theaters that the Alliance or the Associated next season,.or until such time as the Stirred to action by the appeal of carefully and decided that it was the manufacturers had any right to in¬ liter-State folks can erect legitimate Paul H. Cromelin, vice-president and thing to do. The Alliance had proven a terrogate him. general counsel of the Columbia farce, and the members had broken theaters paralleling their vaudeville George Magie stated that the Gau- houses. Phonograph Co., at the meeting held every rule and failed to * meet every at the Sinton Hotel, Cincinnati, June issue, not even paying their assess¬ mont Co. would not renew its con¬ B. S. Muckenfuss, of the Inter- tract with the Patents Co., and that State office in Chicago, would not 18-19, the Associated Independent ments and dues. The Cincinnati Film Film manufacturers decided to take Exchange had. I felt that the Alli¬ beginning this week its product would discuss the matter further than to be available to the adherents of the say that a night or two of each week drastic measures to whip the Motion ance was unable to cope with the Picture Distributing & Sales Co. into Associated manufacturers. This cre¬ ^roht be given up to legitimate at- situation, as there are too many in an agreement whereby an open mar¬ it that do not. regard their word ated the impression that George -fiactions, until such time as the new Kleine’s agency was involved, and a theaters are ready. ket would be created, and film ex¬ very much. The Sales Co. has treated changes permitted to purchase di¬ us fairly, and we are going to deal representative of The Show World ^KEoblitzelle made the offer to called attention to such misapprehen¬ J^harles Frohman and Klaw & Erlan- rect from such manufacturers as de¬ fairly with it until we find out they are sired to sell in that manner, or from crooked. sion. Mr. Magie, therefore, added ger and the telegram read: the statement that he referred to the ^ff‘The Inter-State Amusement Com¬ the Sales Co. “A split will injure the Independent Telegrams were sent out to all ex¬ American Gaumont Co., controlling pany will immediately start the erec¬ cause, and the Patents Co. will reap the Chronophone. tion of modern fireproof first-class changes that they must decide im¬ the harvest. L would like to see the mediately which faction they shall manufacturers get together and work Each one of the Associated manu¬ •theaters in the principal cities of facturers present then made a short -Texas, paralleling the Weis & Green- support, with the information that in harmony. such renters as remain loyal to the “I cannot be with you, or with the speech, expressing the intention of wall circuit. These theaters will play standing firmly together, and forcing the Klaw & Erlanger attractions. Sales Co. will not be supplied with Alliance. Frankly, there are men films by the insurgents. among you that I would not care to the Sales Co. to recede from its posi¬ Construction will start immediately, tion. and in the interim the Klaw & Er¬ The manufacturers present were as meet on a dark night if I had money langer attractions, will be taken care follows: Edwin Thanhouser; A. G. in my pockets. I don’t want to ap¬ The eastern film men left at 3:15 of in the vaudeville houses controlled vv'hyte; David Horsley, Centaur Film- pear to be here as an interloper, or a Sunday afternoon for New York. An by this company.” Co.; Mark M. Ditzenfass, Champion spy. If you want me to leave the effort was made to win J. W. Morgan Film Co. (formerly Actophone); L. room I will do so.” over, and he was assured that if he went back with them they could show CORT AND SHUBERT Prieur, Lux and Le Lion; George Mr. McMahon then took exception them the justice of their position. ; BUY MID-WEST CIRCUIT. Magie, Kinograph Co.; Arthur Mc¬ to a vulgar remark which Robert Millan, Actophone Co.; and I. W. Bachman had made to him, and said Mr. Morgan said he was from Mis¬ ft John Cort and J. J. Shubert pur¬ Ullman, Columbia Film Co. The he would repeat the statement he souri—a product of Joplin—and was chased a one-half _ interest in the Great Northern Film Co. and the had made at the time to Mr. Bach¬ willing to be shown, so he accom¬ Chamberlain, Harrington and Kindt Motograph Cp. were represented by man, that if there was anybody who panied them. circuit last Saturday for a considera¬ proxies. thought they could make him do Mr. Morgan said: “This proposition tion which is said to have been $500,- Representatives of film exchanges what the president of the Alliance is a serious thing. The Sales Co. has 000. The properties acquired are: were in attendance as follows: Eugene had suggested, he invited them to not forced me to buy any more films Keokuk Theater, Keokuk, Iowa; Em¬ Cline; Robert Bachman; C. R. Plough, try it. than I wanted. Their contract calls pire theater, Quincy, Ill.; Opera house, Anti-Trust Film Exchange; McMa¬ The Cincinnati Film Exchange for a minimum of four reels during jlalesburg, Ill.; Ottawa theater, Ot¬ hon & Jackson. Cincinnati Film Ex¬ stands in a field of its own in its the summer months, and it was that tawa, Ill.; Opera house, Rock Island, change; J. L. Reilly, American Film territory, owning, controlling or fur¬ thing that appealed to me. This pre¬ III.; Burtis theater, Davenport, Iowa; Exchange; T. L. Reilly, Southern nishing the film service for the best vents some fellow buying a couple Opera house, Moline. Ill.; Opera Film Exchange; Arthur Lucas, Sun¬ moving picture theaters. For several of reels and cutting up your business. house, Muscatine, Iowa; Opera house, ny South and Savannah Film Ex¬ years this firm has leased the hand¬ I want to be with you, and I want to Rockford, Ill. (ground and buildings) change; Max Lewis, Chicago Film some Lyric theater, seating 2,000, and be with the manufacturers on the and the Chamberlain leases on the Exchange; H. E. Smith, Toledo Flim the manner of presenting the pictures other side. I want to see a market Grand in Peoria, Ill., Princes in Da¬ Exchange; J. W. Morgan; Charles has proven a bonanza. The Alham¬ where I could buy from both sides. venport, Iowa, Opera house, Aurora, Amer, Buckeye Film Exchange, Day- bra, recently opened, is owned by Mr. Smith of the Toledo Film Ex¬ Ill., Opgra house, Joliet, Ill., two the¬ ton, Ohio; Ray Grombacher, Pacific McMahon and Jackson, and is one change, said he would not buy from aters in Waterloo, Iowa, one in Cres- Exchange, Seattle, Wash.; J. Mon- of the prettiest showhouses in the the Sales Co., and had not bought ton, Iowa, one in Grinnell, Iowa, one heimer, Paramount Film Exchange, state. Their reputation for integrity anything for four weeks. He neg¬ in Freeport, Ill., and one in Clinton, New York, and Charles Gorman, and fair dealing is well known in the lected to state, however, whether he Boston Film Exchange. trade. had bought anything from anybody Those who stood firm for the Sales Mr. Cromelin took the floor and else. MOORE & ROBINSON Co. were McMahon & Jackson; Ar¬ said that Mr. McMahon was the kind Mr. Cromelin said that the request GET FAIRMONT HOUSE. thur Lucas; J. W. Morgan, and Buck¬ of man they wished affiiliated with to its adherents to cease buying Sales K FAIRMONT, W. Va„ June 21— eye Film Exchange. Mr. Grombacher them; that Mr. McMahon’s ideas Co. film was not an attempt to de¬ Contracts have been signed by which would not commit himself. W. E. were along the lines of the Associated stroy the Imp company, but to force the lease of the Grand Opera House Greene, of Boston, and V. R. Car- manufacturers, and that the present an open market, and that the Asso¬ ©asses into the hands of Moore & rick, of the Philadelphia Projection movement was to simply create an ciated manufacturers were banded to¬ Bobinson for two years with a privi- Co., were not present, but it was open market, enabling independent gether for only one purpose,—for the Tege of three years more. Edward L. stated at the meeting that they were film exchanges to secure a suitable right to ship their product direct to ^feors, of the Court theater in Wheel- favoring the .sales Co. in their pur¬ selection of films to serve their cus¬ the exchanges, standing opposed to ig and Rube Robinson compose the chases, and telegrams were sent to tomers, without compelling the manu¬ combinations organized for the pur¬ Tw firm. These gentlemen now have each of them. facturers to market their product pose of compelling manufacturers to string of houses in this and neigh- The remaining members voiced the through their competitors. deliver their product to it for distri¬ Jring states. The house will be re- slogan, “Down with the Sales Co.” Further, that the contract with the bution. He also called attention to Bdelled during the summer. This I. W. McMahon and Arthur Lucas Sales Co. which Mr. McMahon had the fact that the Sales Co. had lost ^understood to place the house with proved Tartars, however. Mr. Mc¬ signed was not legal and would not its suit against Thanhouser, and said Klaw & Erlanger forces. Mahon. when called upon to declare stand in a court of law. that Herbert Miles had stated in De¬ himself, said: “I regret that I am Mr. McMahon responded that re¬ troit that the reason he was with the Roche in New York. not with you people, as I believe all gardless of whether the contract was Sales Co. was because he wanted to William Roche, manager of the the Independents should pull together. legal or not, he had signed it; knew under-write his film. “In other words,” Bymarket and Bijou theaters, left I signed a contract, which I read very what he signed; was satisfied with said Mr. Cromelin, “he wants to be ■s week for New York to see about carefully, with the Sales Co., in com¬ the terms and conditions, and as long situated so that if you don’t buy ■tractions for the Haymarket for pany with your Mr. Bachman. Mr. as the Sales Co. treated him as fairly Yankee, or buy Bison, or Itala, you Txt season. Bachman and I talked it over very as they had he would stick with them, cannot have Imp.” 4 THE SHOW WORLD June 25, 1909.1 HOT WEATHER HURTS VAUDEVILLE HOUSES

MILWAUKEE, Wis., June 21.— critics passed the compliments of thl With the approach of summer the Business at Milwaukee Theaters Falls Off in Same Propor¬ day with a lads vaudeville managers do not wear such “Nice! acquaintance. It broad smiles. It is stated on good tion as in Chicago Places of Amusement Ain’t It? was just after the authority that every vaudeville house Something Great!” matinee perform! in the city lost money last week. The ance of the Ring! Majestic was rather unfortunate with ling Brothers’ show at Thirty-fifth By E. E. MEREDITH its headliner and this may have ac¬ and Clybourn street. The circus re¬ counted for the falling off in business mained but a single day in Milwaukee there. The attendance at the Mon¬ have been present. The other the¬ them and in return he secures the coming here from South Bend, Ind day matinee, with the Ringling circus aters are dark for the summer months. Shubert Theater in Milwaukee. This There are several tented enterprise! as opposition, indicated that this week It is generally accepted that the gives Fehr control of three theaters in Wisconsin at this time. The Young] will show an improvement. The Em¬ Davidson will play the K. & E. at¬ in this city. He has the lease of the Buffalo show spent two days at press had a strong bill last week but tractions again .next season. Just Majestic, which plays Orpheum Kenosha, playing there Sunday and] there was too much singing. The Crys¬ where the Shubert attractions will ap¬ vaudeville; the Alhambra, which Monday. “Young Buffalo” himselfl tal had very poor business. The man¬ pear has not been decided, or if de¬ played Shubert attractions last sea¬ was seen at the depot as the train] agement had expected to close week cided the decision has not been given son; the Star, which is the western hurried through with the writer. H( before last but the contractors were to the public. wheel burlesque house. Fehr also looks like the nickname of “Young* not ready to begin the alterations. It Milwaukee feels its importance in a controls the Dewey in Minneapolis must have been given to him many would have been fortunate for the theatrical way through the recent (Western Wheel), the Star in St. years ago to have been appropriate management had the contractors been The Yankee Robinson show is also ready. The house is closed for re¬ in the state at this time. All three of pairs and the entire front is out of the tented enterprises have enters it now. The Columbia is said to have tained Chicago visitors recently. Buf¬ played to forty people last Friday falo Bill’s opposition car was herd night. This gives a general idea of Saturday billing for August 8. I what a blow hot weather dealt the T. Roy Barnes and Miss Bessie outlying variety houses. Business has Crawford opened the show at the Ma-‘ picked up some at the Columbia this jestic Monday afternoon. It made] week. However, the management has quite a change in the act when it decided to close both the Columbia placed in this po¬ and the Empire on next Sunday night Some sition. When Mr^™ and to close the season early in June Act Must Barries uses thj next year. The folly of trying' to Open the Show. line to the effethe first act. Barne] Vaudeville. open as long as makes ’em laugh. He has the kind attendance’ was of stuff that is sure to please. He is sufficiently large to encourage the offensive without offending, for while management. The word is out here that boosting his own' game all the time! the house is to stay open all summer. it does not so appear to an audif The Empress makes a similar claim. ence. Other expressions of his wert There is an eight sheet seen on the strikingly amusing Monday after-] boards which reads “June, July and noon. Where he remarks—“I can’d August” and there is “all-summer” see anything funny about this fellow !’| talk in the press work. The chances meaning it as a jest indicating the] are that enthusiastic employes make comment of the audience concerning claims which hot weather will dis¬ himself, he added, “opening the showif count. It is likely that the theaters too.” When he came to the remark! will have a few weeks dark between supposed to be addressed to the stags now and September. The eight sheets hands, advising them to keep the! which read “June, July and August” American flag in the wings that he] are worth careful notice. It is the had “them” without it (referring to" first Sullivan-Considine paper which the audience) he also brought in the has attracted the eye of the writer. term newspaper men and theatrical The eighth sheet has pictures of Hon. men. This is begging attention frod Timothy D. Sullivan and John W. the newspapers but it won out. The Ubnsidine and a three sheet used in front of the New Empress has the unmis! likenesses of these gentlemen and cir¬ takable talent, wins pronounced favol cles are prominent, about a foot apart in a collection of nonsense which con¬ in the border, with the list of cities sists largely of ‘kidding’ his own work in which the firm has houses. and the audience. His ‘freshness’ is The Alhambra is housing the Al¬ of the ingratiating kind and he shows hambra Stock Company. It is under both ability and versatility. Bessie the direction of Frank Hatch. Rob¬ Crawford proves an acceptable assist¬ ert Dempster, the new leading man, ant.” Barnes knows the wants of] made his debut vaudeville and supplies them. With this week in John Ransome was second the Stock “Brewster’s Mil- Majestic program and the lights Companies. lions.” The Bijou flashed “D” instead of “E.” So if has a Klimt & anyone had confidence in the program Gazzolo stock. Business has been they must have good enough to warrant plans for The believed that the another stock engagement at that Frost of single man who house next summer, under the same John Ransome. entertained was directors. This is the sixth week of E 1 i t a Proctor the Klimt & Gazzolo players at the Otis. Ransome has a great deal ofF Bijou and “The Cowboy and the new stuff from that sprung one weelM Girl” is the current bill. The Sunday before at the Majestic in Chicago. Hel f performance was well attended. The does just exactly what he ought tol week day business was light last week do, moves when he should moveP and will probably be light this week. sings when he should sing and tells The Auditorium is playing Innes’ stories which are funny enough.] band and the engagement is a failure. Strange, but when he entertains, in¬ The big crowds expected to hear the stead of being amused one is inclined] fine music have failed to materialize. to feel sorry for him. Folks who saw] The first efforts to utilize the Audi¬ EMPRESS THEATER. him work at the Auditorium in ChiJ torium in the broad sense of making The New Sullivan & Considine Theater i cago recently commented upon this] it available for the masses, will prove point. It was brought out in The] a financial failure, but the few thou¬ Show World last week in the “Rec-j sands who have attended the concerts ord of Acts,” and the impression is so] given by Innes’ orchestral band are activities of Herman Fehr, attorney Paul (Western Wheel), and the Prin¬ strong that the writer cannot refrain] expected, to bear pleasant memories. for well known brewery interests. cess in Chicago. Fehr is said to hold from mentioning it once more. Of] Artistically, the music festival to date Fehr is said ’ the controlling interest in all of the course his change in material is a has been a success. It has not mat¬ Fehr have made some Singer shows. He is a modest chap confession that the offering of the tered to Innes or his players whether May Fear kind of a deal and fears publicity, some say. Monday previous was a failure. A a few hundred listener.s have occu¬ Publicity. with the Shuberts “It was nice, ain’t it? Something local gag, which another comedian pied the vast seating capacity of the by which the great to see!” In these words one of would have made go big, went only Auditorium, or whether thousands n Chicago goes to Milwaukee’s representative womenfair Monday afternoon. Can it be June 25, 1910. THE SHOW WORLD 5

that musical comedy is easier to make NEW THEATER OPEN HARRY MOUNTFORD IS good in than vaudeville? TO PUBLIC INSPECTION. ENGAGED “INDEFINITELY.” VAUDEVILLE ARTISTS. Elita Proctor Otis was third on the WAUKEGAN, Ill., June 21—It is Harry Mountford is not elected to Majestic bill Monday afternoon. She office by the White Rats. He is ap¬ It pays to keep your name has a delightful act. Harry Burk- believed the first time in theatrical before the agents, the managers history, where a new playhouse is pointed by the board of directors. He hardt has a line “merely a coinci¬ has been under contract without any and the public. opened to the public without charge dence” and when provisions of “notice,” but recently The value of advertising is Was he spoke the as the Waukegan will be during carni¬ evidenced every day. val week. All will be in readiness to the board of directors of the organi¬ Merely a words Monday zation made a deal with him by which The act which has a standing Coincidence. afternoon there show the public next Tuesday morn¬ in the profession is featured ing, the day following the big time he must give a year’s notice if he was a strange desires to leave the employ of the over another of equal merit at the city park. Manager William noise heard in the orchestra. A string order and is to receive twelve month’s which is unknown. The act Haas says there would only be a had broken on the bass violin. Com¬ notice if they desire to make a change. which has a standing in the ing with the line it provided a good small chance of making expenses if profession gets the fat salary, laugh. The rest of the bill probably he opened carnival week, and he A LITTLE WORLD while unknown acts fight their ran along nicely. The reviewer did would rather give the park board the SAYS MLLE. VANITY. way over the little time. chance and remain closed until July not remain after witnessing the fourth Mile. Vanity and Colby & May ran Advertising gives an act act, which was Florence Reid and 4. He desires the home people to be “standing” in the profession. able to attend the opening perform¬ across each other in a Chicago office Fred Santley, late of “The Gay Hus¬ Tuesday, their first meeting since No other advertising medium sars.” ances and see the theater when there is quite so desirable as The is not much outside excitement. both were in South Africa four years The Empress bill this week is ago. “It is a little world after all,” Show World. , Its vaudeville called “a summer show.” Happy Jack remarked Mile. Vanity, who resides in department is so far superior to Gardner in “A Close Call” was easily any other handling of vaudeville SAM ROWLEY TOOK Liverpool, England, and plays in any thelheadliner from the applause stand¬ corner of the world which happens matters that it is the talk of the point Monday “THE THIRD DEGREE” to have a theater. vaudeville magnates, agents, Not “The afternoon and he Sam Rowley took the third degree managers and artists. Greatest” is billed on the in Masonry on Friday night of last THREE NIFTY GIRLS The record of acts appearing Monkey Act. electric sign. week and after the session of the ON OPENING BILL. in each issue is the most com¬ Mile. Louise’s lodge he entertained the members The Majestic Park at Ottawa, Ill., plete data that could possibly Monkeys is headlined on the posters with the stories and songs which have opened last Sunday with four acts of be secured and will be found to and gave satisfaction but not that brought him fame in vaudeville. Paul vaudeville booked by Charles H. Dou- be of great advantage to thea¬ kind which coaxes applause. Several Goudron said that he would have trick. The bill for the opening week ter managers as well as booking acts went better than hers from an booked Rowley for life on the hit he is Myrtle Victorine and the Two Zol- agents. Scrap books containing applause standpoint. Not long ago made at the Masonic gathering if ars, known as “Those Three Nifty The Show World “Record of this act was seen at the Trevett in he had never seen or heard of the Girls,” The Imperial Four, Greene & Acts” will be of great value Chicago and fault was found with the hundreds of “good reports” which are Parker. Stutzman & May and Kunze when acts are sent in on short billing “greatest monkey act.” The on file at the S-C office. & Collinger. notice. The Show World’s manager of the act called and blamed “Record of Acts” gives the bill¬ the house for the billing. Donning a ing of the act, its class, states modesty unusual to vaudevilians he Terre Haute House. at what theater it was witnessed, pointed out that Mile. Louise had a its place on the bill, the number “good” act. “We can’t tell what the of men and women and animals house will do in the way of billing,” in the act, the time it runs and he said. Strangely enough the same the scenery required. There is billing is used at Milwaukee this Friday June 8. no other way for out-of-town week! It is hard to believe that there managers to secure this infor¬ is & conspiracy among house man¬ Ur farron A. Patriok, Managing Editor, mation. agers, press agents and designers of The Shov Vorld Publishing Connany, It pays to advertise in THE theatrical posters to misrepresent this Brand Opera House Building, SHOW WORLD. act! The Australian Kelleys opened Chicago, Illinois the show and were liked. Scott & Uy Dear Sir— Wilson followed and went big. Jack I wish to take this opportunity, to let you know the amount of good Gardner on third went big. The that I have derived from my recent front page display in your paper. A great ing thoroughly conversant with the Swickards went good in next to clos¬ many peoplo are of the opinion that all theatrical papers are swayed by vaudeville situation should be able to ing position and Mile. Louise has a advertising, and that if you do not advertise in a paper it will invariably handle acts competently. good monkey act, if not the greatest. roast you. I am pleased to say that your paper was very graoious to me at The Columbia splits with the Em¬ all times. I reooived some veTy fine notioes from your critics and I had VAUDEVILLE NOTES. never placed any advertising with you. Many people told me that they had. seen pire. The bill at the Columbia Mon¬ the writeups I received in your papers or.d also many managers, and I made up «y G. Harris Eldon and Bessie Clifton day night was not as heartily ap¬ nin- that if managers saw those writers they would see my advertising. That are laying off in Chicago this week. plauded by the audience as it should was tha^ reason that X placed ray ad with you, and it was very pleasing for me to Owen & Hoffman are appearing at have been. No walk in numerous offices in Chicago and see my front page display on The the Logan Square Airdome the last Glance at cause can be as- Show World, on nearly every desk, half of this week. Columbia signed. The au- Permit me to thank you a Manley & Sterling will produce a Bill. dience was as "It pays to advertise in The Show for one of your early issues. new act in September with the title large as could be “The Picture Man.” expected on a hot night. Artusa Thanking you again for y very Billy Brown has been given con¬ opened the show. His act has fre¬ tracts for the Orpheum circuit, opeoy quently been referred to in these col¬ ing at Memphis, Tenn. ''k umns. Ross & Ross, an amateur team, The Two Mascots have signed with was on second at the first performanc Harry M. Strouse’s “The Lady Buc¬ of the week. If the manager did his caneers” for next season. duty they were off the bill at the sec¬ The Thalia Theater, which is ond show. Ross & Ross do Dutch booked by Charles H. Doutrick, plans comedy. “She stood on the bridge SOCIALISTIC PLAY NORMAN FRIEDENWALD to remain open all summer. at midnight,” one of them starts a BARRED AT GARY. HAS OPENED OFFICE. Francis Owen spent Tuesday and recitation. “And some one moved Norman Friedenwald, formerly Wednesday at Long Lake where he the bridge,” interrupts the short “Steel,” a thrilling one-act drama written by Peyton Boswell, former manager of the Elite Theater in Rock found some splendid fishing. Dutchman who believes that he does A1 Fields and Dave Lewis will be managing editor of the Chicago Daily Island, Ill., and of the Elite Theater the comedy of the act. “You will Socialist, and depicting the killing of in Moline, Ill., has opened an office seen next season in a play with the title “We Won’t Go Home Until never be an actor,” remarks the long hopelessly crippled steel mill em¬ room 211 Crilly building and will act one after rehearsing the short one as ployes by company surgeons, was to as “Artist’s Representative.” He has Morning.” Robisch & Childress feel easier this the engine for the “save the child” have been given its initial appearance a license displayed on the wall and week. Their son who was in the bit. The remark goes for both of Monday night in Gary, the steel city, laughingly suggested that neither hospital at Fort Wayne last week was them! Robisch & Childress followed but the manager of the opera house Walter Keefe nor Ed Lang had yet able to leave it last Saturday. and managed to break the spell of there forbade it, fearing to incur the called to look it over. This jest Somers & Storke were at the Repu¬ gloom. Lottie Mayer closed the show came as a result of a crusade on the displeasure of the steel officials. The blic the first half of the week and and is a big feature for a house with play may be produced in Milwaukee. part of other agents to force every acting agent into an office and making have S-C bookings which will keep such low prices. them engaged until September in the The Empress, the new S-C house, it necessary to have a license. It Roy McCardell has arranged “Mr. wasn’t a bad move. It seems that middle west. After that they play is a very pretty theater. It is well the western S-C time booked by Chris. and Mrs. Jarr” for vaudeville and the Friedenwald has held his license for located and nicely equipped. Jack O. Brown. Yeo is treasurer of the house and act was seen for the first time in the some time, however. Friedenwald is East this week. well known to the profession and be¬ Carl McCullough is the first artist Sidney Brantford (a son of Tom to play the Foster theater a full week Brantford) is assistant treasurer. since the house came under the West¬ ern Vaudeville Manager’s Association bookings. McCullough played there LOLA LEA EARL COMPANY VACATION FOR ACTORS a full week before and returns to the theater now for a full week. I OPENED AT MUSKEGON. PAVILION THEATER The Lola Lea Earl Company, in¬ The Four Fords left “The Follies cluding Lola Lea Earl and daughters FOX LAKE, ILL. of 1910” and report has it that their Zella and Dearest May, recently departure was due to the fact that closed twenty-two weeks in the south All the old guard is here. If you strike Chicago or vicinity let us Bert Williams followed them without and opened Thursday of this week at know and we’ll send you a ticket. Finest fishing in America. a change of setting. the Bijou in Benton Harbor, Mich., Plenty of good things to. eat and nice, cool rooms. on the Frank Q. Doyle time. On Bobby Gaylor’s latest reports on July 4 they open on Ed Lang’s time the condition of his wife, who is ill at the new Hippodrome at 53d and Bert COWDREY &, PASDELOUP George at the hospital, shows that she is Ashland.. much improved. 6 THE SHOW WORLD June 25, 1909J RELIABLE RECORD OF VAUDEVILLE ACTS (E. E. MEEEMTH NEWS SERVICE, ROOM 216, 167 DEARBORN ST.)

REID & SANTLEY. THREE WHITE KUHNS. LANGSLOW. MLLE. LOUISE’S MONKEYS. Billing—Songs and Dances. Billing—Songs and Music. Billing—Rifle Shooting. Billing—Animal Act. Class—“B.” No. 290. Time—13 Class—“B.” No. 293. Time—13 Class—“D.” No. 288. Time—9 min- Class—“C.” No. 291. Time—9 mint minutes. minutes. Seen—Majestic, Milwaukee, June Seen—Majestic, Chicago, June 21, Seen—Schindler’s, Chicago, June Seen—Empress, Milwaukee, June 20, 1910. 1910. 19, 1910. 20, 1910. Place on Bill—Fourth. Place on Bill—Eighth. Place on Bill—Headliner. Number Place on Bill—Closing. Number of Scenery Required—Olio in one. Scenery Required—Street in one. ber of men, 2; number of women, 1. women, 1; number of men, 1; number] Remarks—Florence Reid and Fred Remarks—When the Three White Scenery Required—Full stage. of monkeys, 5. Santley made their first appearance in Kuhns tried out their new act at the Remarks—The large number of Scenery Required—Full stage. vaudeville at the Majestic in Mil¬ Kedzie a few months ago its merit shows given in the outlying vaude¬ Remarks—The billing of this act as waukee this week and could not have was recognized. Recent improve¬ ville houses of Chicago tell on acts the “greatest monkey act” invites com¬ been more successful had they been ments have made it one of the most such as this. At the fifth show Sun¬ parison with others. There is at leas! in vaudeville all their lives. As a gen¬ delightful offerings of the kind in day, Langslow missed the shot where one act which is better from the eral proposition the good act in one vaudeville. The boys come on play¬ standpoint of pleasing an audience] he splits a card with a bullet. He gets the audience on the first en¬ ing a mandola, a cello, guitar and a Mile. Louise has some monks whichi trance. Miss Reid has that personal¬ contra bass guitar and later one in¬ missed the first time, the second time perform wonderful tricks and has sj ity which interests her audience upon troduces a bass fiddle which is used and the third time. After three efforts mischievous little one which creates her first appearance and Mr. Santley both for music and comedy. They he gave it up. The boys around the many laughs. The mischievous monkey is sufficiently nonchalant for the crit¬ sing and render their own delightful house said it was the first time he had is so amusing that the attention is ical portion of an audience to pick accompaniment. The comedy is both missed the shot during the engage¬ distracted from the performance ol him out as a chap who can “deliver amusing and refined. They sing coon ment. Langslow makes his shots the best of the monkey trapeze artistsj the goods.” Miss Reid is dressed in songs mostly, but several dialect num¬ from a wire. He opens by doing The rise of the curtain displays Mile! a black dress, ankle length, and wears bers are well done. some fancy steps on the wire and is Louise standing on a half moon ar¬ a small hat. Her appearance is in handed his rifle by a uniformed as¬ rangement with a monkey at her side! direct contrast to the gaudy gowns DR. HERMAN. sistant. His early shots unfurl flags. The act opens with two monkey! and tremendous hats of the women in His next shot is made while sitting dining and a third serving them Billing—Electrical. on the wire. Another shot is made similar acts. Mr. Santley wears a Class “B.” No. 294. Time—22 Compared with Consul it is a ludi¬ black walking suit and straw hat. The while sitting on the wire with his crous effort to entertain. A monli minutes. back to the object and a mirror is two open with one of those songs Seen—Majestic, Chicago, June 21, then walks a strip of board made to. which two can carry on in dialogue. employed to get the site. The next look like a tight rope. Another 1910. shot is made while hanging on his The applause brings him back alone. Place on Bill—Seventh. Number of walks across it on its forefeet. In He has a hot weather song which toes on the wire. The shot at the the meantime the mischievous monk men II. cardboard, in which three misses were changes into a topical one with later Scenery Required—Full stage. has landed on a trampolin and from verses. Miss Reid takes the stage recorded Sfinday night, is made while then on everyone watches it. A alone, when he has finished, and offers Remarks—Dr. Herman is a show¬ standing on the wire. A lady holds miniature wheelbarrow is pushed a kid song. A long apron hieies the man. He has every point of the game the card on the end of a pole across the “rope” by a monk. A second gown in which she is to be at his finger’s tips. The Herman act so that its edge is towards him. The monk walks up steps on its forefeet. seem. The song inquires if any one without the Doctor would be worse shot is very interesting when per¬ Monks perform on swinging trapeze has a kiss to spare. Miss Reid is a and one does a disrobing act which likable girl and where the audience THE CLASSIFICATION OF ACTS is rather novel. could have answered “yes” and did not, the male portion displayed poor (For Guidance of Managers.) BERNARD & HARRISON. judgment. Santley follows her, mak¬ Billing—“Cohen from Bridgeport.’! ing his entrance under the spot, this Class “A.”—Headline attractions for the largest houses, through the extraordinary merit of the offering, owing to the prominence of Class—“B.” No. 292. Time—15 time in full dress. He sings the first minutes. verse of “When the Balmy Breezes the players, or due to the timeliness of the presentation. Class “B.”—Acts suitable for the most pretentious bills in the Seen—Majestic, Chicago, June 2lJ Blow.” Miss Reid joins him at the .1910. first chorus and there is a suggestion larger houses. Those in this class are frequently strong headline attractions. Place on Bill—Headliner. of a flirtation and spooning which is Scenery Required—Street in one. I delightful. A dance concludes the Class “C.”—Offerings which have much in their favor for strong offering. Miss Reid still wears black bills, and are well suited for responsible places on programs where Remarks—This is an unusual offer¬ and the gown, like the others, reaches two shows are given nightly with popular prices prevailing. Many ing and quite the cleverest sidewalk to her ankles. Miss Reid and Mr. splendid acts appear under this classification. conversation act yet introduced into Santley are late features of “The Gay Class “D.”—Acts suited for irresponsible positions on bills where vaudeville. There is no gagging Hussars.” While they will not prove two shows are given nightly at popular prices. merely for the sake of laughs. Bar¬ a “riot” in vaudeville they are certain Class “E.”—Acts which are believed to be fitted for places on ney Bernard has the comedy. He ap¬ to be welcome at all times. It is an bills in 10 and 20 cent houses. Those appearing under this classifica¬ pears as a prosperous merchant from act which is good, without being tion may have the makings of offerings suited for more pretentious Bridgeport and Lee Harrison (the great, but with those qualities which bills. straight) is a New York salesman. It insure its being good on any bill Class “F.”—Acts which are fairly good for 10 and 20 cent houses. is a glimpse of real life. The sales¬ Class “G.”—Acts which may make good in five and ten-cent man has been showing the merchant houses, but which are hardly adapted for ten and twenty-cent houses, the town and they are on their way LOTTIE MAYER. where an effort it made to secure the best of popular priced offerings. home when they stop and the dia¬ Class “H.”—Acts which are mediocre in the cheapest houses. logue is heard which brings enjoy-- Billing—Diving. ment to vaudeville. There is jesting Class “C” No. 289. Time—7 Min¬ than Hamlet with Hamlet and the formed, it is said. The lady then of the women they have seen, of the utes. dinner they have had and incidentally ghost omitted. The act opens with lights candles and he puts them out Seen—Columbia, Milwaukee, June business is introduced. “Let us not an elaborate display of electrical ap¬ with bullets. Leaving the wire Langs¬ 20, 1910. mix business and pleasure,” urges the paratus and Dr. Herman makes a talk low makes his way to the gallery and Place on Bill—Headliner. Number salesman. “Business is pleasure to of women, 1; number of men, 1 on electricity intimating that he knows extinguishes a candle and breaks balls by his shots. Langslow wears a full me” replies the Hebrew merchant. Scenery Required—Full Stage Spe¬ it better than anyone else and his dress suit and a silk hat while per¬ Bernard’s Jew is a well dressed and cial.) v every word indicates that the speaker prosperous one. knows his subject. The act itself forming. Remarks—Lottie Mayer has cut would indicate that Herman is a down her act since it was seen at the RUSSELL & RAY. GRANVILLE & ROGERS. Trevett in Chicago. It now opens like wizard who either has electricity Billing—Singing, Dancing and Talk-J tamed or defies it to do its worst. He Billing—“The Man from Nevada.” the act of “The Divine Myrma” and (Comedy sketch.) charges his body and an assistant Class “B.” No. 295. Time—20J resembles it except that the tank is Seen—Sittner’s, Chicago, June 22, on the stage instead of under it and lights papers from his nose, his Minutes. tongue, his foot and any other por¬ 1910. that Miss Mayer has not the attrac¬ Place on Bill—Third. Seen—Majestic, Chicago, June 21,1 tion of the body the audience sug¬ 1910. tive personality of the Morris diver. Scenery Required—Exterior in four. Miss Mayer attempts to walk coyly gests. Then Dr. Herman calls for Place on Bill—Sixth. a committee from the audience. He Remarks—It takes pretty good Scenery Required—Olio in One. I across the stage for the opening of comedy to make an audience laugh the act. Her manner is not exactly invites ladies to come up with such these warm nights and mighty fine Remarks—Granville & Rogers havel easy. There is something lacking at assurance that one can scarcely believe singing to bring an audience to the certainly come into "their own.” At I this early stage of the act. She then he has “plants” to respond to his call. point of applauding. Russell & Ray the Majestic this week they are pre¬ is seen behind a silhouette screen When the “committee’’ shows up the got a fair share of applause which in¬ senting as delightful a conceit as where she disrobes like “The Divine act should prove a hit if things are dicated that the team provided the vaudeville might desire. One of them Myrma.” The walk up to the spring carried along as nicely as they kind of amusement that North avenue appears in full dress and the other in board is followed by a front dive, a were Tuesday afternoon. Reports relishes. The offering is better fitted a comedy tuxedo. The comedian dis-1 back dive, a back front dive, a neck for burlesque than for vaudeville. plays such rare intelligence as to the from Milwaukee indicate that the act duties of a refined comedy enter-1 dive, a hand stand dive, a jack knife was not the sensation there last week Dan Russell uses the Irish make-up dive, a back sommersault, a standing which is generally accepted in bur¬ tainer and the “staight” is so talented! that it should have been. Dr. Herman that the offering ranks deservedly! sitting dive and a standing sitting is not played up as great a feature at lesque. He is a Rice & Barton sort of comedian. Marjorie Ray appears high. standing dive. The Columbia audience the Majestic as he might be. There did not applaud during the act at the as a soubrette. There is the usual, first show Monday night. The diver are good reasons why he could not line of burlesque dialogue running To Fill Vacancy. seemed to deserve applause from that be but any failure in giving him ad¬ through the act and she sings one Charlie Bell went to the Columbia! audience. Miss Mayer hesitates be¬ vance publicity interferes with his suc¬ song, he sings one and for a finish he in Milwaukee for Tuesday and fore diving just a moment, but long cess as it would with Pauline’s. No sings. “A Few Short Years from Wednesday of this week to fill the] enough to detract from her per¬ “healing” features are introduced in Now” to her. the timely verses of vacancy when Ross and Ross were: formance. his present act. which found favor. taken out of the program. June 25, 1910. THE SHOW WORLD 7

COOL AND DELIGHTFUL TX7HATS the use of making all this fuss about going to the sea-shore * * to spend your summer, when you can find such a dandy hotel to spend the hot day sand such cooling things to eat? Might as well join us,—every¬ body wears the smile of contentment. LEONARD HICKS, Manager

Fables in Vaudeville No. 7 WILLIAM ( AItTKlf, Mgr. H. B. CARTER, Sec’y BOOKINC FIRST QUALITY ACTS FOR VAUDEVILLE, PARKS, FAIRS “The Ventriloquist Turned Doctor and Effected a Cure”

By FRANCIS OWEN of Owen New York City, N. Y. AT WILLIAM MORRIS?

COL. HARRY HAMILTON Presents LADY LOUISE BUCKLEY & CO. C. Sharp Jocosely Styled “B. Dull,” Refers to “Principaj IN THE SENSATIONAL IRISH COMEDY PLAYLET ENTITLED THE WORLD O P STRIFE Offices” in Statement Which Does Not LAUGH AND THE WORLD LAUGHS WITH YOU Include Leading Agency

C. Sharp, a Dr. Jekyll and Mr. morrow for an extended tour of tl Hyde sort of person, who edits the South, in search of new houses adi WITH THE vaudeville department of the Chicago to meet the managers of the Well THE SMART SMART American under the name of Sharp, circuit which they book. and handles the press work of the CHAP LOuis KE Lso CHATTER Give Scamper. American Music Hall under another name, had an item in his notes last While the Irish-American Trio v Saturday, which said: playing the Gayety here they gav< “A sign has been posted in the little scamper, presenting an old ti IN VAUDEVILLE principal booking offices barring out minstrel first part in conjunction w the alleged press agents,” etc., etc. the regular performance at the Gi Investigation in every room of the ety. Those who took part were l spacious new offices of William Mor¬ Irish-American Trio, Clipper Qui_ lE0 ris, Inc., in the Crilly building, failed tette, Milt Schuster, of Schuster af GRACE WILSON DOHERTYS™ to disclose such a sign and the only Cole; Cary Taylor Brown, of Broi conclusion deducible is that C. Sharp Harris and Brown, and all other a Playing W. V. M. A. Time “CLASSY BITS OF EVERYTHING” does not consider the office of Wil¬ on the bill that week. It was a grs liam Morris, Inc., one of the “prin¬ affair and was tendered to Chas. Rq cipal booking offices.” hardt, late feature tenor with Al. L To be sure that no such sign was Fields greater minstrels, he being tl All Agents! DOING FINE! Special Scenery hidden behind the door of the private interlocutor. office of J. C. Matthews, an investiga¬ tor made a careful survey. When Mr. Matthews was questioned he an¬ carl McCullough’s SAMUELS & CHESTER swered “I have not seen any such SENSATIONAL SUCCESS. sign,” rather evasively. When cor¬ IN “THE ITALIAN FRUIT VENDER” nered he confessed that there was. no Carl McCullough returned to i such sign in the office of William Foster theater this week and the m: Morris, Inc., nor had the posting of agement says that he is easily I such sign been considered. biggest hit of the season at Mr. Matthews was then questioned house. He received armloads of flo concerning the sign and at length ers Monday night. There were bo Takes Elegant Suite in the Crilly quets of carnations, peonies, ros THE LAUGHING PLAYLET Building, Giving Plenty of Room made a direct statement. “There is no such sign in this office,” he said etc. Carl McCullough is boomed ' for Recently Acquired his press agent as “The Single Ch Business. with that degree of emphasis which “THE MAN FROM NEVADA” made a search behind the photos on cago Hit of the Season,” and no q The new offices of William Morris, the wall useless labor. jections have been filed against t Inc., in the Crilly building at 167 phrase. Dearborn street are elegantly ap¬ pointed in every way and there is DIVORCE IS GRANTED now sufficient space for the practical TO RENNOLD WOLF. DAN operation of the extensive bookings “The Wizzar,” a sensational act of the rapidly growing western con¬ with the additional billing of “The NEW YORK, June 20—AbrahJ nection of this important vaudeville Human Streak,” is to be seen in Chi¬ Stern, a referee appointed by ti interest. cago, July 4. The act is now in re¬ Supreme court, submitted his repq RUSSELL The new offices have been splen¬ hearsal in Milwaukee and Charles H. in which he recommended that Re didly furnished and even if the agency Doutrick has an option on its first Hold Wolf, a dramatic critic, I grows as J. C. Matthews expects appearance. “Wizzar” slides a distance granted a divorce from Hope Bocj there is no likelihood of additional of 300 feet on a cable making a Wolf, the actress, by reason of h rooms being needed for several straight stand and balance slide. Ar¬ misconduct with Alexander JerardW months. riving at the end of the run from a the Hotel Navarre on March 10 lafl MARGUERITE RAY The William Morris, Inc., agency tower 100 feet high he dives into a has occupied the same floor of the tank of water, eight feet wide, fifteen Crackerjack Show. LATE STARS OE same building for several years and long and four deep. “Wizzar” stands the advantage of securing sufficient on a little car when the slide for life The first show booked in _ _ space without removing to a new is made. The act is being considered press at Kansas City tickled Dan J building is at once recognized. by Ringling Brothers for next season. Coy the manager and showed , MATINEE GIRL CO. S. A. Bristow, the William Morris, quality of attractions Sullivan & Cl Inc., lawyer, and J. C. Matthews, who sidine are playing. McCoy maria has charge of the Chicago agency of ENCORE COMES OUT every act but one “Extra Good” A BIG HIT AT William Morris, Inc., each have EARLY NEXT MONTH. then made two crosses instead of splendid private offices. Sam Baer- indicating that the acts were extj SITTNER’S THIS WEEK witz and Murray Blee have a big The bulletin board at the head¬ extra good. The single act n room in which the booking is. carried quarters of the Actor’s Union Local marked, extra, extra good w on under the personal supervision of No. 4 announces that “The Encore” marked “good” and “good” is sayii Mr. Matthews and there remains will be issued again on July 1. That a great deal. ample space for the waiting artists is the only announcement which was BURLESQUE and the house managers who secure on the bulletin on Tuesday, June *21. attractions from that agency. The announcement stated that the LEW AND NELLIE In addition there is a room for Col. next “Encore” would be circulated ENGAGEMENTS W. A. Thompson, which the signs among all the unions of Chicago. “The states is the “business office of the Encore” when last issued was rather American Music Hall.” exciting. SHAW Carter De Haven Fined. The Wonder of the Carter De Haven is continually in the limelight. The latest is that he THE GREAT ALBINI has been fined $10 for driving his LOUISVILLE, Ind., June 19.—The Billiard World motor faster than the Massachusetts Princess Theatrical Exchange and The only act of its kind in the world BOOKED SOLID law allows. Jake Sternad, have secured the book¬ HEADLINERS ings of Riverview Park, playing five The Eltinge Play. on the Sullivan-Considine Circuit f< acts weekly. Twenty Weeks. The play in which Julian Eltinge Jake Sternad, of Sternad & Conk¬ will be starred next season will be lin, and John B. Simons, of the Prin¬ f THE SHOW WORL1 SUBSCRIBE FOR THE SHOW WORLD called “An American Bride.” cess Theatrical Exchange, leave to- 9 25, 1910. THE SHOW WORLD

plant which will provide pure water J. OGDEN ARMOUR. for Cedar Point patrons; a complete CORRESPONDENCE transformation of the main floor, or lobby, of the Hotel Breakers; the erection of a much-needed passage¬ it to his local house, starting this way which connects the Hotel Break¬ ILLINOIS. ers with the theater and dining room; week. a new “Figure Eight” has also-been MARSHALL, Ill., June 21.—The After being barred from the Ma¬ Amusement Hall, managed by Mack jestic theater Sunday on account of built, as trie old one had to be torn Rolison, gives Saturday night shows the Sunday amusement ordinance, down to make room for the bath¬ only, consisting principally of two to prohibiting any entertainment to ing pavilion. three variety acts and a reel of mov¬ which an admission fee is charged, ing pictures, for an admission of ten Eugene V. Debs, the Socialist worker, KANSAS CITY TO SEE cents. Business very good. delivered his address to an audience CLASH OF BIG SHOWS. Adams and Stahls Carnival Com¬ of several thousand at Oakwood Park pany, consisting of three shows and Casino.—BARNES. some small concessions with colored KANSAS CITY, Mo., June 22.— In the upper house Monday night band of seven pieces, is here all this MINNESOTA week.—J. M. H. an ordinance to repeal the present MANKATO, June 20.—New airdome, uniform circus license was introduced KANSAS. erected at north end of street railway by Alderman Louis Oppenstein. This line, will open some day this week new ordinance provided for a rate of LEAVENWORTH, June 22.—C. under ownership of the Mankato Elec¬ $10.00 a car without regard to the W. Parker spent several hours here tric Company, whose purpose in start¬ number of cars. The ordinance will last week while on his return trip ing the venture is to stimulate street be considered another week before it from Butte, Mont., where eh had been car business during summer months. is acted upon. visiting the C. W. Parker Carnival Round trip trolley tickets at 10 cents In the meantime, General Agent Co. The company is loing a splendid will admit bearers to airdome. Pro¬ Sam McCracken, and Attorney Kelley, business under the management of gram will include moving pictures acting for the circus trust, are at the Ned .Stoughton. only at the beginning, but vaudeville Hotel Baltimore and are moving heav¬ The Fair Association is making may be added later, and band concerts en and earth to hammer down the preparations to handle the immense will be given on special occasions, circus license. It is reported that a crowds that will be at the Fourth of according to Manager Hance. Re¬ billing crew is being held in readiness July celebration and military carni¬ freshment stand concessions have and that the Barnum & Bailey Show val, which will be held at the fair been sold to Heinze, a local concern. will play Kansas City, regardless of grounds. Military maneuvers and —RICHTER. any action which may be taken by drills will be given by troops from the license committee. This will the post, with races to fill in. Many DULUTH, June 18.—H. E. Pierce mean stirring times in these parts, for excursions will be run into the city & Co., owners of “In Wyoming” now the Sells-Floto shows are contracted on account of the soldiers taking part. being played in stock in Portland, to apepar here three days in July. —CORLETTE. Ore., will play the copper county with The latter aggregation is reported to a repertoire of “Strongheart,” “The be doing an enormous business all WICHITA,, June 18.—Adams and Squaw Man” and “Soldiers of For¬ along the line and at the two-bit Guel Musical Comedy Company close tune.” Superior, Wis., will be played price will give the trust show a royal Millionaire Packer of Chicago Whose their five week’s engagement at Won¬ July 3-4-5. Wm. Jossey will play the battle here. An unconfirmed report Peerless Draft Horses Are Shown derland Park tomorrow (Sunday). leads and be featured. has it that Messrs. Tammen & Bon- with the Sells-Floto Circus. Manager Muttle will use Wm. Morris Ringling Bros.’ car No. 2 is in town fils will winter the Sells-Floto show vaudeville, starting Monday. This he with Chas. Lee, an old Duluth boy, in Kansas City and put out a fifty-car thinks will prove more popular than as head of the country posters.— troups next spring at the split price. musical stock. Adams and Guel have SHAPIRO. W. E. Haines is here contracting not met with the success that was ex¬ SELLS-FLOTO ADDS for the Sellfe-Floto engagement. Fred pected. They have a fairly good com¬ NEBRASKA. Griffin here today, having left the NEW ARMOUR TEAM. pany but lack a good producer. John Robinson Ten Big to represent Dirt will start ta fly next week on GRAND ISLAND, June 21.—The the Sulphur Springs Lithia Water Airdome, recently erected, of con¬ DENVER, Colo., June 22.—J. Og¬ the new Crawford house. This when Co. (Ark.), his brother having leased crete blocks, was opened Saturday den Armour is sending his new six- finished will be one of the finest in the springs from the government. horse prize team to Denver where the southwest. The new house will evening, May 28th, by Lorraine Keene Doctor Jack Manley writes me they will arrive Friday, June 24, join¬ play K. & E., while the old one will and Associate Players, with two from New York City the Forepaugh- dome, June 13th, with “The Quaker ing the Sells-Floto circus on the 27th, be used for popular price attractions. Sells Show will entertain him the rest which is the time it plays Denver. Tom North was in the city this bill, “Wyoming.” The H. Edmund Rush company of players, opened its of the season. This new team and harness has just week ahead of Gentry Bros., who are Col. Fred Wagner of the H. & W. been put together and is expected to billed for Saturday the 25th. He is two weeks’ engagement at the Air¬ Show, has invited your humble ser¬ drome, June 13th, with “The Quaker personify any and every team of its the same old Tom and says they have vant to spend a couple of weeks with kind. The International team now the cleanest little show on the road. Maiden,” to a full house. with Sells-Floto remains, making two Doc Miller is getting gun and fish¬ Michaelson theater, moving pictures and vaudeville (singing and dancing), James Hathaway reports fine busi¬ Armour prize teams that will travel ing tackle together and says he will ness in Dubuque, Iowa, with the Great from now on. Steamship Bleucher be ready to “beat it” as soon as the excellent business, week of June 13th. Patterson Carnival Company. arriving New York, Monday, 5:00 last curtain falls at the Princess, Sat The Lyric, moving pictures and Kansas City will be great for the p. m, brought on board twin' baby urday night. Stanley Chambers is vaudeville, Vivian and Bur Dell, “The Conversation Girls,” good business. circuses and the fall season looks elephants one measuring 33 and the dreaming of that “Dear Old Milwau¬ good for hall troupes. The Empress Jewel theater, a moving picture and other 36 inches in height, in charge of kee Town” where you don’t have to theater, under the direction of Dan Lutuff Ullah, their foster father. give fifteen passwords to get in con¬ vaudeville home, closed for the sum¬ McCoy, is doing a wonderful business. mer. All shows, however, open here They were expressed to Denver Tues¬ nection with a cold one. Flit Fraser Some house that, and well managed. day where thy also join the show. is going on an altogether different Sunday. Ackerman & Quigley and Baker & C. W. Finney, formerly contractor mission. He will return in the fall NEW JERSEY. Lockwood report splendid business. with the Sells-Floto shows was lured with a new partner, and is bidding Prosperity means money for shows away by Jake Newman, who originally farewell to the bunch, saving he will NEWARK, N. J., June 21.—Jack and supply houses. The Peerless and recommended him, and W. E. Haines not be in a position to join in any Porter, who has charge of the main J. W. Morgan Film Exchanges are is taking his place and is now .con¬ more midnight expeditions.—HARD¬ entrance at Olympic Park, this city, rushed with orders. General Agent tracting East. WICK. holds the record for taking tickets Lou Williams of the Gentry Shows is The Sells-Floto eastern tour will unassisted. Mr. Porter collected two making headquarters in Kansas City. embrace most of the larger cities MICHIGAN. thousand itckets inside of fifty min¬ —HARRY J. LAY. after leaving Denver as far east as utes last Sunday afternoon, which Chicago, and according to present KALAMAZOO, June 21. — The breaks all records in the eastern states. reports will play day and date with Harvey Stock Company, at the Ful¬ He has a joke and a smile for every¬ COSMOPOLITAN SHOWS the Barnum & Bailey show at Fre¬ ler opening, the permanent stock sea¬ one and is quite a favorite here. TO PLAY LUNA PARK. mont, Neb. It is hoped that this son, have been doing nice business Manager L. O. Munford is doing will come about and then the choice considering the amusement opposi¬ quite a business with his new summer The Great Cosmopolitan Show did of the public will be measured as to tion this week. Mr. Orr has gathered theater at Verona Lake Park, having whether they prefer to see an in¬ what is by far the best stock organi¬ turnaway business at Richmond, Ind., installed a musical comedy stock last week. They are at Elkhart, Ind., dependent circus at 25 cnts admission, zation ever seen in Kalamazoo at company which gives performances which, as a matter of performance is popular prices. It numbers Miss Vio¬ this week and at Laporte next week in conjunction with moving pictures under the auspices of the city coun¬ equal if not better than the bigger let Barney, Richard St. .Vrain, Miss and illustrated songs. shows. Mina Griffin, Horace Linney, L. A. cil on the main streets of the town. Several new open air moving picture J. R. Anderson, general manager has A new elephant car, built by the Mt. Emmert, Miss Effie Hardin, Miss houses have opened here, including Florence Morrison, Harvey D. Orr, closed a contract to play Luna Park, Vernon Car Manufacturing Company. Proctor’s Park on Market street,_ and July 3 to 10. The show carries 215 Mt. Vernon, Ill., will also be joined Dick Greenfield, Smith Davies, Miss all are doing a land office business Katherine Selsor, Perce Warren and people and twenty-one 60-foot cars. out at Denver.—Dixon. since the hot spell has struck here.— All the railroad equipment is con¬ others. In the opening bill the work O’BRYAN. of Miss Barney, Miss Griffin, Mr. St. trolled by the Great Cosmopolitan Show. Ben Holmes Wild West joined “Pop Corn” George on Rails. Vrain, Mr. Walters and Mr. Davies OHIO. was especially praised in the local the Great Cosmopolitan Show at Elk¬ “Pop Corn” George W. Hall, is to press. This is the first permanent SANDUSKY, June 20, 1910.—The hart, Ind., this week. Anderson was have a regular circus on rails. His summer stock in a downtown theater season of 1910 was inaugurated at in Chicago Wednesday concluding {.Aggregation, known as Tiger Bill’s ever ventured for this city and it is Cedar Point, on Lake Erie, Satur¬ arrangements for the forthcoming en¬ Wild West & Col. G. W. Hall’s hoped that it will be the forerunner day, June 11. Many improvements gagement at Luna Park and stated to Trained Animal Show, will close its of many successful seasons. have been made since the close last a Show World representative that Chicago people would have an op¬ engagement on Chicago lots July 2, Vaudeville at the Majestic continues fall, among them the following: The erection of a new bathing pavilion portunity of witnessing a real carni¬ and will open in Michigan, July 4. to do. well in spite of the hot wave. Col. Butterfield has secured one week which will accommodate five thousand val aggregation when the Great Cos¬ The show will be carried on seven mopolitan plays at Luna Park. cars, with a bill car in advance. of “The Rolfonians” and has awarded people at one time; a new filtration THE SHOW WORLD 1009. TOPICAL CLOWNS HAVE SPLENDID FIELD go and make yourself necessary ( COLUMBUS, O., the position. Use your ideas for th( June 31—I look Successful Features Require Brains and Enterprise Past benefit of the business you are asso toward Sellsville, and Present Funmakers ciated with. “Spader” Johnson in not far'from here, troduced the “Brainstorm Automc sacred with its bile” and other clown creation! memories of the Frank (“Slivers”) Oakley receive circus profession. BY DOC WADDELL. $16 a week as a clown with the Ring The noted show- ling Bros, shows in 1895. Today h the Sells out like the stars of the old school away up, gets the money. He schools is the principal funmaker at the Net^ Brothers, who did because they have the goods, that himself. This beats time wasted, York Hippodrome in New York Citj tablished the little which satisfies the demands of the thrown away, moments passed out Why? He shelved the convention^ town, are dead, amusement public. They do not wor¬ with the boys being a “good fellow” and sought for innovation. His base and only a hand- ship the tallow candle, and they in the common acceptance of the ball stunt appeals to every fan in th< full of the boys understand the why and wherefore of term. Circus clowns should study wide world. He sought a nations and girls __ whom_ it was practically “the survival of the fittest.” events, read the newspapers and pastime for his material. This I be a home, live to tell its - story.- , r Connected with shows the greater magazines and instead of following lieve he introduced when with thi remember the clowns who mingled part of my life, and most of this time old lines of clowning put on skits de¬ Barnum-Bailey shov? in Madiso: there, who joined hands with the ap¬ as press agent, I have been interested picting topical events of the day. Let Square Garden. Critics from every proach of spring to demonstrate with in, studied closely and written en¬ the circus clown educate himself to where came to see .it. Among thes tricks and oddities the cardinal propo¬ thusiastically of the Joeys. I like the possibilities of real humor. was Montgomery Phister, dramati sition: “Laugh and the world laughs them, every one of them. I declare Clowns and all showmen should mas¬ editor of the Commercial Tribune with you; weep and you weep alone.” here and now that as a class they pos¬ ter the “Life of P. T. Barnum.” This Cincinnati, and I wish to state hei One of these funmakers in particular sess the brains, the heart, the soul should be to the showman what that on either stage or sawdust, < vividly comes to view—Sam Rinehart. to accomplish wonders; that no other Blackstone is to the lawyer. Every footlight follower or they of tente He was also a leaper of renown. The set of circus life, underneath the out¬ clown by all means should read and dome, Montgomery Phister is autho^ last time I saw him alive was in his ward surface and appearance of being, study the writings of the late Bill ity and critic true, and sincere frien! room, a humble affair, a few days be¬ are superior. Ideas that have given Nye, Mark Twain and “Brick” of all clean amusement and its v fore his death. On the wall hung a to the air and bar and flying ring Pomeroy. ries. Mr. Phister told me that * whip, one of the long, ringmaster and back of horse dare-devil, high- Take it from me, as your friend James Bailey he was passing throug] kind, and pointing to that he said: salaried acts were born amidst the and well-wisher, that if you never had Madison Square Garden when of ‘ “That’s what makes Sam his living; clowns. The same attention paid to the chance of a school education, dur¬ sudden he found himself spellbouni that’s my dearest friend.” There their own realm would put all clowns ing leisure moments on the road pick His eyes were feasted on a clow was meaning in his lines—a meaning in the running with the big money. up a little sbmething each day and playing baseball and he was holdin for the ages, a story that still re¬ The point I make is that vaudeville is when home during the winter be his sides with laughter as were th echoes, that speaks in language plain, a lure for clowns who achieve suc¬ Johnny-on-the-spot at the night thousands of spectators. Bade; that advises, that contains volumes cess in the circus world. school. You have the brains—more missed his guest and looking ’ saw Phister being really entertained of common sense, of “peace, good Enterprise Is Necessary. will to all.” Coming back the great dramati Clown Is Historical. My talk will be straight. I cannot sense is all right, common sense with editor asked: “Who is that fellow? mince words; I would not if I could. Bailey told him, “Slivers” Oaklej I promised to write of clowns this an education is a stronger, more My aim is to benefit you and I and powerful combination. An example: whereupon Phister said: “Well, he’ week and the above I use as the cor¬ all. Let us be “honor bright.” Let extra good, high hygiene. He’s in \ nerstone of my Show World struc¬ “Teddy” Roosevelt would have been each and every clown cultivate there without the education, but with class by himself or he never couli ture. I trust all catch my meaning, thought and have control of the pas¬ have stopped and held and made r that all can read no matter how fast education and common sense he is sions that render persons unfit for the acknowledged greatest of all roar with laughter.” they run, and that all will understand progress, and if kept up, eventually, even if they read between the lines. Americans. By the way, I heard him “Although the heavy earth cloud unfit for citizenship. Be this way: once say: “I like the clowns. For Where the circus was or is you find “Have and give.” The flower that With sometimes an unlooked . the clown. History tells us there were their good in every way, I wish they shower. withholds its treasures of color and would break away from conventional Don’t Weep. Rise up! Assert j circuses long before the shepherds fragrance from others loses its wealth power! sang their carols on the first Christ¬ stuff handed down by predecessors of beauty. When the rose opens from time immemorial and evolve And^ though misfortune seems j mas morning upon the plains of itself and gives out its life to others Judea. To my mind Adam and Eve funny stuff from happenings that Keep smiling! then its fragrance is developed. The come up every day. The circus clown had the first circus in the Garden of clown who is selfish defeats his own Eden. Did not Adam have a woman has a mission to perform. The car¬ ends; loses the very thing he tries to toon and the clown have well-defined made from a rib (a real feature) and keep. Let each and every clown re¬ a “show for the earth”? Adam was places in the education and entertain¬ solve to school themselves. Really at ment of the masses.” the first clown. He started the present you are in a sort of dried- clown’s business and illustrated to a apple routine that would sour the Clown Is Living Cartoon. certainty: “Laugh and the world The constant cry of circus ownei stomach of a top-notch booking agent. Roosevelt’s cartoon idea is classy. laughs with you; weep and you weep is: “Give us good clowns.” Unfoi The whole Dam family should wake Clowns—ponder over the creations of tunately the Joeys do not seem alone.”- up. And warm up. Be modern. If the top-notch cartoonists. Study their Can you name the first American you would school yourselves you can preciate the possibilities and art_ clown? The late George S. Cole told offerings and to you will come real tented to do their little bit just a materially increase your value as en¬ comedy and enable you to infuse life me of James Myers, clown with the their predecessors have done befotj tertainers for the tented aggregations. into circus clowning. You cannot ad¬ Aaron Turner circus in 1849; of Sam them. Clowns should not deal Rapidity is the trimming of the age. vance from your present position Lithrop, clown with General Rufus Swift is our pace. Evolution is ever imitation stuff and “get by” in th Welsh’s National Circus in 1850; and until you have prepared yourself for way. Take hold of yourselves, stud] active. The signs of the times are a higher one. Lack of ability is the George O. Knapp, talking clown, and exceedingly vivid. Why do the per¬ your business, determine to evolv TTnliv Pn t-1 ^ tallfirnr anH trick thing that sets the limit to every per¬ Sig. Felix Carlo, talking and trick sons who furnish comedy for the cir¬ original ideas. Know that the oppoi clown, with the Spaulding & Rogers son’s success. Spend one hour of tunities are unlimited. On the othe cus remain in the slap-stick rut and every twenty-four in mental concen¬ North American Circus in 1851. Col¬ hand circus owners, it seems to me not hearken? The demand for first- tration, thinking and planning ways onel James Hatch, of Kansas City, class clowns—male and female—for should not let the first-class clown] oldest living tent showman, says he of improving your work. You will be get away from them. There is n< the circus was never greater than surprised at the results. It is not began circus life with Dan Rice, who now. It comes to me straight that reason in the world why vaudevill was a clown in the late “forties.” I true to your upbuilding to think that should steal the top-notch clown some of the comedians who are strug¬ your employer will not appreciate spent a good part of my life with the gling along on the musical comedy old John Robinson show, and the your efforts and will try to keep you stage have their eyes on the sawdust. from advancing. Circus owners can¬ family records of the Robinsons, so It must be admitted that if they do the “Guv” says, reveal that his father, not keep a capable clown or employe give the matter of circus clowning from advancing; they cannot afford Uncle John Robinson, who founded consideration they will better them¬ the Robinson circus in 1831, clowned to. Be willing. Be ready to make selves. yourself a part of the circus business. and rode and about put on the entire Some Timely Hints. performance. According to this, Adam Do not waste time wondering about The Ringling circus had only a fai: was the first clown in the old world As stated, evolution is at work on opportunites that lie ahead. It was afternoon crowd at Milwaukee Mon and Uncle John Robinson the initial circus clowning as on all other things. once written* “I might offer a ton day. The newspapers say botl entry on the western hemisphere. It is bound to evolute from the cut of iron to a hundred people, and to crowds were “good” so the nigh] and dried slap-stick type as at pres¬ most of them it would look like a house was probably as good or better Famous Funmakers. ent in vogue. The present circus useless black mass, while possibly It is said that the business of th< The clowns of the old school whose clowns should get busy and not permit one of the numbfer looking at it would Ringling circus for the week before names and sayings and songs and the band wagon of progression and see it transformed into razors, steel Milwaukee, which ended with SoutI funnyisms are talked of to this day improvement to pass them in the springs, cutlery, tools, etc., and right Bend, Ind., was only “fair.” The and will live on and on and on are broad light of day. I was riding on away would proceed to make the Two Bills billed against the Ringling the late Dan Rice, who gained fame a train one day out of Cleveland. In black mass give forth the things his show at Milwaukee. mostly on the one line:_ “My wife the seat just in front of me was a inner eye had seen therein. This one loves her Rice,” and John Lowlow, professional. He was reading and man out of a hundred grasped oppor¬ who lives at Cleveland, who looks as studying. About him on the seat tunity because he was prepared to see Fight a Draw. young as he did forty years ago, and were all sorts of books and news¬ it. The man who is prepared will see Reports from Fitchburg, Mass, who became noted for the well- papers. I butted in and I found he opportunity at every turn. He will where the 101 Ranch and the Barnun remembered cry, when another horse was a comedian and he was “eating have no need to look for it.” & Bailey played day for date, is ti was needed for the leapers: “Bring up” the good things in the works of Get it out of your heads for all there was rain, but both shows L_ in another ‘hoss’”! The clowns you humor in his possession. He told me time thinking of the day when you fair business. It seems impossibh hear most spoken of today are Frank that he spent nearly $100 per year will be promoted to the position some for the 101 Ranch to line up in direc: (Slivers’ Oakley, “Spader” Johnson, for literature that would provide him one e*lse is now holding. That is de¬ opposition to another show and there and Uncle Hiram and Aunt Lucinda with practical morsels valuable for structive. Get in a class by yourself. not be some excuse for the two hav¬ (Bert Davis and wife). They stand use on the stage. This comedian is Make a position for yourself as you ing slim crowds. June 25, 1910. THE SHOW WORLD 11 hyena and jaguar MADAME BEDINI WERE AT LIBERTY WINS THE FIRST PRIZE

In Last Report Received Regarding the Frank A. Robbins Persuaded to Enter the Portland Horse and Carriage Parade Wreck She Carries Off Big Honors

The Frank A. Robbins circus train all day. Says the show is too good PORTLAND, Ore., June 20.—The the pretty evolutions of a high school wasfwrecked last week one mile from for two-bits. We all agree with him, horse and carriage parade of the Ebensburg, Pa., and not many miles horse exhibited by Maud Burbank, a but opposition causes many peculiar fourth annual Portland rose festival prairie schooner and an attack on it away from Tyrone, where the Walter happenings. Mile and a quarter haul, proved one of the greatest spectacles L. Main wreck occurred several years by Indians who are repelled by scouts but level, hard road and train was of the kind and the parade was wit¬ with Young Buffalo at their head, ago. ready to move at 12:30. Short run, nessed by 300,000 people. Mile. Be- marksmanship on horseback with an Several of the circus employes were so no one hurried. dini, formerly a feature act with the injured and two lions, an elephant, a Indian tossing the balls into the air, BUTTE, June 16.—Weather opened Ringling and Hagenbeck-Wallace cir¬ the Virginia reel on horseback with leopard, an ibex and a jaguar es¬ cool and cloudy, but cleared up nicely, cus and for many years located at the caped. From best reports it seems cowboys and cowgirls enjoying them¬ and we had fine business afternoon. Hippodrome, won the first prize in selves hugely, a man wrestling with that the cross car cages were respon¬ Five poles up here, which increases the affair. She was appearing at the sible. When crossing a bridge the a steer and finally throwing it, a capacity greatly. Night almost turn- Grand (the Sullivan-Considine house) scouting expedition of Young Buffalo, cages caught on a girder and were away. Show made a distinct hit. and was persuaded to enter the overturned. The cars carrying the an attack on westerners by Indians Hugh Melnotte entertained the post¬ parade by a committee of prominent and the defeat of the red men. the cages were derailed and thrown over master from his home town, Cumber¬ citizens. Mile. Bedini entered her the embankment leading to the bridge. capture and hanging of a horse thief, land, Md., an old friend and fine gen¬ steed in the saddle horse class. Her an Indian war dance, a race of cow¬ Tfce mishap occurred before day¬ tleman to meet. Cornelius Melnotte’s magnificent black stallion stenned girls riding burros, trick riding by light and the situation was one which home name was unintentionally dis¬ along in perfect time to the band Montana Jack (one of his best tricks led fee newspaper writers to cut loose closed. They call him “sweetheart” music and was the most highly com¬ is going around the neck of the run¬ with imaginary tales. The fact that around Cumberland. Now the boy is plimented feature of the display. ning horse), an attack on a cabin by wild animals were at large made the being joked with, but he is a good Madame Bedini was never in better Indians and the rescue by a party basis of a sufficient interesting story. kid and takes it like a man. An ex¬ form. Her smiles gladdened the en¬ headed by Young Buffalo, and a At the time of the wreck the train ceptionally clever wire actor, by the tire gathering and her beautiful horse grand finale. was making more than twenty miles way, Homer Denis, last season “Joey,” was in as high spirits as its mistress. Col. W. G. La Vellee, who has an hiur on a down grade. The engi¬ visited playing Pantages circuit in adopted the name of Young Buffalo, neer said he threw on his emergency vaudeville. Quite a gust of wind hit ACTORS UNJUSTLY ARRESTED. is a picturesque old fellow and his brakes when he felt the first shock of us just -at eight o’clock. Looked very presence adds to the interest of the the cars against the bridge girders. serious for a few minutes, and the BUTTE, Mont., June 18—Joseph exhibition. He greatly resembles Buf¬ His act probably saved many lives. show was given in an hour. Out of and John Scott, athletes and loop- falo Bill, in fact he might easily be The entire country for miles around town by midnight. the-loopers, and George DeVoy, of mistaken for Col. Cody. was in a state of terror. Many of the HELENA, June 17—The capitol of DeVoy and the Dayton Sisters, who Business was not very big at the fanners and their families refused to Montana and a beautiful city. Has closed a week at the Majestic last afternoon performance at Evanston, leave their homes and take up the the largest plunge in the west. Sev¬ night, think they have a grievance but the night business was almost a search for the liberated animals. eral took in the chance for a fine against Butte’s police department. turnaway. JOHNSTOWN, Pa., June 18.—A swim. Weather ideal, and business They have engaged an attorney and hyena and jaguar are roaming about will file complaint with the police capacity both shows. Dan Lynch, THE PHILOSOPHY the Kountryside near Ebensburg, and three months ahead of the Two Bill’s commission against Chief of Police OF A CIRCUS MAN. the .natives are in a state of terror, show, was a visitor. Very favorably Jack Quinn, Chief of Detectives Mur¬ fearing attacks by the animals. phy and Police Captain Larkin, this impressed with the show. He was A fellow running a stand at the The pair formed a part of a wild three weeks ahead of us last season. trio having arrested the three per¬ animal collection of the Frank A. formers, as they stood on the circus Ringling show grounds in Milwaukee Short haul, down hill and left town last Monday took after a kid who Robbins circus and escaped when the at 11:30. grounds Thursday, waiting for circus circus train was wrecked. Many of friends, and charged them with being swiped a bottle of pop and led him GREAT FALLS, June 18—The 100- back to the stand to replace it. The the other animals got out, but all but mile run was made in good time, and pickpockets. It is said the officers two were driven into hastily repaired used the showmen with little tender¬ fellow was intent on humiliating the we were eating breakfast on the lot youngster. The crowd sympathized cages. at 7 o’clock. Weather same as yes¬ ness, and one of the Scotts shows a Two circus employes, John Barrett, lame thumb and lacerated ear as with the thief. Some one kicked the terday. Put up five poles and packed man who had the stand in the mouth 18, and William Berri, 21, are in the the afternoon house, and big attend¬ souvenirs of the affair. They were Altoona Hospital, suffering from seri¬ taken to police headquarters, but were and he whined around concerning ance tonight. Ike Speer, ex-manager ‘poor police protection.” A circus ous.injuries received in the smash, but Gentry show, was with us. He is quickly released when the identity of will recover. the performers was made manifest. man who witnessed it all observed: boosting the “Mizpah” Hill Climbing That fellow running the stand is no auto. Doing fine. Greatly pleased Manager Swarts of the Majestic, in an effort to identify part of his week’s showman. A showman must take the SELLS-FLOTO NOTES. with the- performance. Town is on worst of it and smile. He was not a boom, and looks very prosperous. bill, made a visit to headquarters, but HAMILTON, Mont., Monday June claims that he was thrown or shoved satisfied to let a kid get a bottle of 234 mile run tonight and everything pop and as a result his teeth are 13.—We made remarkably good time, hustling. This closes the banner one out of the room before he had time 266J'miles from Sand Point, arrived to ask a second question. He antici¬ loose. I would rather lose a nickel day stand business of the week. than spend a ten spot with a dentist.” at 8 p. m. Stopped an hour to water Nearly tying Seattle-Vancouver week. pates trouble for the above named the stock. This is a beautiful little Of course, everybody is happy. Wal¬ members of the local police depart¬ city in the center of a fertile valley. ment.—Billings. HAGENBECK-WALLACE ter Guice is laid up with rheumatism. GET STRONG BOOST Broad-minded citizens make it pos¬ General health of the show is excel¬ sible to buy most anything one wants lent. Col. Franklin is hoarse, but YOUNG BUFFALO Walter Melvin, of the Evening seven days a week, so the boys en¬ looks fine. Mrs. Franklin left for Val¬ joyed themselves last night. Weather, IN A WINDSTORM Press at Kalamazoo, Mich., wrote C. paraiso this week to spend the hot E. Cory, of the Hagenbeck-Wallace nature’s own, and immense business weather.—Stewart. two shows, gladdened the hearts- of In a terrific gale of wind at Wau¬ show, a letter in which he said: managers as well as all the regular kegan Saturday afternoon the side “In behalf of myself and associates show folks with the trick. Short THE GREAT PARKER SHOWS. walls and cook tents of the Young I wish to say that your show, as wit¬ Buffalo Wild West blew down, and haul and loaded and moving at 11:20. MANKATO, Minn., June 21—After nessed in Kalamazoo today, is the MISSOULA, June 14.—Lot right to add to the excitement a riot started cleanest and most pleasing show in a big week of fine business and fair in which the circus employes were by depot and in the heart of town. weather, under auspices of local camp every feature that I have ever seen lined up on one side and the Wauke- given in a circus tent in the past Weather same as yesterday. Town of Modern Woodmen of America, the ganites on the other. The storm did thirty years, and I am an old timer.” not very prosperous, but business ex¬ Parker Carnival company left last but little damage in the city and the ceptionally big and show pleased im¬ Friday for Duluth to play week of real damage to the show was slight. EMMA DONA VAN LIKES mensely. Eddie Brown made the June 19-25. Weather was perfect dur¬ The crowds surged into the arena in THE RINGLING SHOW. town twenty-four hours ahead. “Skin¬ ing entire stay, and as he sat at the the excitement and a girl rider was ny’*.McMann has been called back, wheel of his big Cadillac this even¬ thrown from her horse but was not The many circus friends of Emma and goes to work at Butte. He has ing, Manager Kennedy smiled his sa¬ seriously injured. Donavan will be pleased to know that had charge of the opposition brigade. tisfaction of the Mankato engagement she is getting along splendidly with We have got a fine start for a big right out loud. A. A. Powers has re¬ PLEASING PERFORMANCE OF the Ringling Brothers’ circus and week’s business. Loaded and out of joined the Parker forces and Man¬ likes her engagement very much. She town long before midnight. WILD WEST SHOW. kato was his first date promoted this performs on the flying rings and ap¬ ANACONDA, June 15.—The 117- season. He will stay with the big pears in the menage number with mile run made without mishap. First show until August 15 or later. A number of Chicagoans who have had circus connections in recent years that show. “I like it over here, fine,” wagon on the lot at 7:50. Parade The Diving Girls, the big attrac¬ she is reported to have confided to out on time. Town is dead, as cop¬ tion brought out by Bill Rice, will and are recognized as a part of the circus colony attended the Young friends who knew her with other per is way down in value. However, open with the Parker shows in Du¬ tented enterprises. we had a good afternoon attendance luth. Happy Hi Hubbard and George Buffalo’s Wild West at Evanston last and a packed tent tonight. Quite a Donovan, two of the best talkers in Friday afternoon and were agreeably windstorm came up just before the the business, will be with the Parker surprised at the excellence of the per¬ matinee started, causing considerable shows this season. Happy Hi having formance. THE BALL S3"™ excitement, which necessitated hurry¬ joined here, and Donovan being ex¬ Young Buffalo has a real wild west. ing the performance. No damage was pected at Duluth early next week. There is no pretense to anything else. STENOGRAPHERS done and it calmed down nicely be¬ Duluth will be the first stand at which The performance consists of races, theatrical wohk fore dark. McFarland lost one of the aeroplane will be featured. No the attack on the stage coach, mark- MANUSCRIPTS PRESSWORK ms best female singers. Don’t know flight was made here because of de¬ manship (in which Custis Liston dis¬ PARTS MIMEOGRAPHING the cause. Otto Floto’s brother, news¬ layed shipments of certain parts of tinguishes himself), the sports and Oreod Open House Building Chicote paper man from Butte, was a visitor the big machine.—Richter. pastimes of cowboys and cowgirls, 12 THE SHOW WORLD June 25, 1909.

WHITE RATS AND UNION i nc.- CANNOT REACH AGREEMENT OUR FOURTH YEAR Tenth Annual Convention of the Artists Held in Chicago, Ending With Enjoyable Banquet. 3H0®RLP By WARREN A. PATRICK at the Pottoffice at Chicago, : act of Congress of March 3, 18 With this issue The Show World enters into its fourth year of existence. The passing of the third milestone by this publication has resulted in con¬ Efforts to “get together” have _ gratulatory messages being received by us from factors in the various branches of no avail. After three afternoons spent in controversy it is understooi The Show World Publishing Co. of amusement, as well as from the masses. On the other hand, this event has that the representatii GRAND OPERA HOUSE BUILDING filled with alarm those who have persistently attacked The Show World and portant actors’ organizations I have its growing power. "agreed to disagree." EISHTY-SEVCN SOUTH CLARK STREET In fact, such a statement was practi¬ CHICAGO When The Show World was launched upon the amusement world it occu¬ cally made by Harry Mountford at the LONG DISTANCE TELEPHONE pied practically the same position as its contemporaries. With its first breaths, White Rat Scamper held at the club however, it voiced a demand for cleanliness in entertainment, And righteousness rooms at 112 Fifth avenue, Wednesday CENTRAL 1577 night. He covered the point with his Cable Address (Registered) "Showorld” in its conduct. Following this policy, it has supported the cause of the weaker usual cleverness, stating that the White faction, in many cases, as the result of which it suffered the loss of advertising Rats would do everything possible to patronage. live in peace, wanted always to be fair, WARREN A. PATRICK but could not sacrifice honor for peace. The Show World has caused amazement to the self-created lords of amuse¬ The report on the streets Is that the Managing Editor. Union asked that all acts wonf^^H ment, who have dominated their individual lines of entertainment, by its refusal here should have Union certificates. The1 ADVERTISING RATES to be subsidized, and to smother its conscience with advertising contracts. Union was willing to leave these certi¬ ficates at the White Rat club rooms for Fifteen cents per agate line. Fourteen lines It was attacked in a thousand ways by the rats who were gnawing the vitals general use of the members, it is saii to the Inch. Fifty Inches to the pace. of the profession of entertainment, who resented the light of publicity upon ' ; the Rats could not see their way Last advertising forms dose Wednesday at their ulterior workings. Finding that the baby hands of The Show World clear to g , the Union for permis- would strangle them in fair conflict, they have adopted a guerilla warfare. i to _D likelihood of such permis¬ SUBSCRIPTIONS The Show World is of the opinion that the objectionable type of amuse¬ sion being refused. (Payable In advance.) ment purveyor is greatly in the minority. Putrid carrion, however, exudes John F. Fitzpatrick, president Of the Poor dollars a year. Delivered anywhere on Federatioi of Labor; E. F. Knockela a more pungent odor than the soft, sweet scent of a bed of roses, and, there¬ secretary; John Nemo, Edward Es- On'sale at all news stands, 10 cents the copy. fore, the vultures of the amusement world have caused an unfounded fear monde, W. W. Watei_„’ ' and Harry Mow Dealers send orders through your news com- ford participated in the discussion of their power in the hearts of the great majority, aggressive and impertinent which it was hoped might lead to a ^Western News Company, general distributors. domination having been mistaken for numerical strength. The amusement compromise of some sort. world in the past has been like a child afraid of the dark, not knowing what The differences between the White Rats and the Union remain the same as it feared, but held spellbound by its masters. The shafts of blistering pub¬ ever. There is a clash between the two licity which The Show World has directed upon this darkness has lighted up for authority, and the fight now oh will the various paths, and has disclosed the fact that these fearsome ogres whose likely be of long duration. their safe custody or The efforts of the Union to get agents growls of intimidation had fettered the profession of entertainment and stifled to sign certain agreements has either its progress, were nothing but harmless rodents. been abandoned or the movement was The circus world had been affected for many years by a growing cancer permitted to sleep while the heads wait¬ ed for the White Rats to act. of graft, which threatened its very existence. Trampling all precedents of its contemporaries, in its rush to the front, The Show World DARED to expose White Rats Convention. JUNE 25, 1910 the conditions, publishing the reports of wrong doings of traveling tented ag¬ The tenth annual convention of the White Rats has been In session here gregations from week to week, with the result that the infamy of a grafting since last Friday. There have been show was heralded to the police officials and the public in advance of its many initiations and last night the DAN ROBINSON FIRES coming to a city or town, and allowing of preparations being made to combat banquet was largely attended ani GRAFTERS FROM SHOW. proved a pleasant affair. The ladies the evils. were in attendance and the establish¬ Car Road of “Duchy Boys” Ret Out— As the result of The Show World campaign the grafting circuses have ment of a Ladies’ Auxiliary w® —Walter R. Main Joins as Gen¬ ferred to by nearly every speaker, eral Agent. been reduced to a minimum, and circus proprietors who resented most bitterly eral booking agents were among at the time the action of this publication today declare that tney are doing a merrymakers. BRYAN, e 13.—This was more remunerative business along legitimate lines. Fred Niblo made a little speech b cleaning day_| __ _Famous Robinson his usual vein. He was loudly ™ Manager Danny Robinson got The moving picture business was being brought into disrepute by a few plauded. Father Shannon followed ' manufacturers who catered to the sensation seeking element of the public. The a timely little tribute to the Rats_ a boost for the library. Sol Lowenthal from the show, Unless there is a d Show World began a campaigh against such films, with the result that today was introduced and received an ovation. cided change ' . the managerial mil this form of entertainment, cleansed and purified, promises to attain and enjoy “big doings".around t: He made a few remarks along the lines popularity beyond calculation. One firm, which imported its pictures from of his work. Mr. Lowenthal is legal representative of the Rats for the Mid¬ Paris, has opened up an American factory, has changed the personnel of its dle West. Harry Mountford made the representatives, and, the photography which it produces being unsurpassed in longest speech of the evening. Mount¬ . . __ _l doing the the world, it will no doubt enjoy the patronage of picture theater managers. ford is generally in good form and there was not a word said Wednesday “mending,” and John Monahan have The Show World was the first to sound the doom of the theatrical trust, night to which exception could be taken. joined the M. L. Clark Show, it is re¬ insofar as it stifled legitimate competition. Today the metropolitan papers -’ very point wttUII ported. Charles Thomas has been of W. W. switched from the connection and has teem with columns of matter upon the situation, the theater owners having talk. been placed in charge of an outside arisen in a united body and in a twinkling changed the situation. It is reported candy stand. elect Mount- __ _ strongly rumored that the factions are at the present moment engaged in conference for an _„ -- the board ot Burk would be let out, tel directors and appointed._ Heretofore amicable adjustment of the controversy, by which popular productions can He has held the place without _ appear " l* ironclad‘ ’ contract which receive the benefit of extended bookings in desirable theaters. he* holds Famous Robinson e being specified should Shows,_w calling_„_ for a_ year’s work at a In its fight for progress, The Show World has not taken cognizance of in¬ - 3 made. The board has tied him ut vo,000 salary, precluded any such action. with a contract which calls for a year's Burk, it is understood, will continue as dividuality. It bears no malice* against any individual. While at times, in the notice and provides that he shall re- assistant manager, and look after the heat of the conflicts, it may have appeared to have centered its attacks upon an “readers.” He is very bitter against the individual, it was because that individual had led the charge of the opposing uniform circus license proposition which 5s being agitated all over the country force and drew the batteries of The Show World fire upon himself—not, how¬ The Election. and seriously considered by municipal ever, as an individual, but as the representative of the principles he supported. authorities in a number of the leading cities. , That the policy of The Show World has met the favor of the masses is Walter L. Main has assumed the posi¬ evidenced by its increasing circulation. Its success in that direction has led tion of general agent of the Famous to aspirations which, when consummated, will further enable it to cope with hence his election is assured. Robinson Shows. This announcement the few ringmasters and would-be trusts who oppose it. George E. Delmore. of Delmore A — will come as a bombshell to explode the ”’win Keough have been nominated impression existing in the minds of Beginning with the next issue The Show World will be on sale for five for li many showmen that Main was mixed up with Shannon and his Ashtabula cents per copy, or two dollars and a half for a year’s subscription. We believe hackers in the purchase of the Norris that this will not only result in giving this publication the greatest circulation o members can nominate a candidate & Rowe Show, at Peru. It is averred of any show paper in America, but in the world. While it is today the most for office, so the fact that some officers that Main and the Ashtabula people in¬ widely quoted paper in the amusement world, our efforts in the future will be are not opposed is a great compliment terested with Shannon do not even speak to their faithfulness. as they pass by. directed towards enlarging its scope, and increasing its value to its readers. The special White Rat convention Ed Brannan has resigned his position The Show World is an independent newspaper, and it will print the news committees deserve the credit for the as traffic manager of the Famous Robin¬ success of the convention. They are; son Shows and has joined the Yankee without fear or favor. Its columns are open to its readers, and its support is Committee on convention, Joseph Cal¬ Robinson Circus in a similar capacity. pledged to all who coincide with its policy. Clint Francis remains i~ -- lahan, chairman; Bobby Gaylor, Jack We desire to extend our thanks to our many loyal supporters. While we Gasmus may have incurred the enmity of certain interests, the support of The Show World will be extended to those interests at any time that they conduct their ______..--irnu^^H formed that Walter Main has no financial Van Epps, Duke Darrow and Billy La interest in the Famous Robinson Shows, business along lines which we believe to be for the betterment of the amuse¬ Mothe. but it is hinted that he may soon be- ment world. s Interested in the privileges. No mass meeting will be held this .... '<■-■» —iject year. ...- __/, which and the Metropolitan tower, for the spe¬ SINGER WITH SHUBERT? is doing an excellent business, through cial benefit of those people who have Pennsylvania and York State.—Arnold. never seen it. All the work of develop¬ ing ano~printing was done in the Imp CINCINNATI, Ohio, June plant. In spite of the tremendous rain As we go to press, Mort Singer is storm following the ceremonies they in New York conferring with the were able to get the prints in all the V1I.B street, and are lo incorporate me Shuberts with a view of forming a leading vaudeville houses by 9:30 Sat¬ Cincinnati Family Theater and Amuse¬ Carl Laemmle is elated over the mag¬ urday night. A-t the American theater, ment Company. A twenty-year lease coalition. The plan is said to be to nificent work done by the Sales Com¬ 14th Street theater, and other places, has been signed. buld a large theater n Chcago to be pany in scooping the entire country on they stopped the acts in progress and Those present were John P. Harris called “The Shubert,” whch would tie the Roosevelt picture. Camera men were threw the Roosevelt pictures on the and Harry Davis, of Pittsburg, and Jo¬ stationed on the revenue cutters, docks, screen, and the audience gasped with seph L. Rhinock, of New York. The lat¬ operated in conjunction with the Prin¬ and various other places of advantage, astonishment at the enterprise of tfte ter will’ be a director of the new com- cess and LaSalle, the latter, of course, and the result was 600 feet of magnifi¬ contingent upon the law suit now cent, exclusive pictures in which Roose¬ The moving picture trust was beaten I. Libson will be the local manager. velt appears all the way througli. a mile, and Laemmle and his associates Medium priced vaudeville will be played. pending with Charles P. Taft regaB The Abernathy---also kids v filmed, have added another laurel. ing the lease. THE SHOW WORLD

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William A. Haas, known to vaude¬ ville performers as “Bilhaz,” who was NOW LET’S press agent for Sigfried and Rosen¬ thal at the Bijou theaters, Dubuque, Iowa, and Decatur, Ill., six consecu- tivefseasons, is now manager of KILL IT! "Theater Beautiful” at Waukegan, Ill. This play house will put on four Sullivan and Considine acts splitting weeks with Chicago and Milwaukee beginning July 4. The house is built of stone, brick, concrete and marble and will seat 700. Mr. Haas was the recipient of a gold watch and Elks charm from the newspaper boys of the Decatur dailies and employes of five theaters of that city. Miss Vera Haas formerly Show World corre¬ spondent at Dubuque is spending the summer with her mother and sister Wanda, at “Dew Drop Inn” cottage on Frentress Lake, near East Du¬ We can kill off buque, Ill., where the family resided during the summer months for the that $104 “royalty” past seven years. The new suburban proposition sure p o p— theater is owned by M. Fleckles of the Laemmle Film Service Company PARODIES! PARODIES! PARODIES! kill it so dead that it will in Chicago and cost $35,000. Exclusive PARODIES on any song, $1. Sure fire hits. Send money order. make Old Mamma Ten Per E. L. GAMBLE V* PARODIST V EAST LIVERPOOL, OHIO Cent seem like a live corpse in comparison. To be bru¬ AMONG THE WRITERS. The Chicago Federation of Musi¬ tally frank, any exhibitor who cians held a meeting this week to H. E. Bonnell is doing some effi¬ consider the proposition of making cient work for “The Player” in Chi¬ BLOOMINGTON, Ind., June 22.— pays $104 in advance for a The opening of next season will mark a demand upon the Chicago theaters cago and makes the mid-west depart¬ year’s license to breathe is an un¬ the beginning of a big theatrical ven¬ for hn increase in the number of mu¬ ment very interesting. mitigated chump and he knows it sicians in the various orchestras. Fi¬ James Crusinberry is editor and ture for Robert H. Harris, in whictf nal action was postponed until next Frank Buck advertising manager of he will have six companies on the in his heart. Meanwhile, if you Tuesday when the question will be “The Sunday Telegram,” which car¬ road. An eastern and a western com¬ are good and sick of worrying and brought to a final vote. The musu- ries a page of theatrical news. pany of “Two Americans Abroad,” wondering what new stunt the cians propose that the minimum num¬ Frank Wilstach had an interesting owned and copyrighted by Mr. Har¬ ris, and three companies presenting trust will spring next, throw off ber of players in the orchestras in the story in the last issue of the “New your shackles, throw out your first-class theaters shall be eleven, in York Review” in which he discussed “Daniel Boone on the Trail.” Last the second class and outlying theaters means of getting rid of bad actors. season two Boone companies played chest, stiffen up your backbone eight, in the burlesque theaters nine, W. R. Rothacker, of “The Bill¬ a solid season of eight months on the and become really independent. and six in the vaudeville theaters, board” Chicago office, attended the road, and it is reported that one of I’ll give you the grandest film pro¬ them cleaned up $10,000. Mr. Harris where the admission fee is no higher performance of “Young Buffalo’s gram you ever saw, heard or than fifty cents. This proposition Wild West” at Evanston, Ill., Last is also booking “The Legal Ad¬ viser,” a play written by himself. All dreamed of. comes from what is called the “Trom¬ Friday. . bone faction.” The trombone is the Lester Rose will return to Chicago of these productions will be operated by Mr. Harris from his home office last instrument added to the theater early in August as representative of CARL LAEMMLE, President orchestras, but with the first-class “The American Musician.” He is now in this city.—Feltus. theaters using eleven musicians iri connected with that paper, having re¬ their pits each of these orchestras signed from the staff of Variety. SALES COMPANY RELEASES. The Laemmle brought to a final vote. The musi¬ E. E. Meredith, who is operating “The Broken Idol” is to be released cians themselves expect many of the a press bureau in Chicago, is plan¬ by “Imp,” Monday, July 4th. A little Film Service leaders and violinists to vote against ning to spend the month of July at country girl comes to New York to the plan. his home in West Virginia and with seek her fortune but she soon finds HEADQUARTERS various tented enterprises. that all is not just as she had pictured 196-198 Lake Street, CHICAGO it in her day dreams on the farm. She meets a young artist whom she falls in love with and finally mar¬ OMAHA, June 17.—The Hancock-Ep- ries. Later, at a party she learns the The Biggest and Best Film stein Lithograph Company has begun KANSAS CITY, Mo., June 23.- true character of the man she has business in Omaha. The company is married, and heartbroken to find her¬ Renter in the World capitalized at $100,000. R. L. Han¬ self so deceived she bolts from the cock, for the past seventeen years room. In her bitter disappointment with one of the largest lithographing the Shubert theater in autos the Lyman Howe pictures. Mr. Howe her thoughts turn homeward and she houses in the west, is president. Ed¬ asks her sister to come to the city FOR SALE ward C. Epstein, an easterner, will be has given instructions that the orphan and the poor children of every city to visit her, but she soon discovers *10, $15 per reel; 0 “'— WBjier. The company strikes a *25; Edison, Powa- where his pictures are shown be ad¬ that her husband is forcing his at¬ good field, there being no competi¬ machines, *50; new, *100; 1 mitted free on one day.—COR- tentions upon the sister. After a Model B Gas Outfits, *25; » tion nearer than Kansas City or Chi¬ stormy scene, both girls go home odd slides, five sets, *1; trap — LETTE. drums, bells, *35; overland living wagon, *100; p cago. Art show cards and postess satisfied that they have had enough moving picture theaters cheap. » i will be an item of special interest.— of city life. FOR RENT-6,000 feet film, *6; 12,000 feet, *12, one SMYTH. In Camp at Muskegon. ahipment. Will buy film, machinee, tents, show stuff. “The Call of the Circus” will be re¬ H. DAVIS, Watertown, Wis. Oliver Labadie, Doc. Gardner and leased by “Imp,” Monday, July 7th. P. L. Wheeler are in camp at Hilton’s This film depicts the well-known story Day for Day. cottage, Rural route No.'4, Muskegon, of “Polly of the Circus.” A girl bare- That the substitution of women for Mich. They are about eight miles out back rider is thrown from her horse The John Robinson circus and the men employes several weeks ago at of the city. They have a three-room ^nd being seriously injured is taken J. D. Chunn “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” the Powers’ theater was due to a place, fifty feet from the lake, a big to the home of a young minister play Manchester, Iowa, June 24 day shortage in the theater’s accounts, porch and a plentiful supply of fish¬ where with tender care she is soon on for day and date for date. was confirmed this week when the ing tackle. Ben Simpson expects to the road to recovery. They become grand jury indicted Victor D. God- join them shortly. very good friends and as is usual in LAY WITH SHOW WORLD. derts, charging him with embezzling a small town are the subject of con¬ The Show World is pleased to an¬ siderable gossip. The young girl, nounce that Harry J. Lay has been $5,036. Godderis was treasurer and Smiletta Trio Here. business manager. Harry J. Powers hearing of this, is determined to run appointed Kansas City representative and Samuel Harris were the witnesses The Smiletta Trio, which consists away with a circus, but the minister for this publication. Mr. Lay enjoys before the grand jury. The alleged of Arthur, Anzelo and Barnum Smi¬ loses no time in following her and a wide acquaintance in the profession defalcation is declared to have cov¬ letta, is now in Chicago dickering brings her home a happy bride. of entertainment. ered a period of over a year and a for fair dates for their act. They half. Following the discovery of the have a straight bar act and it is William Farnum is to be seen in “The Girls of Melody Lane” passed through Chicago this way having re¬ joss women took the places of men claimed that the tricks performed are the vaudeville houses with a one act m all the positions of responsibility the most entertaining and difficult playlet by Edward Peple with the turned from a tour of the Orpheum m the theater. known to gymnasts. title “The Littlest Rebel.” 14 THE SHOW WORLD THE SHOW WORLD SPORTING DEPARTMEJI

The Fight Pictures. you know I would not have taken fighting, and I should be allowed® There are all sorts of complications this position unless I felt so. I don’t do all the talking as well.’ To this now in the matter of the selling of want to be behind losers. I want to Little assented. Now he talks about the pictures for the fight. The other be with winners. Losers don’t get making the match. No, there will be day when Johnson put away his ma¬ you any coin or reputation either. no trouble to fear from Little R. chine there were present Mr. Rock Certainly, he will win, and believe garding his interest in the fight or the representing the picture “trust,” Tex me, it’s going to surprise many who pictures. Jack is through with' him, Rickard, C. A. Van Loan, Sig Hart seem to think that Jeff is invincible. and when Jack gets through with a He can be beaten, and I am going to and myself. It was given out just man be generally drops him for!good as we all left the garage that John¬ show Johnson just how it can be and ever after.” son had sold his rights in the moving done.” Who Will Win. Odds Favor Jeffries. picture of the fight to Mr. Rock. It is queer to note the opinions Johnson at that time did not deny it. It is the opinion of the sjcyts out the different sports and trainers Now comes along Sig Hester who here that the betting will go to 2 to throughout the country on the’ com¬ claims he has purchased Johnson’s 1 on Jeffries before the day of the ing fight between Johnson and Jeff- interest. The result is that Mr. Rock, fight. Just now the odds that seem ries. I have heard all sorts of argu¬ who has Johnson’s signature to an to prevail are 10 to 7 with plenty of ments advanced why he should option, will take the matter in court. Jeffries money in sight. All sorts of and why he should lose. The & Just where the black man is going bets are being made, and much money item, however, on which all agree to end with all his law suits is a guess. is being sent east where the odds the result of the battle hinges jn George Little is attaching everything are a little longer owing to the fact he can lay his hands on including that Johnson has many admirers in Stamina. Johnson’s Chicago home and his big that section of the land. Sam Berger, That’s the puzzling part of it* all Some will say if Jeff has the stamina he will walk in, if he has lost his SAN FRANCISCO, June 18—James JAMES J. JEFFRIES. endurance the black man will| win. J. Jeffries is probably the hardest man Of course, if Jeffries goes into the in the world to excite. Nothing or ring on a pair of crutches or if he en¬ no one has ever managed to “get his ters the ring with a broken arm, John¬ goat” as yet. However, Governor son will unquestionably be returned Gillett came nearer to it than any the winner. In forming our opinions one else ever did. When Sam Berger we must take into consideration]® first phoned Jeffries at Rowardennan fries’ present condition. If he is as good concerning the action of the governor as the reports say he is, and if he is Jeff wouldn’t take it seriously, pass¬ as fast in the ring as he is in the ing it off by remarking: handball court, and if he shows file same tireless endurance inside mt “You know they had him quoted in ropes as he has shown on the road- Chicago as saying that the fight was and Johnson can defeat him, well, to be a fake and when the matter then Johnson could beat him the bet was sifted down it proved to be a ■day he ever saw. I dare say not many fake story in every particular. This will admit that such is the case, for may be another one of those yarns.” when Jeffries was champion he was However, when the day passed by simply invincible. and the strength of the governor’s That’s the way you want to figure orders to the attorney general were it, and after having come to a con¬ understood, Jeffries’ jaw dropped. He clusion, bet the way your judgment realized that after all something might dictates. From what informatiq® come between him and the regaining have gathered, and I have been jn of the championship. The thought touch with those closest to Jeffries troubled him and for the balance of in all his training period, I have come the day he prefered to be left alone to the conclusion that he is in better to think matters over and figure it shape to battle right now than Be out in his own mind, in his own pe¬ ever was in his life. That’s saying culiar way. Gloom for once reigned a great deal, but under the circum¬ supreme where gaiety had ruled the stances I have no alternative. I roost for so many weeks. The morning after, things began Will Jeffries’ stamina be put to the to brighten up a bit, and when he test in this battle? arose on Thursday morning he was That depends in a great measure himself again and went to his work on Jeff himself. We all know that with renewed energy. He realized Johnson is purely and simply a de¬ that the fight would take place some¬ fensive fighter. Probably one of where; if not in California, then in the greatest defensive fightersj^^ Nevada, and he wasn’t going to be has ever held the championshipship. It caught napping and allow himself to depends on Jeffries to penetraterate the relax so far as his training stunts negro’s admirable defense. Iff hhe can were _ concerned. He was ready, in find a weak spot in the embanki fact, is ready right now to enter the he may bring the battle to a . ring at two hours’ notice. His splen¬ ending. If, however, he is unablelo did condition is still the surprise of In Front of the Log Cabin Built by Himself, with His Favorite Dog. make headway against the stockade the whole athletic world, for no other that shelters the colored man from athlete ever came back as good and as harm in the early part of the battle strong as the man at Rowardennan. —well, then it certainly will simmer the manager of Jeffries, is one of the automobile in the garage here. Just itself down to a question of stamita Rickard Is Admired. biggest bettors on the fight and wants what Rock will lay his hands on is and endurance. If ever a man has won the plaudits not known at this time. to send all the money that the pool- We all saw the moving picture®! of the San Francisco merchant as well rooms will take in Denver and else¬ the Johnson-Burns fight. We all no¬ as the man about town that man is Veteran Billy Delaney is now in where at 10 to 7. He does not want ticed how in every minute of every to wager his money out here at 2 to Tex Rickard. The game manner in full charge of Jack Johnson’s train¬ round the little man carried the fij which he has taken his troubles with¬ ing quarters. He would not assume 1 when he can get a better price to his big, burly opponent. Burns, * by sending back east. out ever batting an eyelid is some¬ the job until Johnson agreeed that ever, lacked the weight to make thing remarkable. He has left noth¬ he (Delaney) should be absolute mas¬ dentations on the fortifications^^ I asked Sig Hart whether or not ing undone to bring the fight here, ter so far as preparing for the big fore him. The result was that ge but every moment was ready to shift fight was concerned. This was agreed he thought George Little would cause any trouble on the day of the fight, defensive tactics of Johnson for Reno. The merchants of San to and now “the maker of champions” the day. Johnson can fight n and the little fellow who now seems Francisco realize what it means to is also master of Seal Rock. I had way than on the defensive. If he•fX lose the big battle, and it’s an even quite a talk with Delaney just after to be closer to Johnson than any oth¬ the aggressive he would fall enter er person replied: bet that Governor Gillett would be he assumed charge last Thursday aft¬ his own feet. You can no more make defeated by the biggest kind of a ernoon, and he said: “He hasn’t got a chance in the an aggressive fighter out of Johnson majority if he were running for office “This big fellow is in pretty fair world. It is all rot to say that he than a white bird bfit of a black bird- today. The fact that it has proven shape right now and two additional holds a contract that will bind John¬ It’s 'the way the inan has schoolfd the whole thing was a political battle weeks will make him fit to fight for son. The contract that he holds has himself. He denows nothing else am between the machine and the Lincoln- his life. He will enter the ring wheth¬ been violated bv him a dozen times. try as he would he could adoj”^^loptlo Roosevelt reform movement and that er it’s in San Francisco or Nevada Then, too, you know that fighting is other style. Just watch and see when the merchants of San Francisco have on July 4. Wherever the promotors against the law and no contract is irrecnH been made the “goat” is what is decide that the battle take place that’s valid in which the law is violated. It causing them to come forward in their where Jack Johnson will be sitting in won’t hold in any court. I note where denunciation of California’s executive. the corner of the ring awaiting the Little says he has made the match. Conley-Moran Fight. At this writing Rickard has spent sound of the bell. If the fight does Well, that is rich. The very last $50,000 in promoting the fight. He not take place as advertised and the words that Johnson said to Little The defeat of Frankie Conley^ says he is ready to lose it all. All promotors are willing then believe me as we were leaving for Hoboken were, the hands of Owen Moran is only he cares to do is to bring off the no fault of the failure will be attached ‘George, I am going to do all the talk¬ another demonstration of the folly fight and make his word good to the to Jack Johnson. ing today. I want to make this match of a fighter going out of his class- country at large. “Do I think he can win? Why, myself. I have got to do all the Conley is a featherweight pure and June 25, 1910. THE SHOW WORLD 15 EDITED BY AMERICA'S LEADING AUTHORITY

simple and can make 118 pounds if off his guard and profiting thereby is he is stringing the1 Farmer along! Brundage, S. W., Carnival Attrac¬ ii crowded. Moran is a boy I doubt tricky and unbecoming a gentleman, finds in the end that the man from tions, Ellsworth, Kans., June 27- if at best can make as low as 126 then every ball player who takes ad¬ Omaha has the laugh that comes last. July 2. pounds and has fought lightweights. vantage of the opposing team when¬ Last week Tad, the famous New York Cash and Hines Amusement Co., His defeat at the hands of Tommy ever he catches a player asleep re¬ cartoonist, was after the Farmer un¬ Lansford, N. D., June 27-July 2. Murphy will be recalled. The little sorts to trick “unbecoming a gentle- til near the end of the argument Chicago Exposition Shows, Wau¬ fellow from Kenosha was probably Burns just put it all over Tad by kegan, Ill., June 27-July 2. anxious to make a good showing and The. whole truth of the matter is saying: Cosmopolitan Shows No. 2, H. wanted to show the world at large that big, good natured, lumbering Zy¬ T got two or three houses in Snyder, Mrg., Mason City, Iowa, that he was better even than given bysco has not attached to his shoul¬ Omaha, bank books of every bank, a June 27-July 2. credit for being. Rather looks to ders the same kind of “think tank” wife and four children. Now, what Cummings Amusement Enterprises me if he allowed his ambition to run that Gotch possesses. Zybysco simply have you got?” Co., E. L. Cummings, Mgr., Fos- away with his judgment. He lost— walked to. the center of the stage pre¬ Of course, the crowd roared, and toria, Ohio, June 27-July 2. maybe not in prestige but in the re¬ pared to wrestle in the usual slow- Tad joined in the laughter, but wanted Hatch, J. Frank, Shows, W. L. Wy¬ cord books it will always be registered shod manner. On the other hand no more of Burns’ game after that. att, Mgr., Lawrenceburg, Ind., June as a battle lost against him. True, Gotch went into the battle with the 27-July 2. he made a good, game fight, won the wheels of his thinking apparatus all TENT SHOW ROUTES. Jones, Johnny J., Exposition Shows, applause of those seated about the in splendid working order and when Meyersdale, Pa., June 27-July 2. ‘ ringside who always admire courage he saw the opportunity to throw the Barnes, A1 G., Wild Animal Show; Juvenals, J. M„ Stadium Shows, m determination. But he lost. Pole he did not allow it to slip by. Cardon, Can., June 27; Raymond, Marionville, Mo., June 27-July 2. He took advantage of the opening and 28; Calgary, 29, 30. Kline, Herbert A., Shows, Moline, Ill., I recall another battle on similar secured the first fall so quickly that Barnum Bailey, Gloversville, N. Y., June 27-July 2. lines, only the result was a more de¬ he took the breath away from his big June 27; Little Falls, 28; Auburn, Parker Great Shows. Con T. Kennedy, cisive defeat for the smaller man than 260-pound opponent in the astonishing 29; Albion, 30; Niagara Falls, July Mgr., Hibbing, Minn., June 27- was that received by Conley. It was quickness with which the first fall 1; Jamestown, 2. July 2. the time they matched Kid’ Lavigne was gained. Buffalo Bill-Pawnee Bill Combined Royal Amusement Co., H. H. Tipps, to meet Mysterious Billy Smith. That If Gotch took the advantage in the Shows, Meadville, Pa., June 27; Mgr., St. Cloud, Minn., June 27- battle broke the heart of the game first fall as the followers and country¬ New Castle, 28; Youngstown, Ohio, July 2. Saginaw lad. The thought of defeat men of the Pole assert he did, what 29; Akron, 30; Mt. Vernon, July 1; Todds United Shows, Al. Todd, Mgr., was never dreamt of by him before excuse have they for the second fall? Washington, C. H., 2. Lone Wolf. Okla., June 27-July 2. this battle. He considered himself Gotch certainly handled Zybysco like Campbell Bros., Spokane, Wash., U. S. Carnival Co., Col. R. L. Carroll, invincible and in his battle with a child all through that second fall June 27; Hope, Idaho, 28; Plains, Mgr., Red Wing, Minn., June 27- Walcott, Burge and others he simply until he pinned his shoulders to the Mont., 29. July 2. lived under pnishment. Then he in¬ mat in about 22 minutes. If Gotch Eschmaln, J. H., European Shows, Young Bros. United Shows, Kirks- duced his brother Billy to match him was not the master and had secured Cass Lake, Minn., June 27; Akeley, ville, Mo., June 27-July 2. with Smith, and the walloping he the first fall through trickery, why 28; Park Rapids, 29; Wadena, 30; received in that fight would have did not Zybysco make a more credit¬ Eagle Bend, July 1; Sauk Center, 2,. Joins E. F. Maxwell. whipped a dozen ordinary men. When able showing than he did? Not for Fisks Dode, Lansford, N. D., June C. W. Maxwell has resigned as the towel was tossed in the ring in Mr. Z. however, he preferred the de¬ 27; Granville, 28; Leeds, 29; Minne- manager of the Casino theater at token of defeat he was hanging help¬ fensive, hoping that his great strength wauken 30; Esmond July 1. Washington, Pa., and will be asso¬ less, blood besmeared on the ropes and weight would stave off defeat. Forepaugh-Sells, Cambridge, Mass., ciated with his brother E. F. Max¬ with the tears streaming down his He did not dare to give to the cham¬ June 27,28; Gloucester, 29; New- well in the operation of the Max¬ cheeks and faintly muttering to his pion the openings that would result buryport, 30. well Hall Stock Company and in the brother Gill, “Don’t tell me I am de¬ if he wrestled aggressively. He knew Gollmar Bros., Hankinson, N. D., two companies presenting “The Cir¬ feated. Oh, Bill, don’t tell me that. that he must take no chances for June 27. cus Clown” which are to be sent out I can still go on and win.” Gotch never allows an opportunity Hagenbeck-Wallace, Wabash, Ind., in the fall. C. W. Maxwell’s resig¬ There was many a moist eye seated to slip by. Had he tried to throw July 19. nation takes effect July 9. about the ringside when they heard Gotch in that second fall it would not Honest Bills, Tyndall, S. D., June 27; _ this gamest of the gamest utter ^those have lasted five minutes before Zy¬ Lesterville, 28; Menno, 29; Free¬ “The Prince of Tonight,” the Sing¬ 'words. There had been a mistake bysco would have been again flat on man, 30; Parker, July 1; Hurley, 2. er musical comedy which has just made. Mysterious Billy Smith was his back. For that reason I do not Kennedy X I T Ranch, Pabst Park, closed its season, traveled in twenty- too big. The Kid could not concede consider that Gotch has resorted to Milwaukee, Wis., to July 10. nine states, covered a distance of 24,- the weight and win. It was too late any unfair tricks. But I do think Lucky Bills, Huntsville, Mo., June 000 miles and has made over $200,000 to retrace. Kid Lavigne was beaten he took advantage of an opponent half 27, 28; Moberly, 29, 30; Cairo, July during the season of forty-three as he had never been beaten before. asleep. This is certainly not making 1; Jackson, 2. weeks. In all this time there have use of unfair methods. Mackays European Circus, Niagara been but three changes in the cast. Can you imagine a greater dis¬ Falls, July 1; Lockport, 2; Buffalo, Henry Woodruff has been the star parity in weight than the time that Omaha is going to have quite a 4. and Ruth Peebles the prima donna Kid McCoy met Tom Sharkey at the representation at the bjg fight. More Miller Bros, and Arlingtons 101 all the season. The members of the Lennox club? McCoy tipping the people are going from the Nebraska Ranch, Bangor, Maine, June 27; company are now in Chicago for the beam at 154 pounds went against that metropolis this time than ever be¬ Augusta, 28; Dover, N. H., 29; summer. game two hundred and better pounds fore. The reason of it all is that the Salem, Mass, 30; Lynn, July 1; of fighting machinery. At that time man who is handling the speciat train Nashua, N. H., 2. Dick L. Loughborough, who has Sharkey was just at the height of his is one of honor and a man in whom Ringling Bros., Minneapolis, Minn., done some good journalistic work on career. For the first five rounds the whole town has great confidence. June 27; St. Paul, 28; Alexandria, the Pacific coast and is well and McCoy knocked the sailor about the Jeb Cross, who by the way was also 29; Fargo, N. D., 30; Grand Forks, widely known there, has come to Chi¬ ring like so many tenpins. Then the spoken of as referee of the fight, will July i- cago and is now employed on the weight began to tell against him. His have charge of the train. Owing to Robbins, Frank A., Irwin, Pa., June Examiner. Mr. Loughborough is the efforts in the earlier stages of the Mr. Cross’ close acquaintanceship 27; Jeannette, 28; Mt. Pleasant, 29. author of a one-act play called “The fight had sapped his endurance and with Jeffries, Berger, Gleason, Rick¬ Sells-Floto, Denver, Colo., June 27, Fighter,” which will be produced in Sharkey proved the winner. McCoy ard and others he will be able to show 28, 29; Greeley, 30; Ft. Collins, July Chicago later in the season. Miss had not the weight to go the route those going with him one of the big 1; Boulder, 2; Colorado Springs, 4; Lovell Alice Taylor, formerly with in a fast bruising battle, such as this times of their lives. Take it from Pueblo, 5; La Junta, 6. the Belasco stock company on the proved to be. The extra poundage me Jeb Cross will be seated right in Sparks Show, Chas. Sparks, Mgr., St. Pacific coast, will be featured in the in favor of Sailor Tom told the tale. the front row when it comes to popu¬ James, Minn., June 27; Chaska, 28; sketch, and Mr. Loughborough will A good little man can’t defeat a good larity. Glencoe, 29; Olivia, 30. also be seen in his playlet. The big man when all things are equal Starretts, Howard S., Corona, N. Y., young journalist is the author of “My excepting weight. We have seen this On June 30th the Pittsburg club June 26, 27. Poppy Girl,” a musical comedy, which proven so often that a hundred cases will celebrate “Flag day.” On that Wheelers, A1 F., Baldwinsville, N. Y„ may possibly have its premier in Chi might be mentioned here to sub¬ date they will raise the bunting they June 27; Phoenix, 28; Fulton, 29. cago this coming season. stantiate this assertion. won by defeating the Detroit Tigers Whitely Shows,. Eagleville, Mo., June for the world’s championship. We 27; Blythedale, 28; Ridgeway, 29; Engaged for “Circus Clown.” Gotch-Zybysco Echoes. Mt. Moriah, 30; Gainesville, July 1; wonder if the Pirates will be greeted Bert Boza and Bessie Lyle have Pleasanton, Iowa, July 2. When I opened my mail the other by great cheering crowds. Their re¬ been engaged for “The Circus morning I found the following para¬ cent slump is not enjoyed by the fans Young Buffalo Wild West, Gary, Clown” which is to be sent out next Ind., June 25. graph in a letter: “What would be and the raising of the flag emblematic season by E. F. Maxwell. the result if Zybysco had resorted to of the world’s best base ball team is Yankee Robinson, Springfield, Ill., tricky tactics such as were employed a sort of joke in the face of the defeat June 25; Tracy, Minn., 27; Minne- against him by Gotch? Why, Gotch recently administered to that crew. ota, 28; Clark, S. D., 29; Gettys¬ would be champion no longer. But Maybe by that time they will pick burg, 30. Zybysco, a full-booded gentleman, up again and be in the running. If highly cultured person, having a de¬ so it will place an entirely different CARNIVAL ROUTES. WARNING! gree of Doctor of Law, conferred aspect on the ceremonies that are to KEEP AWAY FROM THE upon him in a European university, take place at Forbes field on the 30th Adams and Stahl Shows, J. W. Stahl, .jBeferred a defeat at the hands of of this month. Then they have the Mgr., Westville, Ill., June 27-July Gotch rather than resort to tricky tac¬ Cincinnati team as opponents. If they 2. E. E. MEREDITH tics unbecoming a gentleman.” had Chicago or New York it might Borkoot, K. G., Amusement Co. No. That’s all very nice and flattering help to create some additional ex¬ 1, K. G. Barkoot, Mgr., South Shar¬ PRESS BUREAU to Zybysco when looked at in the citement. on, Pa., June 27-July 2. same light as the writer of the above Bauscher Carnival Co., A. C. Bauscher, “MERRY” Will Get Your seems to view it. But I for the life Farmer Burns seems to be the one Mgr., Lamar, Colo., June 27-July Name in the Paper of me can’t see where Gotch resorted particular chap that they all like to 2. to anything not admissible in the rules guy. Believe me, however, that he Biesters Combined Shows, Geo. W. of wrestling. If taking advantage of is much shrewder than he pretends to Biester, Mgr., Johnsonburg, Pa., “If You Don't Watch Out” an opponent while said opponent is be. and many a “wise owl” that thinks June 27-July 2. 16 THE SHOW WORLD June 25, 1909, THE SHOW WORLD FAIR LIST I June 25, 1910. THE SHOW WORLD 17 PHE MOST COMPLETE PUBLISHED

JSmfleld—Jefferson County Fair. Dates What Cheer—What. Cheer______Fair. not set. Chas. H. Gage, secy. Sept. 26-29. - -- Fonda—Big Four Fair. Aug. 2-6. J. P. Williamsburg- ..iiy^urg SFair. Sept. __„ _ Aug. 10. Sullen, secy. 13-15. Chas. Fletcner, secy. , Sterling—C. Hawkins, secy. Versailles—Woodford Co. Fair Assn. Forest City—Winnebago Co. Fair. Dates Wilton Junction—Wilton Fair Assn. Udall—J. W. Beebe, secy. Not set. Aug. 3-6. Fleming Meek, secy. not set. C. R. Nelson, secy. Sept. 13-16. H. Wildasin, secy. Utica—R. C. Weber, Jr. Not set. Winchester—Clark County Fair. Dates fKflAlri—Adair Co. Fair. Sept. 20-22. Winfield—Winfield Fair Assn. Sept. 13- Wichita—Chas. Mosbacher, secy. Oct. not set. J. H. Clelland, secy. Fred D. Martin, secy. 16. A. L. Bergsten, secy. 17-22. Columbia—C. S. Harris, secy. ^Hnell—Poweshiek Co. Central Agricul¬ Winterset—Madison County Fair. Sept. KENTUCKY Cynthiana—Wade H. Lail, secy. tural Society. Sept. 6-8. C. P. Rus- 13-15. A. B. Foster, secy. Madisonville—J. A. Franceway, secy. Garnavillo—Clayton County Agricultural Alexandria—Campbell County Agricul¬ July 26-30. GrundyS Center—Grundy County Fair, Society. Aug. 20-Sept. 3. Henry Lueh- tural Society. Sept. 6-10. J. R. Rouse, Scottsburg—Noble Hays, secy. Not set. fffibt. 20-22. L. M. Hawn, secy. Scottsville—W. D. Gilliam, secy. Sept. MKrifl Center—Guthrie Co. Fair. Sept. Adair—A. C. Savage, secy. Barboursville—Knox Co. Fair Assn. Aug. 15-17. 27-30. T. E. Grlsell, secy. Bayard—M. J. Hallinan, secy. 31-Sept. 2. J. Frank Hawn, secy. Sparta—F. Gross, secy. Not set. Hampton—Franklin Co. Fair. Sept. 27- Buena Vista—Not set. Bardstown—Nelson County Fair. Aug. LOUISIANA 30i Sherwood A. Clock, secy. Creston—Leon Morrison, secy. Not set. 31-Sept. 3. G. M. Wilson, secy. Harlan—Shelby County Fair. Aug. 22- Emmetsburg—F. H. Wells, secy. Bedford—Trimble County Fair. Dates Caihoun—North La Camp Meeting Fair. 26. Fred Frazier, secy. Mt. Ayr—-Thos. Campbell, secy. not set. E. B. McCain, secy. Sept. 28-30. F. S. Watson, secy. Humboldt—Humboldt Co. Agricultural Rock Valley—D. Scanlon, secy. Not s Berea—Berea Fair Assn. Aug. 4-6. E. Coushatta—Red River Parish Fair. Oct Society. Sept. 13-16. E. S. Bravinder, T. Fish, secy. 25-28. P. C. McLemore, secy. KANSAS Brodhead—Rockcastle Co. Fair Assn. Crowley—Crowley Agrl. Fair. Nov. 16- MBependence—Buchanan Co.* Fair Assn. Aug. 17-19. A. J. Haggard, secy. 20. Aug. 23-26. P. G. Freeman, secy. Abilene—Dickinson County Fair Assn Burkesville — Cumberland Co. Fair. Gibsland—Dixie Fair. Oct. 5-8. Geo. Indlanola—Warren Co. Fair. Sept. 6-9. Sept. 27-30. Chas. Morton, secy. Dates not set. C. W. Alexander, Jr., Jeo McCoy, secy. Anthony—Anthony Fair Assn. Aug. 2-5 Homer—ciaiborne Parish Fair. Oct. 12- Iowa City—Johnson Co. A. & M. Society. L. G. Jennings, secy, Carroliton—Carrol County Fair. Dates 14. Dillard Hulse, secy. 30-Sf“‘;0-Sept. 2." George-- A. Hitchcock,- tchison—Atchison Co not set. R. M. Barker, secy. Lafayette—Lafayette Parish Fair Assn. Assn. Sept. — G. ... ______- Danville—Fair. Aug. 2-5. Ike Dunn, Sept. 29-Oct. 2 F. W. Mauton, secy, —Fair. July 2 f. Stewart, Beloit—Mitchell County Fair Assn. Sept. Many—Delany—De Sota Parish Fair.I Oct, 18-21. j£ 28-Oct. 1. W. S. Gabel, secy. Elizabethtown — Hardin County Fair. J. G. Belisle,*!Belisle,'secy. secy. Belleville—Republic County Agrl. Assn. Sept 6-8. T. S. Gardner, secy. Minden—Webster Parish Fair Assn. Oct. ZI-6V. xnumas vaiiipueii, seoy. Sept. 6-9. C. M. Arbuthnot, secy. Erlanger—Kenton County Agricultural 18-21. E. J. Falkner, secy. Burden—Eastern Cowley Fair. Sept. 7-9 Socs. Aug. 24-27. S. W. Adams, secy. Monroe—Ouchita Parish Fair. Oct. 24- La Port City—La Port City Dist. Fair W. A. Bowden, secy. Farmers’ and Traders’ Bank Bldg., 29. E. W. Anderson, secy. Dates not set. Frank E. Hoyt, secy. Burlingame—Osage County Fair Assn Covington, Ky. Natchitoches—Natchitoches Parish Fair Malcolm—Poweshiek Co. Central Agri Sept. 6-9. E. J. Williams, secy. Ewing—Ewing Fair Company. Aug. 18- Assn. Oct. 11-14. Jas. B. Tucker, tural Society. Aug. 23-25. Jas. No Burlington—Coffey Co. Fair As * 20. S. H. Price, secy. Wak, secy. 27-30. Henry Jackson, secy. Falmouth—Falmouth Fair Co. Sept. 28- Plain^Dealing—Bossier Parish Fair. Oct Malvern—Mills Co. Fair. Aug. 2-5. I Cimarron—Gray Co. Agrl. Society. Sept. Oct. 1. J. R. Williams, secy. 25-28. W. J. Dawson, secy. X Swain, secy. Chas. Bull, secy. Florence—North Kentucky Agricultural Ruston—Lincoln Parish Fair. Oct. 11-14. Manchester — Delaware County Fair _iter—Clay Co. Fair. Assn. Sept. 1-3. N. E. Riddell, Bur¬ E. F. Warren, secy. Dates not set. T. Wilson, secy. Walter Puckey, secy. lington, Ky. Shreveport—State Fair of Louisiana. Mjinson—Calhoun Co. Fair Assn. Aug Coffeyvllle—Montgomery Co. F Frankfort—Capital Fair Assn. Aug. 30- Nov. 2-11. Louis N. Brueggerhoff, 24-26. C. G. Kaskey, secy. Sept. 27-30. Elliott Irvin, secy. Sept. 2. G. G. Speer, secy. secy. Maquoketa—Jackson County Fair. Sept Concordia—Cloud County Fair Assn Franklin—Simpson County Fair Assn. Mansfield—De Soto Parish Fair. Oct. W9. B. D. Ely, secy. Sept. 20-24. Fred W. Sturges, Jr Sept. 13. S. W. Bryan, secy. 25-28. A. W. Quarrier, secy. Marshalltown—Marshall Co. Fair Assn Franklin—Franklin Fair. Sept. 2-4. Joe Abbeville—D. D. Cline, secy. Sept. 12-16. W. M. Clark, secy. Douglas—Douglas Agrl. Soc. Sept. 28 Aspley, secy. Arcadia—W. P. Heard, secy. IHpon—Marion Inter-State Fair Assn Oct 1. J. A. Clay, secy. Georgetown—Scott County Fair Assn. Benton—W. J. Dawson, secy. Oct. 25-28. Sept. 20-24. J. B. Travis, secy. El Dorado—Butler County Fair Assn July 26-30. T. C. Bell, secy. Breaux Bridge—Vic. Jeager, secy. Mason City—North Iowa Fair. Aug. 22 "—L 20-23. W. F. Benson, secy. Germantown — Germantown Fair Co. Marksville—V. L. Roy, secy. 26. C. H. Barber, secy. Aug. 24-27. Danuan n.H. Lloyd,vuoya, Dover,nover, ivy.Ky. Jeanerette—R. H. Brown, secy. Not set. Massena—Massena District Fair. Sept Gibsland—Glen Fleming, secy. Oct. 6-8. D. P. Hogan, secy. Glasgow—South Kentucky Fair. Sept. Eureka—Greenwood (bounty Fair Assn. 14-17. Thos. Dickinson, secy. MAINE. Milton—Milton Dist. Fair. Sept. 7-10 Aug. 23-26. H. T. Scott, secy. Hardinsburg—Breckinridge Fair Assn. D. A. Miller, secy. Fulton — Osage Valley Improvement Aug. 30-Sept. 1. M. B. Kincheloe, secy. Acton—Shapleigh and Acton Fairs. Missouri Valley—Harrison Co. Fair Assn. Fair. Sept. 1. L. O. DeLano, Harrodsburg—Mercer County Fair Assn. Dates not set. Fred K. Bodwell, secy. Sept. 13-16. A. B. HasbroOlt, secy. secy. Aug. 9-12. R. W. Keenon, secy. Amherst—Northern Hancock Fair. Dates Monticello—Jones Co. Fair Assn. Aug Great Bend—Barton County Fair Assn. Hartford—Ohio County Fair. Dates not not set. A. N. Jewett, secy. nBB-Sept. 2. Fred W. Koop, secy. Dates not set. W. P. Feder. secy. set. Andover—Northern Oxford Fair. Oct Mt. Pleasant—Henry Co. Fair. Aug. 16 Grenola—Elk County Agrl. Fair Assn. Henderson—Henderson Fair. July 26- 5-6. John F. Talbot, secy. 19. O. N. Knight, secy. Sept. 21-23. J. J. Marshall, secy. 30. T. T,~" - Anson—Somerset County Fair. Sept. 28- Nashua—Big Four. District Fair. Sept. Harper—Harper County Agrl. Assn. bdgenv: 29. Orlando Walker, secy. 6-9. C. I,. Putney, secy. Sept. 27-30. S. C. Lobaugh, secy. Bangor—Eastern Maine State Fs t^^Honal—Clayton Co. Agricultural So¬ Hiawatha — Brown County Hiawatha Horse Cave—Hart County Fair Co. Sept "3-26. Albert S. Field, secy. ciety. Aug. 29-Sept. 3. Henry Lueb- Sept. 6-9. C. A. Monney, secy. 21-24. Dr. H. C. Bruner, secy. sen, Garnavillo. Howard—Elks’ County Fair Assn. Aug. Lancaster—Fair. July 27-29. Robt. El¬ Nevada—Story County Fair. Dates not 16-19. Henry Bruce, secy. kin, secy. set. Bert B. Welty, secy. Hutchinson—Central Kansas Fair Assn. Lawrenceburg—Anderson County Fair. Bethel—Riverside Park Assn. Dates not New Hampton—New Chickasaw Co. Fair. (State Fair). Sept. 10-17. A. L. Spon- Aug. 17-20. A. B. McAfee, secy. set. W. B. Twaddle, secy. Sept. 13-16. C. M. Bigelow, secy. sler, secy. Leitchfield—Grayson County Fair. Aug. Blue Hill—Hancock Co. Agricultural New Sharon—New' Sharon District Fair. Hoxie—Sheridan County Agrl. Assn. 16-19. J. S. Dent, secy. Sept. 20-23. C. F. Momyer, secy. Sept. 1-3. C. R. Pearson, secy. Lexington—Blue Grass Fair Assn. Aug. Society. Sept. 6-8. C. S. Snowman, 'MiUWton—Jasper Co. Fair. Sept. 12-15. Iola—Allen County Agrl. Soc. Aug. 30- 8-13. Jouett Shouse, secy, F. E. Meredith, secy. Sept. 2. Frank E. Smith, secy. liberty—Casey County Fair Asau. xuig. Bridgton—Bridgton Farmers and Me¬ Northwood—Worth Co. Fair. Sept. 21- Kingman—Cattleman and Kingman City 24-26. John R. Whipp, secy. chanics’ Club. Sept. 20-22. C. Lester 23. E. H. Miller, secy. Park Assn. Aug. 8-12. H. C. Leach, London—Laurel County Fair. Aug. 23- Ames, secy. , „ Oclwein—Oelwein Dist. Fair. Dates not 26. E. A. Chilton, secy. Bristol—Bristol Fair Assn. Oct. 4-6. set. C. H. Knos, secy. Larlied—Pawnee County Agrl. Assn. Fren Creek. Louisville—Jefferson Co. J. W. Hunter, secy. Damariscotta. Ogden—Boone County Agrl. Soc. Sept. Dates not set. Harry H. Wolcott, Fair. Aug. 30-Sept. 2. E. B. Berry, Canton—Androscoggin Valley Agricul¬ kT-9. W. C. Treloar, secy. tural society. Sept. 20-22. O. M. Rich¬ Onawa—Monona County Fair Assn. Lawrence—Douglas County Fair and Louisville—Kentucky State Fair. Sept. ardson, secy. _ , Sept. 13-16. A. W. Burgess, secy. Agrl. Soc. Sept. 21-25. Elmer E. Cherryfield—West Washington Fair. Orange City—Sioux County Agricultural Brown, secy. _ , Mayfield—Graves County Race Meeting. Sept. 14-16. S. H. Allen, secy., Colum¬ Society. Sept. 14-16. H. Sliltkeweer, Leavenworth—Leavenworth oCunty Fair Dates not set. .T. C. Dudley, secy. bia Falls. Assn. Sept. 5-8. C. A. Sparrow, secy. Mayfield—West Kentucky Fair Assn. Cornish—Cornish Agricultural Assn. Osage—Mitchell County Agricultural So¬ McPherson — McPherson Co. Agricul¬ Sept. 7-10. W. L. Hale, secy. Aug. 16-18. Wm. R. Copp. secy. ciety. Sept. 27-29. A. O. Kugler, secy. tural Fair Assn. Aug. 23-26. Carl A. Melbourne—Newport Driving and Fair Damariscotta—Lincoln County Fair. Grant, secy. _ _ , . _ . Assn. Aug. 9-14. Clarence Pinguely, Sept. 27-29. G. W. Singer, secy. Pella—Lake Prairie District Agricul¬ Minneapolis—Ottawa Co. Fair Assn. Oct. tural Assn. Oct. 2-6. J. P. Klein, secy. 4-7. J. E. Johnston, secy. Middlesboro—Bell County Fair. Sept. 6- Red Oak—Montgomery Co. Fair Assn. Moron—Allen County Moron Agrl. Fair. 9. Jno. H. Hurst, secy. auJUly 26-28. M. H. Rathbone, secy. Sept. 14-16. E. N. Cormack, secy. Monticello—Wayne County Fair Assn. Eden—Eden Agricultural Fair. Sept. 21- Rhodes—Eden District Agricultural So¬ Mound City—Linn County Fair Assn. Sept. 6-9. John R. Wilhite, secy. 22. H. M. Jellison, secy. ciety. Sept. 20-23. H. M. Weeks, secy. Sept. 27-30. John O. Moore, secy. Morgantown—Butler County Fair. Sept. Emden—Emden Fair Assn. Dates not Rock Rapids—Lyon County Fair. Dates Ness Citv—Ness County Agrl. Assn. J.«J . T.X. Kitilnger,-IVUllIIgcr, ScL,V. set. Grant Witham, secy. not set. Geo. H. Watson, secy. Sept. 28-30. H. W. Gilmore, secy. Mt. Sterling—Montgomery County Fair. Exeter—West Penobscot Fair. Sept. 27- Rockwell City—Rockwell City Fair Norton—Norton County Fair Assn. Aug. July 19-23. W. C. Hamilton, secy. 29. E. E. Colbath, secy., R. F. D. Assn. July 27-30. A. J. Hunter, secy. 23-27. M. F. Garrity, secy. Mt. Sterling—Montgomery Co. Colored No. 3. Sac City—Sac County Fair. Aug. 9-12. Oskaloosa—Old Settlers’ Reunion. Aug. Fair. Aug. 24-27. J. D. Magswan, Farmington—Franklin County Fair. Sept. 9- 10. W. B. Ford, secy. S. L. Watt, secy. Ottawa—Franklin County Agricultural 27-29. Chas. F. Smith, secy. Sheldon—Sheldon Dist. Fair. Aug. 23-26. Assn. Sept. 20-23. J. E. Shinn, secy. Newport—Newport Fair & Driving Assn. Foxcrof t — Piscataquis County Fair. M. E. Williams, secy. Pratt—Pratt County Fair Assn. Aug. Aug. 10-13. Clarence Pinguely, secy. Dates not set. E. C. McKechnie, secy. |Btranandoah — Shenandoah Fair 16-19. E. L. Shaw, secy. NIcholasville—K. of P. Fair. Aug. 30- Freeport—Freeport Agricultural Soc. „ Aug. 8-12. A. W. Goldberg, secy. Rilev—Riley County Agrl. Soc. Oct. 11- Sept. 1. Jos. N. Fraynor, secy. Dates not set. Willis Snow, secy. Sioux City—Interstate Live Stock U. C F. Diemer, secy. Owensboro—Davies County Fair. Oct. 4- Freeport—Freeport Poultry Assn. Dec. Assn. Sept. 19-24. Joe Morton, St. John—Stafford County Fair Assn. 8. S. B. Lee, secy. 27-30. Geo. P. Coffin, secy. SSrlt Lake—Dickinson County Julv 27-29. Wm. Cadmon. secy. Paducah—Paducah Fair ___Assn. Sept. 28- Fryburg—West Oxford Fair. Sept. 27- Dates not set. A. M T-’-- " St. Marv’s—St. Mary’s Racing Assn. Oct. 1. Rodney C. Davis,...- »ctj. 29 B Walker McKeen, secy. Strawberrv Point — Aug. 23-25. John T. Hoy, secy. Paris—Bourbon County Agricultural So¬ Gorham—Cumberland Co. A. & H. So¬ Dist. Fair. Sept. Salina—Salina County Agricultural, Hor¬ ciety. Sept. 6-10. Chas. A. Webber, ciety. Sept. 20-22. C. H. Leighton, ticultural and Mechanical Assn. Aug. secy. secy. ^^Sierland—O’Brien Co. Agricultural 30-Sept. 2. O. H. Hockensmith. secy. Perryville—Perryville Fair Assn. Aug. Hartland—East Somerset Fa Sept. 22- Assn. Sept. 7-9. J. B. Murphy, secy. Selden—Selden District Fair. Aug. 30- 17-19. H. C. Mullins, secy. 24. E. A. Webber, secy. fBftgley—Tingley Fair Assn. Sept. 7-9. Sept. 2. C. C. Malcolm secy. Providence—Providence Agrl. Fair. Aug. Lewiston—Maine State Fair Sept. 5-9. L. F. Hall, secy. Seneca—Nemaha Fair Assn. Sept. 14- 2-6. A. O. Williams, secy. j.J. L. Lowell,Dowell, AUDurn,Auburn, Me.me. I4Bton—Cedar County Fair Assn. Sept. 16. W. H. Fitzwater, secy. Richmond—Madison County Fair. July Livermore—Androscoggin County Fair. _ 6-8. C. F. Simmermaker, secy. Smith Center—Smith Co. Fair Assn. Aug. 20-23. J. B. Walker, secy. Aug. 23-25. W. N. Gilbert, secy. Toledo—Tama County Fair Assn. Sept. 30-Sept. 2. H. C. Smith, secy. Russell Springs—Russell County Fair. Machias—Machias Fair Assn. Sept. 6-7. 27-30. A. G. Smith, secy. Spring Hill—Grange Fair. Sept. 6-9. Dates not set. W. H. Pinney, secy. . Victor—Victor District Agricultural So¬ Sanders—Carroll, Gallatin, Owen Tri- Monroe—Waldo and Penobscot Agricul¬ ciety. Aug. 16-18. J. P. Bowling, Vernon Nicholson, secy. County Fair Assn. Sept 7-10. A. W. secy. Stockton—Rooke County Fair Assn. tural Society. Sept. 13-15. Edwin Jun- Sept. 6-9. Chas Riseley. secy. Shirley, secy. ■.wnton—Benton County Fair. Sept. 6-9. Topeka—Kansas State Fair Assn. Sept. Shelbyville—Shelby County Fair. Dates New^’Gfoucester—New Gloucester & MB. G. Kruse, secy. not set. T. R. Webber, secy. Danville Agrl. Assn. Oct. 4-5. Chas. Waverly — Bremer County Fair Assn. 10- 17. H. L. Cook. secy. Shepherdsville — Bullett County Fair Sept. 20-23. D. A. Long, secy. Wakefield—Wakefield Agrl. Society. Oct. Assn. Aug. 16-19. S. H. Ridgeway, H. Nelson, secy. Jwnpello—Louisa Co. Fair. Aug. 30-Sept. 6-7. Eugene Elkins, secy. North Ellsworth — North Ellsworth fO. J. D. Diehl, secy. Waverlv—Ohio Day Assn. Aug. 18-19. Somerset—Somerset Fair. Aug. 30-Sept. Farmers’ Club. Dates not set. Carl Waukon—Allamakee County Agrl. Soc. J. M.’Osborn, —— 2. H. Luebbing. secy. W. Maddock, secy., Nicolin. Sept. 20-23. A. C. Larson, secy. Winfield—Cowlev County Agricultural Springfield—Washington County Fair. Orrington—Orrington Fair Assn. Aug. Webster City—Hamilton County Fair. and Live Stack Assn. Aug. 30-Sept. 2. Aug. 24-27. T. C. Campbell, secy. 30-Sept. 1. F. E. King, secy., South Dates not set Fred Hahne, secy. F. W. Sidle? secy. Sanford—Lincoln County Fair. Dates Brewer, R. I. West Liberty—Union District Fair. Chetopah—Falls Fair. Oct. 5-8. Pembroke—Washington County Fair. Aug. 23-26. W. H. Shipman, secy. Manhattan—J. A. Sheldon, secy. Not Taylorsville—Spencer County Fair. Aug. Dates not set. J. M. Morgan, secy., West Point—West Point Dist. Fair. W. Pembroke. Sept. 27-29. Jas. Walljasper. secy. Marysville—W. H. Smith, secy. Not set. West Union—Fayette County Fair. Sept. Owen Sound, Ont.—Jno. McQuaker, secy. (Continued on page 24.) . 6-9. E. A. Mcllree, secy. Not set. 18 THE SHOW WORLD June 25,

ment is a light opera with some THE usual features. At the Whitney V9 WARM WEATHER CROWDS liam Norris is disporting himself w^ a gay company of players in “My>‘ Cinderella Girl,” a farce with mur’™ CHICAGO SUMMER PARKS attachments. The piece is light rather foolish at times, but the peon who go there usually come away tjj Sj*iw«v *v ThornsW./^oss. Outline', of jj Entertainments Offered in]: the]';People’s Play¬ from laughter, so it seems that 0 NOW ftUNN/NC AT THE- <5> grounds—Brief Gossip of the iTheatricaf’Worid worth while. At the Ziegfield, __ OL.'T'M/^/C theatre? tonight on, “The Girl in the Kimol EAN7. L.EOE&EE1, ManajeK- will be the offering. This is a ligl BY WILL REED DUNROY bright musical comedy made for suj mer consumption. At the Prinq CHICAGO is remarkably well and thrilling rides to be had at this “Baby Mine,” a farce, is offered, supplied with out-of-door park; there is a musical comedy, “The Marguerite Clark starred and amusements, and each year Wizard of Wiseland,” always on tap Harlan featured. This farce Edward LongmaD there are added new features that go for those who like this sort of many laughable moments in it, to make up alluring playgrounds for amuserhent, and there are innumer¬ is all right for a summer recreatic^ the people. To be sure we do not able other good features. There are It will probably run all summer. have the ocean with its long stretches always extra attractions, such as Lottery Man,” at the Lyric, of sandy beach, but we do have the swimming stunts, or vaudeville per¬ amusing farce, with some ui lake, with its bathing beaches, and formances, and the list of attractions features, afld “Billy,” at the Cort,‘t le Deputy Sheriff... they are a source of great joy to all is a long one. a play produced for laughing purposqj classes of people, from the Lake and as such it does the work. OvaB Shore Drivers to the people who A gem of smaller parks is Sans at the Garrick the one serious play ie Druggist's Daughter, come out of the Ghetto to dip into Souci, but a stone’s throw from town is being offered. It is called the cooling waters. Year by year the e Friend ot Josle. .JCathryn”MarshaU White City. This park is small, but Man’s World” and Mary Mannerii^| MRR lean Comedy By Winchell Smith « summer parks are enlarged and new is full of trees, grass and flowers, and is the chief player. The drama has PftSStHm) ^y.COHAN AND HARRIS features added, so that at the pres¬ is delightful for the reason that it to do with the double standard l ent time people , who want summer affords a restful glimpse of nature AS SEEN BY - morals of men and women, and it is park outings are well supplied with a along with its numerous artificial at¬ a good strong play with a good j

pwoman finds that she really has a VITAGRAPH COMPANY COLONIAL THEATER IS PFN SPL.A S/V£\S OP Swonderful voice, and everything ends RELEASES LURID FILM SCENE OF MUCH TROUBLE. ^happily. Just now the sketch is acted KALAMAZOO, Mich., June 18.— Raggedly, but time will remedy that. The film called “Convict 796,” VINCENNES, Ind., June 19.—A -Miss Daley has a cultivated voice, reeking with scenes of crime, and change in the management of the '■and Mr. Reader has had some little poisoning the minds of the young, Colonial theater resulted in some ^experience in Shakespearian and other besides presenting pictures revolting lively incidents, resulting in a $5,000 THeS1^P?Ll?A;r3r plays. to the minds of both men and women damage suit and the arrest of John E. was featured last week as the head¬ Quinn, the former manager, who had K James O’Donnell Bennett, dramatic liner at the Vaudette theater here. been operating under a sub-lease THE^BOR^Op||0; ' editor of the Chicago Record-Herald, Children in the audience gasped and from R. E. Miller, of Cincinnati, who has gone west for a summer outing. buried their faces while women held holds a four-year lease on the build¬ He will combine business with pleas¬ their breath as the “villian” delib¬ ing from its owner, Frank C. Hard- ure, however, and while in the West erately and with terrible intent raised he will view Margaret Anglin’s pro- an enormous butcher knife, holding it Mr. Miller canceled the sub-lease eduction of Sophocles “Antigone” in poised over the helpless form of the held by Manager Quinn, claiming that the Greek Theater at the University the latter had broken his contract, MwSiSIS judge who had sentenced the criminal of California, which will take place to prison. As he bared the judge’s and placed a constable in charge. A at theAcker's theatre June 30, and he will write his impres¬ breast with awful coolness the crowd deal was then closed with Messrs. j George C Warren, manager sions of it for Chicago consumption. turned their eyes away from the sick¬ M. E. Moore and W. W1. Willis, Last year Mr. Bennett went to Eng¬ ening scene that was being enacted managers of the Grand Opera House, land for the Shakespeare celebration before them. leasing the theater to them. at Stratford, and sent back much Very rarely has a film been made Quinn Files Suit. od stuff concerning the doings where the whole aspect has been so Quinn in the meantime had con¬ disgusting to anyone of a sober tem¬ sulted his attorney, and filed suit ■S“Steel,” Peyton Boswell’s new one- perament. The story in starting shoVs against Miller, the new lessees and acter, went on at the Derby Theater a hardened criminal brought before a the constable, asking $5,000 damages. in Gary, Ind., Monday night. The judge for sentence and who swears In some manner Quinn secured pos¬ sketch is a grim little affair dealing dire vengeance on the judge. Sel¬ session of the theater again, and had with the alleged custom of some big dom is a more degenerate face seen it ready for the evening performance, corporations of chloroforming their and the workings of the brute mind when Constable DeCrastos learned injured men to put them out of the are clearly betrayed in the whole at¬ of this and had Quinn arrested for way. And, by the way, it seemed par¬ titude and bearing of the criminal. trespass, and closed the theater. ticularly appropriate that this little While breaking stones with the other Quinn was unable to give a bond of ^lay should get its baptism of foot- criminals, a companion accidentally $50, and was placed in jail. ^ints in Gary. stumbles against him and quicker than a flash he turns and strikes him Troubles Multiply. To add to Quinn’s troubles, a war¬ H Ned Barron, the young Chicagoan over the head with the heavy iron mallet used in breaking the rocks. rant was issued upon the complaint who will play the juvenile lead in of the editor of the Knox County “The Moving Finger,” the new vaude¬ A chorus of “Ohs” and gasps filled the Vaudette as the crowd realized Democrat that Quinn had obtained ville sketch by Nelson van Houten goods under false pretenses, and had * Gurnee, which will be offered at the what had happened. Reeks with Crime. secured $10 worth of handbills, claim¬ Lyric Theater in Dayton, O., July 11, ing to be at the head of a $3,000,000 had its first appearance on the stage Placed in solitary confinement the convict makes his escape and follows concern, and although losing $500 a in “The Blue Mouse” in Chicago. month on the theater he could stand Later he was with Herman Lieb in an old man home and kills him, the crime here not being visible, but dis¬ it as he had plenty of money to back 1 May “Dope” and still later appeared in the him. stock company at the Bush Temple played with awful clearness when he Mr. Moore, of Moore & Willis, in¬ \o Theater. emerges from the house with the e 5ou« old man’s clothes on and brandishing formed your correspondent that they a huge butcher knife. have nothing whatever to do with Harry H. Frazee, who looms so the troubles of Mr. Quinn in con¬ very large on the local theatrical Immediately the convict starts for n nection with the Colonial; that they 'Ilorizon just at the present time, was, the judge’s home to wreak vengeance ["Yum Yum' as he had threatened. Gaining ad¬ will open the place on July 1 under not so many years ago, just one of an entirely different policy, the out¬ .‘ those advance agents with ability to mittance he assaults the judge, binds and gags him and then prepares to lines of which are not yet completed post his own bills when the time ar¬ for publication. The success which rived. It is told of him that he plas¬ murder him in cold blood. Every detail of the murderer’s plans are has attended them in their present tered bills all over a new bank win¬ holdings is a guarantee that the Co¬ dow in one town, when he was out carefully carried out, and with ter¬ rible intentness the crowd watched lonial will be up to the standard of ahead of a tall grass troup, and that their other ventures.—Bell. he came near soending a little of his the preparations until the brandish¬ time in the booby-hatch for the trick, ing of the huge knife over the helpless too. But now—well, it is a different form of the judge was too sickening “HAYCO” DIVES IN LAKE matter. He is away up in the dress for most people to endure. WITH SHACKLED LIMBS suit class now, you know. The villian was stayed in his plans by the playing of “Lead Kindly Light” by the judge’s daughter, but NEWARK, N. J., June 21. With ■5 This streak of hot weather has been his wrists and ankles shackled just what the park promoters have the moral at the end was so far over¬ shadowed by the awfulness of the “Hayco,” the Handcuff King, dived been praying for for a long time. It into Weequahic Park lake last Wed¬ • swooped down, and everybody and scenes that had gone before that it was almost unnoticed. nesday noon. It took him just ten ^Krerybody’s friends hiked out to seconds to dispose of the handcuffs Riverview, White City, Forest and After strenuous protest from the local press regarding this film it was and shackles and when he rose to the Luna Parks and to Sans Souci to en¬ surface both were in his hands and joy everything provided. cut from the Vaudette bill and the management announced that no more his limbs free. Besides two physi¬ obnoxious films would be shown. cians, Chief Gilhooley of the park jrf The Blackstone Theater will be They blame the matter on their film police, and two patrolmen, attired in ready for occupancy some time in exchange claiming the film to have bathing suits, accompanied “Hayco” 3 .November if present plans material¬ been the only one they had to com¬ to the lake, and stayed in a rowboat ize. Rapid progress is being made plete their bill. prepared to rescue him should he find on the foundations and it will not be Police Commissioner Clarage later his task more than he bargained for. long before the new building will made a personal tour of all the pic¬ The physicians were Drs. Harrison loom up alongside the hotel of the Martin and Fred’k Sutton of Orange. same name with some little grandeur. ture houses and announced that the police would keep close watch here¬ “Hayco” was to have dived from after, and that the first place put¬ the Clay street bridge into the Pas¬ ^B And, say, if you miss any of your ting on an immoral or obnoxious saic River, this city, several weeks prank De Shon actor friends from the local Rialto, film would be closed summarily.— ago, but was interfered with by the just look for them in some of the Barnes. city police department. The lake in moving picture studios that abound which he gave his exhibition on last in the outskirts of the city. It is Wednesday is under the supervision truly amazing how many players are Kirby Writes Play. , Phil Fein Maurice Kirby is said to have fore¬ of the Essex County Park Commis¬ at work in these hives of industry. sion and they gave their consent pro¬ -as-Nee Ban And. by the way, it is quite a nice sworn press agenting (in which he attendant vided doctors were allowed to be to the mikado thing, too, for the players, for it shone as a brilliant writer) for the more dignified title of author. His near at hand. “Hayco” was hand¬ J — brings them in pin money during the cuffed and shackled and locked in an heated term. first production will be “The Molly¬ coddle,” a musical comedy, which will up-to-date cell at one of the local pre¬ be placed on the stage by George M. cincts and escaped in a very short GLASIER STRUCK BY CAR. period of time. He is giving public Cohan. FARIBAULT, Minn., June 18.— exhibitions at Olympic Park, this city, jS^Jusiness manager W. J. Glasier was and is now in his sixth week acting in Minneapolis Sunday, June 12, and One Hundredth Performance. The one hundredth performance of as a big drawing feature on the open as he was crossing the street he was air vaudeville stage.—O’Bryan. struck by a street car and painfully Madame Sherry at the Colonial will m injured. He was taken to a hospital, be celebrated July 1. but will be around in a few days. Mary Abrams Recovered. Everett Wilson, treasurer of the Manager Dibble has been looking Mary Abrams, the veteran chariot Grand Theater, Kansas City, Mo., is after Glasier’s duties, keeping him driver with the Hagenbeck-Wallace spending the summer at the amuse¬ The MiKADO* •. quite busy. Mr. Dibble is enjoying show was unlucky enough to get a ment park, Worcester, Mass. Mr. Xpplendid business, due to the various hard fall recently and for a time it Wilson is popular with show people ‘ schemes he'has put in effect to at- was feared it might be serious. She playing the Grand, and has many ■tr tract patronage.—Snell. is reported to be all right again. friends in the profession. 20 THE SHOW WORLD June 25, 1909^

THE MUSICAL COMEDY STAR GREAT PARKER SHOWS TO PARK THEATRE MANAGERS: CON T. KENNEDY, General Manager PRBD MACE ■... ROUTE ■ WISHES TO ANNOUNCE that he is ready to accept contracts for this Sum¬ mer Season, to produce and play in the following MUSICAL COMEDIES: Duluth, Minn., June 20 to 25 Chinese Honeymoon, Riff - Paff-Pouf, The Umpire, Time, Place and Girl, Etc. Nibbing, Minn., June 27 to July 2 IN WHICH MR. MACE HAS STARRED Address FRED MACE,—The Show World, CHICAGO A QUARTER OF A CENTURY OF UNINTER¬ GRANDPAP AND KID RUPTED SUCCESS MRS. CODY WITH SHOW. ] TO MEET IN CONFLICT OMAHA, NEB., June 17.—Col. W® F. Cody, “Buffalo Bill”, writes to an® All Circusdom Stirred Up by Rumors Omaha friend that “Mrs. Cody is nots® with the show”, so this should settle GENTRY BROS. FAMOUS SHOWS of Opposition of Barnum & Bail¬ for sure the doubts that the Colone® ey and Sells-Floto Shows. and his wife have made up and wil® EN TOUR SEASON 1910 live happily for the remainder of thei® Halley’s comet missed striking the days on their beautiful ranch “Scout’s* Playing the Principal Cities of America earth but the tail is due shortly. It Rest”, at North Platte, Neb. Executive Offices: Bloomington, Ind. will be in the form of some spirited The Colonel is enthusiastic over hi® opposition between the Barnum & farewell tour, and says that not evet® Bailey Circus (the leading tented en¬ rain dampens the ardor of the publi® terprise of the circus trust) and the in trying to get to the big show an® Sells-Floto show (the most wide¬ see it for the last time with the orig® Specialties, Staple Goods and Novelties awake of the Independent organiza¬ inal Buffalo Bill in it. The Wild West will not visit Omah® Suitable for Prizes, Souvenirs, Premiums and favor* tions). The gas feared in connection with this year, but Buffalo Bill writes tol for Skating Rinks, Games and 5c. Theatres. We have this same Omaha friend, thus: “Don’t! big variety j* Send For FREE Catalogue. the Halley comet will be felt and heard all through the middle west. forget I am going to 'shoot up’ Omaha® The gas will be harmless. There is before I retire for good. The Wil® nothing which menaces life in it. West was born there and I am going® Sometimes it poisons one interest o close it in Omaha.” N. SHURE CO. Wm. “Bill”' McCune, who has been! against another or mars the lifelong 220-222 Madison Street [WHOLESALE] CHICAGO, ILLINOIS friendship of showmen, but in other identified with Cody for years, will* respects it is harmless. spend the summer, in company wit® his wife, at “Scout’s Rest.”—SMYTH® Rumor has it that the two shows will appear at Fremont, Neb., day for day and date for date. Circusdom OBITUARY. WANTED — BILLPOSTERS saw two such clashes this season, but Dick B. Leslie died last week frorr® neither of them was a fight to the a blow received in some manner upom For the JOHN H. SPARKS SHOWS finish. Unless Governor Gillett in¬ his head. At the time he was an em® Must be first-class, sober and and reliable. terferes this clash will be a real test. ploye of Alf. T. Wheeler’s Mode® Another rumor has it that the Sells- Show at Dollsville, N. Y. His bod.® Address L. C. GILLETTE, Agent Sherman Hotel, St. Paul, Minn. Floto show is to invade Chicago. If was brought to Marshall, Ill., for® this happens it may mean that things burial on June 18 from his mother’® that have been feared for two or three home. Mr. Leslie had been in th® BERTROBB WANTED years will be pulled off. show business for the past fiftee® Robb, Communications from H. H. Tarn- years and had been employed in 1 a snare drummer and printer, wanted. Plea men, of the Sells-Floto shows, indi¬ many positions including that of agent® DISPATCH, Columbua, Ml cates that he is not inclined to take and musician, and was for severa® any advantage of the trust in the years in the advance of Ringling® clash. It will be a fair fight from Brothers as bill poster.—J. M. H. fl GREAT PATTERSON SHOWS the start. Tammen thinks that a ARE WINNIPEG FEATURE. quarter is enough for a show to get J. D. Chunn Show. from the people and working on those Ed. E. Garretson, general agent of® lines a circus has been built which he The “Midway” section of the Win¬ the J. D. Chunn Uncle Tom Show® believes will satisfy those who see it. transacted business in Chicago this® nipeg Industrial Exhibition will be If in the formation of a quarter show furnished this year by the Great Pat¬ week and during a call at the office® terson shows. he happens to show up certain en¬ of The Show World stated that his® terprises which have charged a half The Winnipeg Industrial Exhibi¬ aggregation was meeting with splen® tion July .13-23, expects to eclipse all dollar he cannot help it. did business through Missouri and® previous records of the great fair in The Barnum & Bailey show is the Iowa, playing one-night stands unde® TENTS many ways besides mere length of battle scarred hero of the circus canvas. The show carries thirty-five® world. It is the oldest of the enter¬ people and is transported on two rrs® United States Tent & Awning Co. time. The best display of live stock the exhibition has ever attracted, is prises and by right should be honored It opened at Granite City, III., April® JMI Norik Doaplolnoo Btroot, CHICAGO already assured from the entries. with the first conflict with this bold 24 and will close about the middle of® There is to be a day of automobile Lochinvar who comes out of the October. Friday, June 24, the Chumvfl races, and an automobile utility con¬ west. Some might think that the aggregation will have oppositio® test; two afternoons, one of them Ringling show is entitled to first con¬ with the John Robinson Ten Big| Farmers’ Day, when heavy and har¬ sideration. This is not the case, how¬ Shows at Manchester, Iowa, and on® Portable Lights ness horses will be judged on the ever, if stories which come from Friday of this week Garretson is as-® For All Purposes track—races being annulled for those Johnstown, Pa., to the effect that sisted by two pillposters in advance® days; a vast exhibit of 120 head of Buffalo Bill has met that enemy and of the Tom Show. The Bolte & Weyer Co. pure bred Holstein cattle, which are could well reply that “they are ours,” 8 E. Michigan St. to be sold at auction on the last days is to be believed. LYMAN TWINS. It is an open field and every indi¬ CHICAGO .... ILLINOIS of the fair. The Broncho 2:0034, The Lyman Twins will open their® world’s champion racing mare, is to cation points to a fair fight without one feature to be regretted. The regular season in “The Prize Win® attempt the world, the track and her ners,” August 21, at the National® own records on Citizens’ Day, and country is ripe for entertainment, Group of Four Leopards money is plentiful enough for both Theater, Chicago. Preparations are® there are to be new and unusual en¬ in progress for an elaborate produc-fl and One Panther tertainment features. to prosper as they merit prosperity, and all circusdom is bobbing up its tion of this successful piece. A large® Trained to work together; al[so Lions, Bears, chorus has been engaged and a sea-® Wolves, Binturong, Llamas,'Ostriches, Casso- ears for the first news of the con¬ waries. Monkeys, and other iaaimals and birds flict. son of thirty-six weeks booked, at® now on hand. WENZ & MACKENSEN, NORRIS AND ROWE advanced prices. Dept. S. W., Yardley, Bucks Co., Pa. The Show World, with its usual ac- MAY TOUR AUSTRALIA. tiyity in the way of obtaining news, It is reported that the Norris & will cover this battle from the start REPORT ON STREETS REPORTS INDICATE Rowe circus is to have a season in till the finish. Every detail worthy INTERESTS SHOWMEN. ] A BIG CIRCUS SEASON. the United States to be followed by a of note will be given Show World winter season in Australia. It is said readers. No other theatrical journal There was a report on the streets® It looks like another big circus that an offer has been made to Tim is in such a splendid wav to obtain the of Chicago, June1 21, that W. E. Fer-1 season. Strange that when the com¬ Keeler for an acrobatic act with this news and Show World readers may guson had resigned as general agent® binations had such a poor season the tale tacked on the agreement. rest assured that the fairness of the of the Young Buffalo Wild West and® tent shows should go out and prosper past will be felt in every article writ¬ would be associated with the newly® even with the most discouraging ten for the entertainment and instruc¬ planned Norris & Rowe show in a i spring the weather man could have Margaret Mayo Here. tion of the circus colony. similar capacity. dished up. Every report indicates a Margaret Mayo', author of the good season, if not a wonderful one, phenomenal success “Babv Mine,” is for the circuses. here watching the jolly farce. SUBSCRIBE FOB THE SHOW WORLD ADVERTISE IN THE SHOW WORLD I June 25, 1910. THE SHOW WORLD 21 WANTED isus. iZVs sp",l,s Louis Namety CIRCUS PERFORMERS INDIVIDUAL TAILOR AND SIDE SHOW PEOPLE IN ALL LINES. Working people for all departments. Must be first-class, sober and reliable. TO THE PROFESSION Address CHARLES SPARKS, Manager. SUITE 617 Estherville, la., June 2 PHONE CENTRAL 1309 167 DEARBORN ST., CHICAGO Better able than ever to take care of the ItlVE CIRCUS NOTES. breaking of the drought in the north¬ particular weints of Professional Trade. west. It means good crops and plenty S' J. P. Fagan, railroad contractor for of change to spend with the white tops. COME IN AND GET ACQUAINTED E the Hagenbeck-Wallace Shows, H. S. h Kowe, Fred Gollmar, and E. L. Bran- AMUSEMENTS IN THE s nan, traffic manager for the Yankee Rob- MISSOURI METROPOLIS. Milnson Show, made their headquarters at the Wellington Hotel, Chicago, this week. ST. LOUIS, Mo., June 21.—From the a PUCAD Steel Frame C. Gillette, general agent of the force of workmen engaged and the speed ^Bparks show, is at the Windsor-Clifton. with which the new Shubert Memorial w Now that Walter L. Main is back in Theater is going up at Twelfth i E CHAIRS ■sircus harness, will he insist upon the Locust streets, it appears as if an ei- isolutely Non-Breakable f calling a patrol wagon. Garrick Theater is the present Shubert Highest Quality Lows t Prices According to the Peru Daily Chronicle theater in St. Louis, and it is believed Writefo. • ’ _ the reorganized Norris & Rowe Show, that the New Princess at Grand and K which will open in Peru, will “ Olive streets, built by Dan Fishell, the elty in the amusei ' manager of the Garrick, will also play Bination of circus and wild wes feat- independent attractions.’ •■SSKLM&S; I Folding and Assembly Clialrs ures. The show is scheduled to open Peru, Saturday, July 2d. Advices re¬ Jack Abott and his clever wife, Audrey ceived in Chicago Wednesday night Abott, the dramatic soprano, have de¬ would indicate that the Ashtabula par¬ parted from St. Louis for Kansas City. ties backing Shannon had up to that They have several weeks booked around ^me not paid the purchase price of the Kansas City and after playing the time Bipropertv bid by them. On the day of the will spend the summer on their farm fiats ijjtar Norris & Rowe sale they made a $3,000 at Linwood, Kan. Bibidding deposit, leaving a balance of W18.000 to be paid before the property 3 in t was to be turned over to them. Accord¬ and while here he sold a new song to ing to the Chronicle Fred Bates +and C. Ina Claire, the comedienne and mimic. LH. Murray will have charge of Joe has returned to New York, where he THE ALEXANDER MILBURN CO B'vanco cars with the reconstructed Nor¬ says he will open an office and write ris & Rowe shows and Joe Dorney will ‘ and songs. He says he has made 507 W. Lombard St. Baltimore, M Pvompt Shipment. Write fir CnUIntae ■’ - press representative. Mr. Dorney s last t r in vaudeville. i has lately been connected with t Peabody School Furniture Co cinnati Times-Star and als~ Mr. David Russell of the Imperial [,'waukee Times. Bates will h Theater has charge of both the vaude¬ SNARE DRUMMER WANTED North Manchester, Ind. >71 and Murray t'__ ~T- -" _—- It would ville and musical comedy theater at the Snare drummer and printer wanted— ( appear certain that W. E. Ferguson will Delmar Garden. He will remain at the park until the opening of the Imperial Bert Robb, please write. season. THE DISPATCH, Columbus, Miss. I reaching Chicago that Fred Buchanan has been offered a large sum to be de¬ It Is reported that the Colonial The¬ T. Rock the company he'represents posited in the ticket wagon of the Yan¬ ater on Delmar and Euclid avenues will kee Robinson Show, the Show World play vaudeville booked by C therefore becomes the owner, of a does not believe that he will entertain Vaudeville Managers’ Association next one-half interest in the pictures. Of a proposition to put on a “big store. season. The house was to open with $75,000 which has already been de¬ Fred is a wise showman and must show stock early - that the day is over for this line of ... building commissioner stopped posited in a Reno bank, Jeffries will work on the structure. The contractors receive $50,000 and Rickard $25,000. have patched up a true with the offl- f Within the next thirty days the great¬ the city hall and the Colonial It is common report that Jack est circus opposition war ever waged Johnson has disposed of his one-third • this countryvuwuj will,.„i 1~~mO in* full” " ’■‘ ""—-— win soon be turned over to the interior Show World will keep its readers fully decorators. interest to Sid Hester and Tom O’Day Kiadvised as to the operations of the va- of San Francisco. The belief is ex- . “3 brigades. James Halley, former St. Louisian, The Yankee Robinson Show is said to and Noble are playing at Mannlon’s Park pressed that Gleason will sell his one- this week. Halley for a number of years sixth to the same parties, and if so doing a great business. Ed Brannan was In the newspaper business in St. shaping up the railroad contracts r~J Louis, and during his stay Is renewing Hester and O’Day on one side and record-breaking-r is anticipated— by friendship with a li s old pals. the Vitagraph Company on the other _i circus license proposition will be equal shareholders in the stock .. down. Municipal authorities Miss Charlotte Walker opened her en¬ of the picture venture. dOODCTOWICK everywhere have the matter under con- gagement at the Suburban Garden for sideration, and an equitable arrangement a season of four weeks In her husband, This may result in peculiar com¬ is sure to be effected sooner r~ Engene Walter’s, plays. “Paid In Full” plications, as Sid Hester is handling The Yankee Robinson Show carries 14 was the opening attraction. “The Wolf” independent pictures: It may be likely irs, with a bill car in advance. and “The Wife” are the other pieces to _ Uncle Ben cannot seem to be wholly be produced. Miss Walker Is living at that the pictures of the big fight will the Hamilton Hotel and expects to be be considered independently, and not contented without a bit of easy money joined by her husband, who Is motoring coming in from New York to the Mound City. come under the general rule of the Kit is said that the bird pick-out “joint’ Patents Company, in which case both William Garen. the manager of Hav- licensed and independent houses would on the lot manages to pick up a little lin’s Theater, writes from Atlantic City , change from day to day. be privileged to book them. K, According to Sam McCracken, who is that he is having a splendid in Kansas City with Mr. Kelley, the legal seashore. Mr. Garen sends a picture taouthpiece for the Ringlings, endeavor¬ showing himself In swimming, and at Lyr/c Theater Closes. ing to hammer down the circus license the bottom of which he writes: “Home Industrial Alcohol Stills 5 "gal. Tax- for the Barnum & Bailey Show, the trust was never like this.” The Lyric theater will close for the WILL SPINK. season Saturday night with “The Lot¬ Free $135.00, pays for itself every £ shows are playing twenty-five per cent month. 76 to 500 gal. Stills installed i' more business than in 1909. With the tery Man.” 7 Forepaugh-Sells Bros. Shows playing to under guarantee. Alcohol solidified F big business the Baraboo Brothers will 33 samples Solid Alkaloid Cubes 194 cut a juicy melon this fall. It is de¬ Joseph Burton, who closed at the proof, post paid for $1.00. clared they made a million dollars with Criterion Stock Company, Chicago, the Barnum & Bailey and Ringling Bros. Wood Waste Distilleries Co. Wheeling, W. Va. [shows last year and it would seem as SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., June 23. last week, will play vaudeville dates though their hopes to make a million —It was learned today that Jeffries for the summer. and a half in 1910 are to be realized. I Kansas City supply houses are hoping and Rickard have disposed of their the report is true that the Sells-Floto interests in the moving pictures of the Show is to be wintered and equipped fight for $75,000. William T. Rock n in their town. It will be a big boon Now at—ZIE6FELD THEATER—Chicago to them, for it is understood that of the Vitagraph Company of Amer¬ fc Tammen & Bonfils are to put out a 50- ica, is the purchaser. Jeffries owned car show in 1911. one-third interest in the pictures and Circus clowns should read Doc Wad- LOUIS KELSO and ARLINE BOLING K dell’s article in this issue of The Show Rickard one-sixth. Jack Gleason owns World. If the boys who furnish the fun one-sixth and Johnson owns, or did . for circus-goers will perfect their art it will mean an increase in salaries. own, one-third. With “THE GIRL IN THE KIMONO’ Circus managers are elated over the By the deal consummated with W. 22 THE SHOW WORLD June 25, 1909. WHEN WAS THAT FILM RELEASED? Licensed Films. Independent Films BIOGRAPH. Data. Title. Kind. Feet. Date. Mon., June 6 A Child of the Ghetto.Drama 989 Title. Kind. Feet. Mon., June 6 The Nichols on a Vacation.Comedy 970 Thu., June 9 A Victim of Jealousy.Drama 987 Thu., June 9 A Discontented Woman .Drama 980 Mon., June 13 On the Border States.Drama 990 Mon., June 13 The Way to Win.Comedy 995 Thur., June 16 The Face at the Window.Drama 997 Thu., June 16 A Policeman’s Son.Drama 990 Mon., June 20 Never Again .Comedy 590 Mon., June 20 In the Mesh of the Net.Drama 975 Mon., June 20 May and December .Comedy 364 Thur., June 23 A Self-Made Hero.Com’y-Dram. 980 Thu., June 23 The Marked Time Table .Drama 996 Mon., June 27 The Brothers' Feud .Drama 960 LUBIN. Thu., June 30 A Game for Two.Comedy 970 Mon., June 6 Officer Muldoon’s Double .Comedy 275 Thu., June 9 The New Boss of Bar X Ranch.Drama 950 GREAT NORTHERN. Mon., June 13 The Wild Man of Borneo.Comedy 390 Mon., June 13 On Panther Creek.Drama 600 Sat., June 4 The Car Man’s Dream .Comedy .... Thur., June 16 Red Eagles Love Affair.Drama 975 Sat., June 11 The Duel .Drama Mon., June 20 The Road to Happiness.Drama 600 Sat., June 11 The Duel.Drama Mon., June 20 Poetical Jane .Comedy 350 Sat., June 18 How Brother Cook Was Taught a Lesson... Comedy Thur., June 23 The Motion Picture Man.Comedy 955 Sat., June 18 Lake of Luzerne.Scenic PATHS. Sat., June 25 The Captain’s Wife.Drama .... Fri., June 3 The Two Portraits.Drama 804 N. Y. M. p. Itala. Fri., June 3 Lillian and Anetta .Scenic 144 Sat., June 4 Macbeth .Drama 997 Sat., June 4 A Pennyworth of Potatoes.Comedy 508 Mon., June 6 The Flag of Company “H".Drama 918 Sat., June 11 Linda of Chamouny.Drama 1000 Wed., June 8 The Empty Cradle .Drama 607 Sat. June 18 The New Sign of the Globe Hotel.Comedy 400 Wed., June 8 Lucy Consults the Oracle.Comedy 341 Sat, June 18 Distractions of Foolshead.Comedy 600 Fri., June 10 Dimitri Donskoj .Drama 706 Sat., June 25 The Man Suffragette for the Abolition of Work Fri., June 10 Twenty-four Hour Automobile Race.Scenic 270 for Women . 354 Sat., June 11 An Unexpected Friend.Drama 626 Sat., June 25 A White Lie . 742 Sat., June 11 Floating to Wealth .Comedy 361 Mon., June 13 Childish Escapade .Comedy 548 N. Y. M. F. AMBROSIO. Mon., June 13 Sleeping Sickness .Educational 354 Wed., June 1 Prascovia .Drama 421 Wed., June 15 The Bone-Setter’s Daughter.Drama 813 1., June 8 The Shipwrecked Man.Drama 528 Wed. June 15 The Barry Sisters.Acrobatic 138 Fri.,' June 17 Poor But Proud.Drama 495 Fri., June 17 Max Makes a Touch.Comedy 423 610 Sat., June 18 White Fawn’s Daughter.Drama 950 252 Mon., June 20 Reconciliation of Foes.Drama 948 Wed., June 22 Perseverance Rewarded .Comedy 443 NEW YORE MOTION PICTURE. Wed., June 22 Riding School in Belgium.Educational 535 Fri., June 3 Married on Horseback .Comedy 885 Fri., June 24 A Curious Invention.Comedy 4/2 Tues.,June 7 Girls .Comedy 910 Fri., June 24 Catching Fish with Dynamite.Comedy 472 Fri., June 10 Saved from the Redmen.Drama 967 Sat., June 25 The Great Train Hold Up.Drama 950 Tues., June 14 An Engineer’s Sweetheart.Drama 995 EDISON. Fri., June 17 A Cowboy’s Race for a Wife.Comedy 1000 Fri. June 3 The Piece of Lace.Drama 995 Wed., June 22A The Sea Wolves .Educational 932 Tues., June 7 The Slyness of Shorty .Drama 760 Fri., June 2# A Mexican Lothario .Drama 978 Tues., June 7 Mr. Bumptious on Birds .Comedy 260 POWERS COMPANY. Fri., June 10 The Bell Ringer’s Daughter.Drama 1,000 Tues., June 14 United States Life Saving Drills.Educational 250 Tues.,June 14 Wenonah . Tues., June 14 The House on the Hill.Drama 745 ~ * s 18 Her Dad’s Pistol. Fri., June 17 A Central'American Romance.Drama June 18 The Phrenologist .Comedy Tues.,June 21 Bootle’s Baby.Drama 996 Fri., June 24 The Judgments of the Mighty Deep.Drama 1000 Tues., June 28 The Little Fiddler .Drama 990 Fri., July 1 The Stars and Stripes .Drama 1000 VITAGBAPH. HUE. Fri., June 3 Davy Jones’ Parrot .Comedy 922 Fri., June 3 The Slave’s Love .Drama Sat., June 4 The Majesty of the Law.Drama 972 Tues., June 14 A Bitter Enemy .Comedy Tues.,June 7 A Modern Cinderella.Drama 97/ Fri., June 17 MacNab Visits the Comet.Comedy Fri., June 10 Over the Garden Wall.Drama 973 Tues., June 21 The Devil’s Wand . Sat., June 11 The Altar of Love.Drama 995 Fri., June 24 We Want Your Vote. Tues.,June 14 The Russian Lion .Drama 948 Fri., June 24 An Exciting Yarn. Thur., June 15 James J. Corbett (Special release). Fri., June 17 Davey Jones’ Landladies....Comedy 935 ECLAIR. Sat., June 18 Ito, the Beggar Boy.Drama 962 Mon., June 6 A Martyr of Love.Drama Tues., June 21 Little Mother at the Baby Show.Drama 975 Mon., June 6 A Sculptor Who Has Easy Work.Comedy Fri., June 24 A Family Feud .Drama 998 Mon., June 13 In Love with the Charcoal Woman.Comedy Sat., June 25 By the Faith of a Child.Drama 885 Mon., June 13 The Biter Bit .Comedy Tues., June 28 When Old New York Was Young.Drama 950 Wed., June 8 The Vivandiera.Drama ESSANAY. Mon., June 20 Eugenie Grandet .Drama Wed. June 1 Levi’s Dilemma .Comedy 768 Thu., June 23 From Love to Martyrdom.Drama Wed., June 1 Henry’s Package .Comedy 205 Mon., June 27 Sorceress of the Surf.Drama Sat., June 4 Away Out West.Drama 1000 Mon., June 27 Juliet Wants to Marry.Comedy Wed., June 8 Burly Bill .Comedy 989 Sat., June 11 The Ranchmen’s Feud .Drama 980 A. G. WHYTE. Wed., June 15 A Honeymoon for Three.Comedy 1000 Sat., June 18 The Bandit’s Wife.Drama 956 Wed., June 22 A Victim of Hate.Drama 988 Thu., June 9 Blind Love .Drama Sat., June 25 The Forest Ranger.Drama 969 Mon., June 13 The Sheriff’s Daughter.Drama Wed., June 29 C-h-i-c-k-e-n Spells Chicken.Comedy 284 Mon., June 20 Boss of E Ranch.Drama Wed., June 29 Pat and the 400.Comedy 716 Mon., June 27 The Crooked Trail .Drama Sat., July 2The Bad Man’s Last Deed.Drama 1000 Mon., July 4 A Soldier’s Sacrifice .Drama GAUMONT. (George Klein*.) THANHOUSER COMPANY. Sat., June 4 The Office Seeker.Drama 525 Fri., June 10 The Writing on the wall.Drama 1000 Sat., June 4 Beneath the Walls of Notre Dame.Educational 380 Tues., June 14 Taming a Woman Hater.Comedy 1000 Tues., June 7 A Night on the Coast.Drama 600 Fri., June 17 The Little Hero of Holland.Drama 1000 Tues., June 7 The Monastery in the Forest.Scenic 400 1000 Sat., June 11 The Marriage of Esther.Drama 695 Tues., June 21 Thelma .Drama Sat., June 11 Lerin’s Abbey on St. Honorat’s Island.Scenic 285 Fri., June 24 The Governor’s Daughter.Drama Tues., June 14 At the Dawning.Drama 915 CAPITOL. Sat. June 18 Esther and Mordecai.Drama 645 Sat., June 18 The Spanish Frontier.Scenic 325 Tues., June 21 Princess and Pigeon.Drama 490 Tues., June 21 Hercules and the Big Stick.Comedy 505 Sat., June 25 Does Nephew Get the Cash.Comedy 535 Sat., June 25 Lakes at Eventide.Scenic 405 Wed., June 15 A Message from the East.Drama Wed., June 22 An Interrupted Courtship .Comedy Mon., June 6 The Barge Man of Old Holland.Drama 1000 Wed., June 29 All’s Well That Ends Well.Drama Thu., June 9 The Range Riders .Drama 1000 Mon., June 13 Romeo and Juliet in Town.-Drama 1000 SALES COMPANY-FILM D'ART. Mon., June 20 Opening an Oyster.Educational 700 Wed., June 29 The Long Trail.Drama 1000 Thu., May 26 Thur. June 30 The Fire Chiefs Daughter.Drama 1000 Thu., June 1 Thu.,'June 23 Our New Minister.Drama 1000 Thu., June 9 The Children of Edward t: . . 1000 Mon., June 27 The Long Trail .Drama 1000 Thu., June 16 The Legend of the Holy Chapel.. 990 URBAN-ECLIPSE. Mon., June 20 Fort Du Bitchle . 1000 Wed., June 1 Her Life for Her Love .Drama 720 Wed., June 1 Making Salt .Industrial 230 DEFENDER FILM CO. Wed., June 8 The Nightmare .Drama 824 Russia, the Land of Oppression. Wed., June 8 The Mountain Lake .Scenic 196 Too Many Girls . Wed., June 15 The Gum Shoe Kid.Comedy 428 Wed., June 15 A Trip to Brazil.Scenic 572 ATLAS FILM CO. Wed., June 22 A Child of the Squadron.Drama 545 Wed., June 22 An Excursion into .Scenic 430 Fri. May 13 Between Love and Duty.Drama 720 MOTOGRAPH COMPANY OF Wed. May 18 The Aztec Sacrifice.Drama 950 Taft for a Day. Fri. May 20 The Seminole Half-breeds.Drama 960 A Millionaire Tramp . Wed. May 25 The Cliff Dwellers.Drama 212 YANKEE FILM COMPANY. Wed., June SMUiW Bri<*' ” i" i" i" i" ii. i" "i SSS, Fri.. June 3 The Castaways .Drama 976 Jeffries on His Ranch. Wed., June 8 The Price of Jealousy.Drama - ie 27 The Heroine of Pawnee Junction. Fri.. June 10 The Exiled Chief..Drama .... Wed., June 15 Mistaken Identity.Drama 885 Fri., June 24 Lieutenant Rose, R. N. (Clarendon)... Fri., June 17 The White Captive of the Sioux.Drama 880 Fri., July 1 The Plunder .Comedy Wed., June 22 The Wanderers .11* Fri., June 24 The Cheyenne Raiders .Drama 950 Fri., July 1 Fresh Air Fiend.Comedy G-. MELIES. CENTAUR FILM COMPANY. Thur., June 23 White Doe’s Lovers.Drama SIS Thur., June 23 One Good Turn.Drama Thur., June 23 The Stranded Actor.Comedy 280 Thu., June 30 For Her Son’s Sake.Drama Thu., June 30 The Ruling Passion.rSSSiS lift Thu., June 30 She Would Be a Business Man.Comedy Thu., July 7 The Little Preacher .Comedy 950 June 25, 1910. THE SHOW WORLD 23

MOVING PICTURE NEWS.

California. Fresno—W. T. Duncan and Fred Schramling have secured a permit for the erection of two airdomes at Ma¬ dera. , , . Los Angeles—Plans are being pre¬ pared by architect, A. L. Haley for the erection of a new moving picture “My God! Are You Crazy!” theater at East Fifth street. San Diego—Edward M. Drucke is preparing to open a new moving pic¬ ture theater here. Herewith, by permission, we print one of the most wonderful San Francisco—J. Kaiser has leased thelValencia theater here and will telegrams ever sent in the rushing history of the moving picture convert it into a moving picture the¬ ater. business. It was received by Arthur Lucas of the Sunny South Illinois.... fSlicago—The Gale Company has Film Co., of Savannah, Ga., while he was in New York:— been incorporated with a capital stock of $15,000 for the purpose of con¬ ducting a theater. The incorporators aretRichard S. Folsom, Paul Folsom “Savannah, Ga., June 10, 1910. and William Burkhardt. Arthur Lucas, Cadillac Hotel, New York: Herrin—Mr. A. R. Hill is complet- inglarrangements to open a moving “My God! are you crazy? We lose six hundred dollars picture show in this town. Rock Island—The Family moving weekly revenue, probably more, by cancelling Imp Films. picture theater here was damaged by Exhibitors refuse positively to accept any substitute. fire- T .. Indiana. Can’t you get Imp films through some source? Quick New Castle—Linn Cook and Wil¬ liam Hess are preparing to open a action necessary to regain business. new airdome here. Kentucky. (Signed) “Marion Lucas Louisville—A moving picture the¬ Sunny South Film Co.” ater will be erected at the corner of Mapda and Spring streets by Mike Switow in the near future. Michigan. That’s the stuff!!!!! That shows how the exhibitors are fighting Hancock—A new moving picture theater known as the “Royal” has for Imp films. That proves that they won’t accept substitutes! been opened here by C. S. Sullivan. Missouri. That is enough to convince the hardest bonehead in the business Joplin—The Globe theater company is preparing to open a new moving that exhibitors want Imp films, demand Imp films and are picture theater in this city. Nebraska. GOING TO GET Imp films if they have to rip their exchanges Audubon—J. H. Dierke, proprietor of the Lyric theater, is planning to from stem to gudgeon to accomplish it. Now, then, here are enlarge the place. .■feillon—W. G. Fox and Company offOmaha are making arrangements to open a new moving picture thea¬ ter in this city. TWO MORE ‘ IMPS” YOU WANT: Sutton—Dr. Clark has opened a new moving picture theater here. New York. Brooklyn—William C. Stemmerman “THE FALLEN I POL’’-Released Monday, July 4th. Length has secured a permit to start a new moving picture theater at the corner about 900 feet. Another combination of marvelous stagecraft, ofFifth avenue and Garfield place. The Excelsior Moving Picture The¬ superb acting and clear-cut photography. Another of those Imps ater Company has been incorporated with a capital stock of $2,000. The you’ll be glad to get for a “return date.” DEMAND! incorporators are Herman J. Scharm- agel, Albert J. Olson and Axel V. Nulson. Ohio. “THE CALL OF THE CIRC US’’-Released Thursday, July 7th. Mt. Blanchard—L. C. Gilbert . of Findlay is about to open a moving Length 950 feet. A picture that will he the talk of the town. picture theater in this town shortly. Youngstown—A moving Picture Read the story of the plot elsewhere in this paper and then begin theater has been opened on East Fed¬ to ding-dong at your exchange IMMEDIATELY. eral street by W. H. Park. It is called the “Luxor.” Zanesville—Messrs. Sun and Mur¬ ray are planning to enlarge the Or- pheum theater here. EXHIBITORS:—There is a film exchange in your neighborhood which Tennessee. is buying one or more copies of EVERY IMP FILM PRODUCED. Memphis—J. E. Johnson of Osce¬ That’s the one you ought to patronize. We’ll give you the name and ola, Ark., has purchased the Star mov¬ of that exchange the instant you ask us! ing picture theater on North Mam street. Washington. Olympia—J. C. Chaffer of this city is planning to ooen a moving picture theater in Tenino. Wisconsin. Milwaukee—The Elite Theater Company will erect a new moving pic¬ ture theater at the corner of Green at this park and is located at the John F. Rogers, Chas. H. Howers and Bay avenue and Ring street. in charge this summer. Mr. Beldon is a well known horseman and has Park theater, a spacious building seat¬ Robinson Newbold, who scored a acted as general supervisor and judge ing two thousand persons on the one success here last season as a come¬ of the race meets held at the Olympic floor. The sides of the auditorium dian of merit. Lee Herbert White' Park track, which by the way is the are of glass and on warm evenings and George O’Donnell are newcomers the sides can be thrown open, which and added to these are a capable NEWARK, N. J., June 21.—Olym¬ finest in the state, for several seasons past and is a general favorite both makes it very cool as the house is chorus of sixty trained voices and a pic Park, which by the way is a nat¬ stuated amid hundreds of high trees, largely augmented orchestra. ural park, taking it from every stand¬ with the masses and classes alike. At the park track this summer there making the temperature agreeable at The Aborn Brothers have several point lias been greatly improved this both afternoon and evening perform¬ other companies now playing Balti¬ season. Large fine bowling alleys are scheduled athletic meets, horse, ostrich auto and balloon races, and a ances. This week the company is more, Boston, Washington, etc., and have been added, a new office build¬ giving “Mile. Modiste” with the orig¬ these will also appear here during the ing at the main entrance has been large ten day county fair to be given in September in conjunction with the inal scenery effects and part of the summer. The operas and musical built, a new dancing floor laid and closing festivities of the park proper. original company. In the cast are comedies are given in an up-to-date other improvements made to beautify Theater Seats 2,000. Ada Meade, Josephine Bartlett, Frank manner and draw from the music and entertain at this popular outdoor The Aborn Comic Opera Co. is Beresford, Bertha Holly, Grace Bur- loving stay-at-homes to a great ex¬ resort. James Beldon, well known now in the third week of its fifth year goyne, Edna Mason, Zoe Fulton, tent.—O’Bryan. hereabouts as a manager of ability, is 5-10. G. IE. June 25, 1910. THE SHOW WORLD 2fi

Miles City—Fair. Sept. 15-17. W. B. Graham—Alamance County Fair. Oct. Clark, secy. 4-7. McBride Holt, secy. iffionda—W. E. Coleman, secy. Sept. Greensboro—Central Carolina Fair Assn. 22-24. Oct. 12-15. Garland Daniel, secy. Billina.:—Not set. Margaretville—Catskill Mountain Agrl. King—Stokes Co. Fair Assn. Oct. 18- Bozeman—O. E. Myers, secy. Aug. 29- Soc. Aug. 16-19. Wm. E. Hastings, 20. Will R. Kiger, secy. North Wilkesboro—Wilkes County Fair. — R. Margerum, secy. secy. Sept. 27-29. H. W. Horton, secy. Missoula—E. C. Mulroney, secy. Newark—A. C. Nellis, secy., not set. Middletown—Orange County Agrl. Soc. NEBRASKA. Salem—L. F. Smith, secy., July 27-29. Aug. 20-Sept. 2. David A. Morrison, Raleigh—North Carolina Agr't Soc. Oct. secy., Newburgh. 17-22. J. R. Pogue, secy. Ainsworth—Brown Co. Fair. Sept. 28- NEW MEXICO Mineola—Agricultural Society of Queens Salisbury—Yadkin County Fair. Dates 30. C. W. Potter, secy. Albuquerque—Thirtieth Annual New and Nassau Counties. Sept. 20-24. not set. Alliance—Boxbutte County Fair. Sept. Mexico Fair. OCt 3-8. John B. Mc¬ Lott Van de Water, Jr., Hempstead. Waynesville—Haywood County Fair. 21-23. E. D. Mallery, secy. Manus, secy. Montlcello—Sullivan Co. Agrl. Soc. Aug „ Dates not set. Jas. E. Carraway, secy. Albion—Boone County Fair. Sept. 20- Clayton—Union County Fair. Sept. 20- 16-18. Leon P. Stratton, secy. Winston-Salem—Piedmont Fair. Oct. 6- 23. H. L. Brooks, secy. 23. Howell Earnest, secy. Morris—Morris Fair Assn. Oct. 4-6. D. 8. Col. G. E. Webb. secy. Safe—Harlan County Fair. Sept. 13-16. Farmington—Farmington Fall Fair & F. Wightman, secy. W! I kp„^or°—Wilkes County Fair. Sept P, M. Everson, secy. Fruit Carnival. Sept. 20-23. Roland Moravia—Cayuga County Fair. Aug. 30- 27-29. W. A. Bullis, secy. Auburn—Auburn Summer Race Meet. Oliver, secy. Sept. 2. C. A. Silke, secy. NORTH DAKOTA July 12-14. B. C. Howe, secy. NEW YORK Naples—Naples Union Agricultural So¬ Aneta—Aneta Fair Assn. Dates not set Auburn—Nemaha County Fair. Oct. 4-6. Afton—Afton Driving Park Fair. Sept. ciety. Sept. 14-16. C. L. Lewis, secy. W. E. Smith, secy. D. B. C. Long, secy. 13- 16. D. W. Seely, secy. Nassau—Agrl. & Liberal Arts Soc. of Cooperstown—Griggs County Fair. Auroda—Hamilton County Agricultural Albion—Orleans County Agrl. Soc. Sept. Rensselaer Co. Sept. 13-16. Delmer Dates not set. Frank Gladstone, secy. Society. Aug. 30-Sept. 2. S. B. Otto, 14- 17. Wm. S. Frank, secy. Lynd, secy. Fargo—North Dakota State Fair. July Altamont—Albany County Agricultural Newark—Newark Fair Assn. Sept. 14- 25-30. J. E. Finfrock, secy. Aurora—Hamilton County Fair. Aug. Society and Exposition. Aug. 16-19. 17. Chas. E. Leggett, secy. Fessenden—Wells County Fair Assn. 30-Sept. 2. S. B. Otto, secy. Fred Keenholts, secy. New York City, Richmond Borough— Dates not set. C. M. Brinton, secy. Beatrice—Gage County Fair. Sept. 19- .ngelica—Allegany Co. . Great Inborough Fair. Sept. 6-10. A. Grand Forks—Grand Forks County Agrl. 23. H. V. Riessen, secy. 13-16. J. Clark Phipp...,-- Society. July 19-22. M. C. Bacheller, Beaver City—Furnas County Fair. Aug. Ballston Spa—Saratoga County Agricul¬ secy. 80-Sept. 2. W. C. F. Lumley, secy. tural Society. Aug. 23-26. Geo. W. A. Venderbilt, Granville—McHenry County Agrl. Fair Benkelman—Dundy County Fair. Sept. DeRidder, secy. Assn. Dates not set. C. W. Hook¬ 8-10. C. C. Barr, secy. Bath—Steuben Co. Agrl. Soc. Sept. 27- Norwich-—Chenango County Fair. Aug. way, secy. Bladen—Webster County Fair. Sept. 30. Chas. A. Shults, secy. 30-Sept. 2. Lester Smith, secy. Hamilton—Pembina County Fair Assn. 26-30. A. E. Coxe, secy. Batavia—Genessee Co. Agrl. Soc. Sept. Ogdensburg—Ogdensburg Fair and Horse Aug. 2-4. John Rock, secy. Big Sprngs—Deuel County Fair. Sept. 21-24. Albert E. Brown, secy. Show. Sept 19-23. Harvey—Harvey Fair Assn. Dates not 20-22. C. A. Eiker, pres. Binghamton—Binghamton Fair. Sept. Oneonta—Oneonta Union' Agrl. Soc. Sept. set. Hugh Montgomery, secy. Broken Bow—Custer County Fair. Sept. 27- 30. H. S. Martin secy. 19-22. Shirley L. Huntington, secy. JaHe?t9wn.—Jamestown Fair Assn. June 18-16. C. T. Orr, secy. Boonville—Boonville Fair Assn. Aug. Orangeburg—Rockland County A. & H. 30-July 2. C. L. Yeaton, secy. Butte—Boyd County Fair. Dates not 23-26. H. J. Vollmar, secy. Assn. Sept. 5-9. Elbert Tolman, secy. Laramie—Grand Forks County Fair set. J. N. Fuller, secy. Brewster—Putnam Co. Agrl. Assn. Aug. Owego—Tioga Co. Agrl. Soc. Sept. 13- ^isn. Dates not set. A Stonehouse, Chadron—Dawes County Fair. Sept. 31-Sept. 2. A. P. Rudd, secy 16. Jno. F. Pembleton, secy. 17. P. F. Pitmann, secy. Brookfield—Brookfield Madison Co. Ag¬ Palmyra—Palmyra Union Agrl. Soc. Leeds—Benson County Fair Assn. Aug. Chambers—Holt County Fair. Sept. ricultural Society. Sept. 19-22. F. M. Sept. 22-24. J. H. Walton,- 2-4. F. E. Wood, secy. 28. F. D. Smith, secy. Spooner, secy, Mandan—Morton County Fair. Dates not Clarks—Merrick County Fair. Sept. rockport—Monr set. H. R. Bitzing, secy. 16. C. F. Luscher, secy. 28- Oct. 1. Frt„ „. —_—, -- Minot—Ward County Agrl. Fair Assn. Clay Center—Clay County Fair. Oct Cairo—Greene Co. Agrl. Soc. Aug. Perry—Perry Fair. Sept. 19-21. D. E. rwRf' 27"i9- A. V. Swanson, secy. 25. Chas D. Van Orden, secy. Pembina—Pembina County Fair and 4-7. H. H. Harvey, secy. Cambridge—Cambridge Valley Fair. Andrus, secy. Exhi. Aug. 2-4. John Rock, secy. Culbertson—Htchcock County Fair. Sept Sept. 5-9. Eliot B. Nerton, secy. Plattsburg—Clinton County Agricultural Underwood—Underwood Fair Assn. 15-17. W. Z. Taylor, secy. Canandaigua—Ontario Co. Agrl. Soc. Assn. Sept. 6-9. H. Clay Miles, asst. Dates not set. O. V. Bowman, secy. Creighton—Knox County Fair. Aug. 20 Sept. 22-24. Clair L. Morey, secy. secy. Valley City—Barnes Co. Agrl. Fair Assn. Sept. 2. T. J. Buckmaster, secy. Canton—St. Lawrence Co. Agricultural Potsdam—Raquette Valley & St. Regis July 4-7. C. F. Mudgett, secy. Fremont—Fremont Drivng Park Society. Sept. 13-16. George A. Ad- Valley Agrl. Soc. Sept. 6-9. W. N. Wahpeton—Richland Co. Fair Assn. Sept. June 28-30. N. J. Ronin, secy. Clark, secy. K. J. Hughes, secy. Franklin—Franklin County Fair. Sept Cape SVincent—Cape Vincent Agrl. Soc. Poughkeepsie—Dutchess County Agrl. Williston—Williams County Fair. Dates 13-16. R. H. Murry, secy. Soc. Sept. 27-30. Wm. T. Ward, not set. C. M. McKay, secy. Geneva—Fillmore County Fair. Sept. 12 Bowbells—H. L. Richardson, secy. June 16. H. P. Wilson, secy. Reed Corners—Gorham Agrl. Soc. Oct. Gering—Scotts Bluff County Fair. Sept 6-8. T. B. Pierce, secy., Canandaigua. 28-30. A. B. Wood, secy. Richfield—Richfield Springs Agrl. Soc. Gordon—Sheridan County Fair. Sept. 20 Sept. 26-28. A. R. Gilman, secy. 23. H. G. Lyon, secy. Cattaragus Reservation—Iroquois Agrl. Riverhead—Suffolk County Agricultural New Rockford—James Hackney, secy. Greeley—Greeley County Fair. Sept. 19 Soc. Sept. 20-23. T. J. Jamerson, Society. Sept. 13-16. Harry Lee, 82. T. F. Byrne, — OHIO secy., Brant. Rome—Oneida County Agricultural So¬ Chatham—Columbia Co. Agrl. Soc. Sept. ciety. Sept. 6-9. F. S. Baker, secy. AH?0IJr-Summlt County Fair. Oct. 4-7. 6-9. W. H. Housman, secy. Sandy Creek—S. C. R. O. & R. Agricul¬ P. G. Ewart, secy. Cobleskill—Schoharie County Fair. Sept. tural Society. Aug. "" TTH. TL. Amelia—Clermont Co. Fair. Aug. 23-26. 26-30. W. H. Golding, secy. Wallace, secy. A. S. Johnson, secy. Cooperstown—Otsego County Agricultur¬ Sandy HH1—Washington County Agri¬ Athens—Athens County Agricultural So¬ al Society. Sept. 20-22. Edward I. ciety. Sept. 26-29. H. H. Haning, Hayes Center—Hayes County Fair. Sept cultural Society. Aug. 30-Sept. 2. Geo. ■Met 1. D. B. May, secy. A. Ferris, secy. Bellefon Imperial—Chase Co. Fair. Sept. 15-17 Schenevus—Schenevus Valley Agricul¬ 30-Sep C. W. Meeker, secy. tural Society. Aug. 9-11. J. P. Friery, lerea—1___ ^ Indianola—Red Willow County Fair Cuba—Cuba Fair and Racing Assn. Sept. Schoharie—Schoharie County Agricultur¬ Society. Sept. 13-15. Sept. 20-23. James E. Ryan, secy. 6-9. Geo. H. Swift, secy. secy. Kimball—Kimball County Fair. Date Delhi—Delaware County Agricultural al Society. Sept. 19-22. Chas. Brews- Blanchester—Clinton County Agricul¬ not set E. E. Nelson, secy. tural Society. Aug. 30-Sept. 2. B. E. Society. Aug. 30-Sept. 2. Chas. T. Syracuse—New York State Fair. Sept. ISatington—Dawson County Fair. Sep Telford, secy. , , „„ Chaney, secy. 13-16. E. C. Van Horn, secy. Deposit—Deposit Fair Assn. Aug. 23- 12-17. S. C. Shaver, secy. Boft<>n—Clermont County Fair. Aug. ■geoln—Nebraska State Fair. Sept. 6-9 26. D. G. Underwood, secy. Troupsburg—Southern Steuben Agrl. 23-26. A. S. Johnson, secy. DeRuyter—Four County Fair. Aug. 16- Soc. Dates not set. F. H. Austin, Bowling Green—Wood County * air. _ 19. C. W. Ames, secy. Sept. 19-23. R. S. Sweet, secy. 31-Sept. 2. Donsran Hill—Richmond Co. Agrl. Soc. Troy—Rensselaer County Fair. Aug. Bucyrus—Crawford County - air. Sept. Sept 5-10. A. C. Nellis, West New 24-27. W. R. Swartz, mgr. concessions 13-16. Guy E. Smith, secy. and shows. Burton—Geauga Co. Fair. Sept. 13-16. Diwden—SSryden ' Agricultural Society. Trumansburg—Union Agricultural and W. S. Ford, secy. Sept. 6-9. J. B. Wilson, secy. Horticultural Society of uiysses. Cov¬ ■adiz—Harrison Co. Dundee—Dundee Fair Assn. Oct. 4-6. ert and Hector Counties. Aug. 30- M. usburn, secy. Sept. 2. G. O. Hinman, secy. Canal Dover—Tuscarawas Co. Agrl. Soc. H. L. Woodruff, secy. , _ Oct. 18-21. J. s. Karns, secy. ®J?P.1!?lle^f^s|g^2g^0' *Doyle^secy? Vernon—Agricultural Society. Sept. Canfield—Mahoning Co. Fair. Sept. 27- __ Prtinitv Agricultural 27-29. C. G. Simmons, secy. 29. B. L. Blanchester, secy. Norden—Keya Paha County Fair. Sep Walton—Delaware Valley Agrl. Soc. Canton—Stark County Agricultural So¬ 13-16. B. A. Rossa, secy. Sept. 6-9. S._H. Osterhout,- ciety. Sept. 27-30. Charles A. Pontius, Omaha—Douglas County Fair. Fonda—Montgomery Co. Agricultural So- secy. ' Hervey, secy, cietv Oct. 3-6. J. B. Martin, secy. Carthage—Hamilton Co. Agricultural So¬ alley County 1 Franklinville—Franklinville Agricultural ciety. Aug. 16-20. D. L. Sampson, -. - • Cromwell, secy. and Driving Park Assn. Aug. 30- Room 11, Wiggins Block, Cincinnati, Oron—Keith County Fair. Sept. 27-2 Sept. 2. R. L. Farnham, secy. O. T. Chesbro, secy. Celina—Banner Fair. Aug. 15-19. S. J. j^^Bola—Polk County Fair. Sept. 27 Vining, secy. 29. G. T. Ray, secy. Chagrin Falls—Cuyahoga Co. Fair. Sept. Pawnee City—Pawnee County Fair. Sept. Fulton—Oswego Co. Agrl. Soc. Aug. 16- Watertown—Jefferson Co. Fair. Sept 6-9. F. C. Gates, secy. 21-23. J. s. Lowe, secy. 19. H. Putnam, secy. 5- 9. W. R. Skeels, secy. Chillicothe—Ross County Fair. Aug. JBee—Pierce County Fair. Aug. 24-26. Georgetown—Georgetown Agrl. Fair. Watkins—Schuyler Co. Agrl. Soc. Sept 16-19. M. D. Sullivan, secy. Backhaus, secy. 6- 9. Arthur N. Goltry, secy. Columbus—Ohio State Fair. Sept. 6-9. Wellsville—Wellsvllle Fair Assn. Au> A. P. Sandies, secy.; J. W. Fleming, GCSf n5kG3O0-VSerpnteU2. AD.&AMLg!°ett; 23-26. Fred D. Rice, secy. West Phoenix—Onadaea Co. Agrl. Soi Uolumbus—F: Gr^ne—Riverside Agrl. Soc. Sept. 6-9. Aug. 23-26. C. I<. Williams, secy. Aug. 9-12. .. . «. .Mwwiua, sMsujr. Stanton—Stanton County Fair. Sept. 2 Westnort—Essex Co. Agrl. Soc. Aug. Coshocton—Coshocton Co. Agricultural 23. Jno. Schindler, secy. Ham burg—Er?e County Agrl. Soc. Sept. 23-26. C. M. Howard, secy. Society. Oct. 11-14. W. B. Miller, Stockville—Frontier County Fair. Sep White Plains—Soc. of Agrl. & Hort. of 6-9. C. J. Dudley, secy. Jroto’n— 27-30. L. H. Cheney, secy. Hemlock—Hemlock u"lon A»re1.culg™! Westchester Co. Sept. 12-17. Daniel Society. Oct. 4-6. S. , Parker Hop W. Maloney, secy. Sept. L. Whitney Point—Broon^ Co. _Agrl. Soc. bury, Ohio. Thedford—Thomas County Fair. Sept. Herkimet—Herkimer Co. Agrl. Soc. Sept. Dayton—Montgomery Co.. Agricultural 5-8 I. P. Rasbach. secy. not Board. Sept. 5-9. G. K. Cetane, secy. Hornell—Great Hornell Fair. Aug. 30- Easton—Preble County Fair. Sept. 13-16. Sept 2 Clyde E. Shults, mgr. - Genoa—A. L. Wright, secy.. Sept. 24-26. Wahoo—Saunders County Fair. Sept. Hudson—Columbia A. & H. Assn. Aug. Gloversville—Clarence P. Willard, secy. _14-16. O. M. Throp, secy. 31-Sept. 3. N. H. Browning, secy. Goshen—C. H. Mills, secy., Aug. 16-19. R. V. Kennedy, secy. Wiener—Cuming County Fair. Sept. 1 Fremont—Fremont Fair. Sept 20-23. Hudson ^an^Washingto^o Co. ^grl. Ithaca—Jerry Tourtellot, secy., dates C. A. Hochenedel, secy. 15. L. A. Leisy, secy. t. 2. Geo. A. Ferris. not fixed. HP City—J. W. Long, secy. Knoxboro—Eugene Snow, secy. Georgetown—Georgetown Agrl. Fair. Neligh—W. W. Cole, secy., Aug. 17-19. Ithaca—-Northern Tioga Agrl. Soc. Leroy—Aug. 30-Sept. 1. ^ Oct. 4-7. Lewis Richey, secy. Norfolk—P. M. Barrett, secy., not set. Aug 23-26. J. W. Tourtellot, secy. Nassau—Delmar Lynd, secy.. Sent. 13-16. Greenville—Great Darke County Fair. '®»rton—Niles E. Olson, secy., not set. Jamestown—-JamestownCentennial Cele- dean—Jos. Lew. secy., not set. oo Aug. 22-26. Frank Plessinger, secy. Tekama—J. R. Sutherland, secy., (races) bration. Aug:. 29-Sept. 4. Frank Oneida—H. J. Vollmar, secy., Sept. 23- Hamilton—Butler Co. Agricultural Socie¬ not set. ty. Oct 4-7. C. A. Kumler, secy. Wymore—J. T. Stevens, secy., not set. 26. Hicksville—Defiance Co. Agricultural So¬ Prattsburg—Fred Clark, secy., not set. ciety. Aug. 30-Sept. 2. E. F. Arm¬ NEW HAMPSHIRE Rensselaer—J. D. Vaughan, secy., not strong. secy. Lancaster—Coos and Essex Agricultural Jamestown—Jamestown Driving Para Society. aept. 6-8. Elwin Damon, Little* Valley—Cattaraugus County Agri¬ S6t' NORTH CAROLINA • Assn. Sept 21-23. W. J. Galvm, cultural Society. Sept. 12-16. J. H. Burlington—Alamance Fair Assn. Oct secy. Lockport—Niagara County Agricultural 4-7. McBride Holt, Graham, N. C. Kenton—Hardin Co. Agricultural Socie¬ Sept. 27-30. r ranit rs. maguire, Charlotte—Mecklenburg Fair Assn. Oct. ty. Aug. 23-26. F. U. Jones, secy. Claremont—F. E. Thompson, secy. Society. Aug. 29-Sept. 3. R. N. Rob- 26-29. C. W. Creswell, secy. Kinsman—Trumbull Co. Fair. Aug. 23- Concord—W. A. Nutter, secy. Fayetteville—Cumberland County Agrl. 25. H. J. Fober, secy. . rawer—Frank E. Trott, secy. Lowlnie—Lewis County Agricultural fjjSBsau—Delmore Sigrid, secy. S^cieuT Aug. 31-Sept. 2. M. M. r.y- (Continued from page 29.) New Market—A. L. Churchill, secy. 26 THE SHOW WORLD June 25,

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K Adams, Edward (Tivoli), London, Dwyer, Lottie, Trio (O. H.), Ridge¬ Pittsburg, Pa. Eng. way. Kramer & Elliott, Mosher. Nowata, Milton & DeLong Sisters (Empia Aherns, The, 3219 Colorado Ave., Chi¬ Okla. Calgary, Alta., Can. Dr?reez De Yoe (Hippodrome), cago. Utica, N. Y. Kingsley & Roberts (Lyceum), Ft. Morati Opera Co. (Orpheum), Darts, Daring (Bjou), Richmond. Worth. Dorsch & Russell (Washington), Spo¬ Kramers, The (Unique), Des Moines, N. kane, Wash. Iowa. Normans, Juggling (Los Angel< ARCOLA&Co. Klein & Clifton (Queen), San Diego. THAT CLASSY MUSICAL ACT Delmore & Darrell (Orpheum), San Los Angeles, Calif. Francisco. Kelly, Jack & Violet (Indiana), South Nosses. Six (New Brighton), Brij Drew, Miss Frankie, Balloon Girl Bend, Ind. ton Beach, N. Y. Kramer & Ross (West End Park), Aitkens, Two Great, 2210 Gravier St., (Unique), Des Moines, Iowa. Neary & Milter (Majestic), St. Pa^ New Orleans. Du Ross & Galvin (Orpheum), Can¬ New Orleans, La. ton. 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L 0WEN&H0FFMAN H^ene Trio (Hippodrome), Lynn, ART ADAIR Langdons, The. Trevett, Chicago, Ill. F Lakola & Lorain, 1685 Ellis St., San IN “THE GREEN-EYED MONSTER” Francisco, Calif. , (Hank Sponge) Foster, Ed. and Dog (Orpheum), San O’Neill Trio (Avenue), LouisvilH Francisco, Calif. Lingerman, Sam & Lucy, Fall River, Mass. Ky. IN VAUDEVILLE Fisher Perkins (Grand), Portland, Wash. La Toy Bros (Orpheum), Los An¬ Olympiers, Five (Orpheum), Apdale’s Animals (Orpheum), Seat¬ geles, Calif. Francisco. tle. Five Gaffney Girls (Park), St. Louis, Mo. P. Alfarretta, Symonds, Ryan & Adams Pearse & Mason (Lyric), Ft. Wayi (Washington), Spokane, Wash. Fanton’s Awakening Athletes (Hip- Ind. Amiotts, Three (O. IL), Lexington. podrome), Cincinnati, Ohio Perry & Gannon, 906 N. 32d St. Oi Alexander, Geo. B. (Majestic), Seat¬ aporetterS F°Ur (Unique)> Minne- “General” Ed. Lavine ha. Neb. tle. Phifer, Collins, 520 S. 12th St., FtJ Amorita Sisters (Arcade), Sault Ste. Finney Maud & Gladys (Orpheum), Smith, Ark. ban Francisco. THE MAN WHO SOLDIERED Marie, Can. Potts Bros., Long Acre Bldg., Ni B Fielding & Carlos (Electric Park), York City. Kansas City. ALL HiS LIFE Booth, Jennie (Orpheum), Lima, Potter & Harris, 1715 Leland Avd Frank, Joseph J„ New Hampton, Chicago. Ohio. Iowa; Osage. Price & Diston, 143 W. 36th St., New Bells, Four Dancing (Empress), Mil¬ G Linton’s, Tom, Jungle Girls (Bijou), waukee, Wis. Sheboygan. York City. Busby and Williams (Unique), Tus¬ Green, Winifred (Congress), Port¬ Linton’s, Tom, Cannibal Maids, Ports¬ caloosa, Ala. land, Maine. mouth. Barnes, Reming & Co. (Hippodrome), Gross & Jackson (Airdome), Waco, LaTell Bros. (Four-Mile Creek Park), THE Utica. Texas. Erie, Pa. Barlows, Breakaway (Hippodrome), Gordon & Henry (Pantages), Sacra¬ LaBestoval (Star), Muncie, Ind. mento, Calif. WHISTLING Umontown. LaFayette-LaMont Co. (Airdome), Bean & Hamilton (Four-Mile Creek Gavin, Dorothy (Majestic), Jackson¬ Middletown. 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Luciers, Four Musical (Pantages), Pringle & Whiting (Orpheum), Pori Barday, Don (Majestic), Council Gruber & Kew (Majestic), Canyon Portland, Ore. land, Ore. Bluffs, Iowa. City, Colo. Leonard & Phillips (Keith’s), Colum¬ Q. Burke & Snow (Electric), Kankakee, Goforth & Doyle (Keith’s), Cleve^ bus. Quaker City Quartette, 403 Macoj land. LaMar, Miss Wayne (Superba), St., Brooklyn. Bolduc, Musical, & Roy, Rome, Ga. George & Gott (Crystal), Alliance. Grand Rapids. R. Bayes & Norworth (Young’s Pier) H M. Riva Larsen Troupe (Majestic), Atlantic City. Holmen Bros., 614 Lake St., Cadillac, Musical Luciers (Pantages), Port¬ Crosse, Wis. Mich. land, Ore. Reed Bros., Dorchester, Mass. Cross & Josephine (Keith’s), Boston, Hamilton, Estella (Orpheum), Savan¬ Moneta Five (Grand), Portland, Ore. Richmond. McCree; 1553 Broadway! Mass. nah, Ga. Morgan and Chester Co. (Colonial), New York City. Clayton Drew Players, Minneapolis, Hasty, Charles (Unique), Des Moines, Richmond, Va. Rinner-Bendo Trio, 238 Seventh St.J Iowa. Mathieus Juggling (Majestic), New Grand Rapids, Mich. Clipper Comedy Four (Willow Dale), Hesse, 1553 Broadway, New York York City. Roach, Chas. J. & Ethel; Hotel York! Lowell. City. Mote, Edith, Superior, Wis. Indianapolis. I Caulfield & Driver (Pantages’), St. Halson Boys, 21 East 98th St., New Merritt, Hal (Orpheum), Oakland, Robertson, Frank A.; BiddeforaM Joseph, Mo. York City. Calif. Maine. Clifford, Dave B. (Star), Columbia. Herbert, the frogman (Barnum & Morton, Mildred (Orpheum), Des Rogers, Frank; 1440 11$^ St., Moline* Mo. Bailey). Moines, Iowa. HI. . j Clermont, Jean (Bijou), Flint. Hedge, John, & Wrestling Ponies Mullen & Corelti (Forest Park High¬ Rogers, Happy Bill; Box 254, Bessefl Cressy & Dayne (Orpheum), San (Jeffers), Saginaw, Mich. land), St. Louis, Mo. mer Ala Francisco. Herrmann, Adelaide, & Co. (Keith’s), Moore, Mabel Valenteene (Grand), Romola, Bob; 218 Turner St., ZanesJ Coburn & Pearson (Miles), Minne¬ Columbus. Tacoma. ville, Ohio. J apolis. Howze Sisters (Valentine), Toledo. Maxwell & Dudley (Bijou), Winni¬ Ruby, Ethel May; Bridgeport, Conn! Carson Bros. (Orpheum), Seattle. Hasty, Charlie (Unique), Des Moines, peg, Can. Reading Sisters, 411 W. 30th St.J Carlton Sisters (Crystal), Trinidad, Iowa. Manolos Family, Five (Pekin), Chi¬ New York City. Colo. Hawthorne, Hilda (Lake Cliff Park) cago. Reilly & Lewis, 64 W. 118th St., N .wl Crane. Viola, & Co. (Washington), Dallas, Tex. Martinelle (Casino), Providence, R. I. York City. Spokane, Wash. Harris, Fred (Majestic), Birmingham, Miller & Monie (Crystal), Toronto, Richards. Great Aerial; 285 Jencka Cornallas, Six (Hippodrome), Union- Ala. Can. St., Fall River, Mass. town. Hughes, Johnnie (New Majestic), Marvel Duo (Majestic), Denver. Richards, Ralph; 139 Porter St., De-| Cottrell & Hamilton (Lemp’s Park), Owensboro, Ky. Mathieus, Juggling (Majestic), New St. Louis, Mo. Hayman & Franklin (Bedford Music York City. Richardson, Herbert R.; Box mJ D Hall), London, Eng. McKinley (Grand), Portland, Ore. Haverhill, Mass. j Henderson & Thomas (Wm. Penn), Moore, George Austin (Ramona Richard & Romaine (West End! De Lion, Clement (Orpheum), San Star), Duluth. Francisco, Calif. Philadelphia, Pa. Park), Grand Rapids, Mich. June 25, IB 10. THE SHOW WORLD 27

Recklaw, Reckless, Troupe (Plaza), Philadelphia. Rosso Midgets (Columbia), Mihvau- kee. Roberts, Little Lord (Majestic), Charleston, S. C. Roth, Laura (Airdome), Chatta- nooga, Tenn. Reed & Earl (Bently Grand), Long SALES COMPANY Beach. Raymond, Alice & Her Players (Coh- :um), London.

Samson & Douglas (Majestic), Charleston, S. C. Sherman & DeForest, Central Park, L. I. WINS AGAIN! Symonds, Jack (Bijou), Chattanooga, Tenn. Susana, Princess (Pantages), Spo¬ kane, Wash. Smiths, Musical, Monitor and Merri- mac (Riverview), Chicago, Ill. "IN DEPEN DEN TJMANU FACT UR E RS • Semon Duo (Lyric), Dayton, Ohio. Stagpooles, The (Lyric), Ft. Smith, score fc le"a n - cu t“ ‘‘^c'oop’mIn^pro^ Ark. Short & Glick, Box 1101, Dallas, Tex. Simmons, Great; 2072! Ogden Ave., EDUCING PICTURE^OF ROOSEVELT'S— Chicago. Smith & Adams, 408 S.. Halsted St., TRIUMPHANT RETURN. A WONDERFUL Chicago. Sorenson, Chris.; 1802 N. Western ’“^e'mon strati on OF ENTERPRISE Ave., Chicago. Spaun, Mr. & Mrs. Byron; 464 N. AND ENERGY. Marshall St., Philadelphia. Spaulding, Dupee & Ted; Box 285, Ossining, N. Y. Stadium Trio, St. Charles Hotel, Chi With every group of film manufacturers in America straining every possible point to be the first to produce pictures of Roosevelt’s Triumphant Return, it is no small victory for the Sales Company to Stjohn & Bridges, 427 E. 58th St be able to say it was the winner of the race. New York City. Sands, M. M.; 610 Amity St., Home Camera men and cameras were stationed on revenue cutters, docks and various other places of stead, Pa. advantage, with the result that we secured six hundred feet of magnificent pictures in which “Teddy” Sawyer & DeLina, 43 Pembina St appears all through. We also secured an exclusive picture of the famous “Abernathy Kids” and a Buffalo. Scherer & Newkirk, 18 Goodell St., wonderful panoramic view of the Metropolitan Tower—a great feature in itself, but in this case a Buffalo. mere “side issue.” Searles, Arthur; 8858 Cottage Grove In spite of the tremendous rain storm following the Roosevelt ceremonies, we were able to get Ave., Chicago. Sears, Gladys; 258 W. 26th St., New prints of the great picture into the leading vaudeville houses of New York City by 9:30 the same night. York City. The audiences fairly gasped and marveled at this record-breaking feat. Selbini & Grovini, 6804 17th Ave., Brooklyn. We cite this merely as an instance of our determination to give a superb service to every loyal Senzell Bros., Flying; 210 Arlington exchange and every loyal exhibitor and to show that we are the stuff that winners are made of. St, Pittsburg, Pa. Stanley, Edmund & Co.; Care E. S. Exhibitors are once more requested to send for a list of those exchanges which are “buying the Keller, Long Acre Bldg, New York limit” from the following City. Stanley & Chambers, Union Ave. and Oak Lane, Philadelphia. Stantons, The; 351 W. 44th St, New York City. Program of Quality Stanley, Harry S. (Bijou), Duluth, Minn. Slater & Finch (Vaudeville), Boone, 27-29; (Unique) Oskaloosa, 30-July Every Monday - An Imp and a Yankee. 2. Sully & Phelps (O. H.), Saratoga. Every Tuesday - A Bison and a Powers. Shields & Rodgers (Myers Lake), Canton. Seymour’s Dogs (Garrick), Stockton. Every Wednesday An Atlas and an Ambrosio. Stuarts, Dancing (Parlor), Omaha, Neb. Every Thursday - An Imp and a Film d’Art. T. Thomas, Toby; Barnum & Bailey Every Friday A Bison and a Defender. Circus. Tarlton & Tarlton, Sells-Floto Circus. Turner, Bert (Brinkman’s), Bemidji, Every Saturday - A Powers and an I tala. Minn. Torey & Norman (Grand), Victoria, B. C. Taylor, C. Edwin; 316 S. Franklin St, South Bend, Ind. Te'ed; Lazell & Herr; 4247 Lorain Aif., Cleveland. Thatcher, Geo.; 561 W. 149th St, Motion Picture Distributing & Sales Co. New York City. Topack & West, 1388 Pear St, Park- side, Camden, N. J. 1 1 1 East 14th Street, NEW YORK Thomas & Ryan (Miles), St. Paul. Tangley, Pearl (Poll’s), Waterbury. Takezawa Japanese Troupe (Inger- soll Park), Des Moines, Iowa. Valenteenes, Three Flying (Pan- Whitman, Frank (Majestic), Denver, West Sisters, 1412 Jefferson Ave., Trolley Car Duo (Orpheum), Zanes¬ tages’), Denver, Col. Col. Brooklyn. ville. Whitman Bros., 1335 Chestnut St., Taylor, Mae (Avenue), Detroit. Valdare’s, Bessie, ony Cyclists (Sohmer Park), Montreal Can Philadelphia. Troubadours, Three (Lakeside Park), Akron. Vagges, The (Vaudeville), Marshall- Wheeling, Wheelock & Hay (White Whitney, Tilley; 36 Kane St., Buf¬ City), Dayton, Ohio. falo. Van, Willis; 2661 Lincoln Ave., Chi- Whiteside, Ethel (Schwartz), Wauke¬ Williams, Frances; 7 Beecher St., Newark, N. J. gan, Ill. Variety Comedy Trio, 1515 Barth Wills, Nat M.; 301 W. 99th St., New Vindobonas, The (Empire), London, Ave., Indianapolis. York City. Eng. Vernon, Dorothy; 309 Euclid Ave., Wilson, Lizzie; 175 Franklin St., Buf¬ Vontello & Nina, Continental Hotel, Inman Park, Atlanta, Ga. falo. Chicago. Vincent. John R. j 820 Olive St., In- WARREN & FRANCIS Withrow & Glover, 862 N. Emporia Van & Johnson (Lyric). Sklina, 27- dianapolis. ^ Summeringat Cheyenne,Wyo. St., Wichita, Kas. 29; (Airdome) Ellsworth, 30-July 2. Wood, Milt.; White Rats, New York White & Simmons (Orpheum), San Vynos, Musical (Unique), Minne¬ Address P. 0. Box 643. City. apolis, Minn. Francisco, Calif. 28 THE SHOW WORLD June 25, 1$, „ FRED MACE’S SPLATTER BOTTOM DROPS OUT MOZZLE AND BROKA OF VAUDEVILLE GAME to the Breezy Bits of Wit and Timely Comment—Budget of Inter¬ GONSKA MISHPOKA. Warm Weather Meets Vaudevill^in esting Talk on People and Events of the Prize Ring And Deals It a NEW YORK, Amusement World Knockout Blow. June 22.—Well! Well! Well! Warm weather has dealt vaude¬ here I am ville a knockout blow. The majority ship Helen Gould.” I know this on the great believe me, he can go there whenever of the smaller houses have closet* would perhaps look funny, but say, he likes at a big salary. (?) White Way. so suddenly that it looks like thej can you imagine the navy we would George P. Murphy is playing the tom suddenly dropped out of the! It is just like Chi¬ have? Foolish, perhaps, but never¬ cago only there German judge in the Madame X bur¬ deville game. theless somewhat good, eh? Elfie Fay lesque at Hammerstein’s.. He is im¬ “I have to watch my book fo| fear are more actors told me she would donate to anything out of work. Any mense, and Dave Ferguson is a for the navy. I am willing to start scream. Bedini and Arthur also fur¬ one could organ¬ the subscription for my home state, ize any kind of a nish a lot of comedy. was formerly an actor and is krJSn Pennsylvania, with a five dollar note. for the $2 stuff he springs. , company from an Dr. J. R. Hanley of Bay City, Mich. Uncle Tom to Elsie Cressy, who has been playing “Well the houses ought to close" the Will Cressy sketch, “The Red Everybody who has ever played Bay remarked L. S. Schindler. T“We Grand Opera in City knows the genial Doc. Lately two hours, just Parrot,” around Chicago and the should give the parks a chancd.Mt middle west, has decided to come the Docto'r has become quite a Thes¬ will only make the patrons the keener walking from 38th pian. At the Elks Minstrel Show, street to 43d. Managers are' leery East. Miss Cressy has been offered for vaudeville when the houses reopen the Eastern time frequently before not long ago, the Doc was one of again.” about booking shows. Some claim if the end men, and on one song took they take the Independent booking but until now has refused it. Come “I wanted to see more of the^B twenty-four encores. Some of us don’t games, anyhow,” was the way in which to the coast that they will be O. K. Ofl, Elsie, you will make them take get over fifteen. Anybody playing notice. C. S. Hatch, manager of the Linden, for half a season but after that it Bay City look him up and just say referred to the warm weather.! His would be necessary to play K. & E. Billy Gane is the bussiest little fel¬ I said so. time to make any kind of decent low in ten cities. Billy is the original house closes at the end of this week. Doc. N. H. Leahey of San Francisco jumps. I don’t know how it will all for offering big headliners in picture The Trevett theater closed] last has all the plans for the new Tivoli end. Lets hope for the best. Now Sunday night. Sittner’s, the Haymar- houses. I knew Billy in the days of under way. I may be his Komis there for some talk. the Savage Opera Company at the ket, the President and many others when he opens his house, which, how¬ close with the end of this weekj^r Grand Opera House in Philadelphia— ever, won’t be for a year yet. Arthur Tom Waters is playing piano at the some days, too, weren’t they, Billy? The Kedzie, the house of which all Cunningham will be the handsome Fifth Avenue this week. Tom not Do you remember the night I ap¬ Chicago is proud, still continue^B baritone, and it may be possible May only plays piano, he just kicks the peared in the Casket over “Lovers prosper but the show is not given in Boley and Marguerite McKinney will music out of it. He has some clever Plunge,” which used to be known as the Airdome. stories and is booked for a return Minks? be comedienne and prima donna, re¬ The Erie on North Clark streej engagement over at the Orpheum spectively. Will that be a troupe? tinues to do alright. Hot weathej Elbert Hubbard, the well-known ed¬ circuit, so that looks af if he was it, Sam G. Smith (in the seventeenth not stop the attendance, it woul dont it? Oh you Shenandoah, itor of the Fra, has related his ex¬ pear. Lyall, Raeburn & Co., periences in the June number of that and eighteenth century known as Girardville and Ringtown. Regards plain Smith) wrote me a funny letter Kimball & Donavan are on thi to May. classic magazine. I bought my first at that house this week. 1 copy of the Fra in the Polk street de¬ from Omaha the other day. It seems The big laugh of the week is an Will J. Cooke of Karroll and Kooke pot in Chicago and read it on the the Woodward Stock Company played has turned out to be a regular actor. train on my way to New York. It “The Rose of the Ranch” last week. item in a daily paper of last Saturday in which C. Sharp attempts to] give He played as an editor in Junie Mc- was interesting from “Kiver to Kiver” As everyone knows the last act takes vaudeville managers the wrong sw* Crees Scamper last Saturday night. and I am going to be a steady reader place on the roof of Juanita’s house. He says, in speaking of the cl9 He made so good that he is all bloated from now on. Every actor should get Sam was standing in the back of the over it. I understand he has written a June number and read Mr. Hub¬ theater talking with a bunch when of the houses, that “in this actiorii wise theatrcal experts believe the editor of “The Life Boat” (a little bard’s idea of the stage and its peo¬ the curtain went up on the last act. (the managers) are seriously] mis¬ paper sold in Chicago saloons by cute ple. Here’s to you, Hubbard—you’re One of said bunch started to go. He little women with bonnets on) asking immense. Me for you. was popularly known as a grouch. guided.” The lack of confidence 1m if he can place him on the sporting or “Wait for the last act, old man,” vaudeville has in the expressions theatrical column. Marie, our wife Theodore Roosevelt. I don’t know whispered another of the bunch, “it’s the “wise theatrical experts” ofl why I should talk about him for he will do the “Frocks and Frills” col¬ on the house.” Care for it? Sam, if daily press is shown in the gefl umn. Want to take a Taxi Carroll? is the best press agent that ever hap¬ I had a typewriter I would write you closing of the houses. pened. He could get money ahead George McKay, of McKay and a letter. May do so later on anyway. of any show syndicate, Independent, INA CLAIRE SAVES Cantwell, has an offer from one of the Edgar Selden, manager of the United or opposition. However, I LIFE OF A YOUNG GIRL. regular New York managers to stage wanted to tell about the bunch that Shapiro, gave me h-1 today for all the dancing numbers in the big was here to welcome "Teddy” home. mentioning about “Oh, you Chicken,” ST. LOUIS, Mo., June ___ musical comedy aforesaid manager The most picturesque crowd are the their new song. I thought it was al¬ Claire jumped into the limelight* produces in September. Here is a hundred rough riders under command ready for use, but Ed says no. I last week when she saved the 1^ fellow who will make good. I know of Ben H. Colbert of Tishomingo, heard it played from a manuscript Claudia Ballou, of 4119 Choi a Chicago show which was produced Okla. Here is a crowd of real fel¬ copy. It’s a great song and when it avenue, who sought death 1 and was a failure and McKay was lows and the town is wide open for is released or ready get in early and chloroform. The girl was riding^ called in, re-staged it, put in some them. Great doings here during the get a copy. a street car and sat opposite! Miss novelties, and it is still on the road past week. Teddy and I are both The Arcadians. I saw this at the Claire, who was en route from M making money. tired out. Knickerbocker theater the other night hotel to Manion’s Park. Miss Claire Press Agents. There are two lady and it is one of the prettiest musi¬ noticed the girl drinking someth®, White Rats held their annual meet¬ and when she saw the girl turn pale, press agents I know, and I don’t think ing Thursday. June 15, in New York; cal comedies I have witnessed in a knocked. the bottle from her hand, I am far away when I say they are Chicago on Friday, the 17th, and the long, long time. Frank Moulan is It was just in time to save the girl’s the best in the business. Their names big mass meeting for the 24th. On funny from the rise to the fall of the life, but too late to avoid a stay it are King, one is Carrie, the other July 4th a special general meeting curtain. Julia Sanderson, pretty, Frances, no relation. King’s their will.be held in San Francisco. sweet and clever. Ethel Cadman has the hospital. Late reports indicfie name, both of them are queens, and the sweetest soprano voice I have that Miss Ballou, who is 19 years Fields & Lewis start rehearsal soon old, will recover. as good fellows they are aces. for “We Wont Go Home Until Morn¬ ever heard. You will hear a great ing,” a new musical comedy under the deal more from this young lady. Battleships. Sometime ago I sug¬ When the Arcadians play Chicago JIM MORTON OUTDONE j gested to the New York Herald a management of Geo. W. Lederer. Dave Lewis told me they have a great get there the first night, otherwise IN PICTURE HOUSES. plan, or least two plans, for the build¬ you will be up against a sell out for ing of battleships for our navy. One piece and expect to land with both Arthur Barrett played three houses feet. Hope you do boys. I’m for some time. the first half of this week. He ap¬ was to let the people of each state A1 Lamar & Gabrielle produced a contribute as much as they could af¬ ye. peared on the noon shift at the Pas¬ May Boley, who is now rehearsing new act at Yonkers the past week. time, where he gave three shows, ford and build a battleship, or if the Gabrielle is the only midget who c ->uld state already had a battleship, build with Charles Marks’ new piece then went across the street to the called “3,000,000,” is to have the star play this sketch and get away with Alcazar and gave three shows and a torpedo boat or cruiser and name it, so he don’t have to be afraid of it after the state. My other plan was part, . that of a chorus girl who has at night he appeared at the Logan married wealth and the money near¬ the other so-called mites stealing it Square Airdome for a single show. for millionaires who wanted to have away from him. “Bud” Ed Lamar, monuments after they had flown this ly makes her a society lady. The The last half of this week he is at piece has not opened yet, but here’s Al’s brother, is getting a big vaude¬ the Ashland and playing no place else. world. Let each one build a “fight¬ ville act ready. ing craft” of some kind and present where I make a prediction. May will Jim Morton’s record in the picture it to the government, naming it after be the hit of the opera. Watch and houses is now outdone. see. themselves. In case this should ever ALLEN SUMMERS HERE; happen I realize the funny reading it Paul McAllister, the well-known ac¬ CARE NECESSARY would make. You would pick up a tor, is now leading man at the Colum¬ WITH NO FIGHT JOKES. IN SELECTING SONGS. newspaper after a big sham battle bia theater, Washington, D. C., play¬ Allen Summers, one of the few Charlotte Sherman has a new song and read perhaps like this: “The ing all the latest Broadway successes, comedians in vaudeville who works which strikes the audiences so hard battleship Guggenheim rammed its “College Widow,” “Paid in Full,” in one without once referring to the that the applause always breaks, into nose into the cruiser J. Pierpont Mor¬ “Talk of New York,” and many others Jeffries-Johnson fight, is back in Chi¬ the last note. “It only shows ; how gan. The torpedo destroyer Hetty just as varied, aul plays the leads in cago after a tour of the Coney careful one must be in the selectiojB Green was standing close by and sent all. One week he is a comedian, the Holmes circuit. He intended to go songs”, she says. Miss Sherman® a Whitehead torpedo which went clear next the daring hero, etc. He gets all to Milwaukee to open Tuesday night, one of the Four American Gypsy through the gunboat J. D. Rockefeller of them over. I saw him play a stock but owing to a death in the family it Girls, who are heavily featured at the and carried away part of the glad engagement in Frisco last season and was impossible to fill the engagement. Majestic in East St. Louis this week. June 25, 1910. THE SHOW WORLD 29

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Van Camp, secy. ciety. Sept. 13-16. E. F. Moore, Tuscarawas—Not s 13- 16. John Hlnkel, secy. Huron—South Dakota State Fair. Sept. OKLAHOMA Kutztown—Kutztown Fair Assn. Oct. 12-19. C. N. Mcllvaine, secy. London—Madison County Agricultural 4-7. C. J. Rhode, secy. Kadoaa—Stanley County Fair. Sent Society. Aug. 31-Sept. 2. C. A. Wil- Ardmore—Carter Co. Fair Assn. Oct Lancaster—Lancaster County Agricul¬ 21-23. Frank Coye, secy. „ 11-13. Orin Redfield, secy. tural Fair Assn. Sept. 27-30. 1. C. K1??b&u—Brule County Fair. Sept Manafleld—Richland Agricutural Socie¬ Blackwell—Interstate Fair. Sept. 19- Arnold, secy. 21-23. J. J. Winn, secy. ty. Sept. 20-23. Chas. Brumfield, 24. Malcolm McDonald, asst secy. Lebanon—Lebanon Valley Fair Assn. Miller—Hand County Fair. Sept. 8-10. Canton—Blaine County Fair Assn. Dates Aug. 23-26. J. A. Bollman, secy. G. F. Stegeman, secy. Marietta—Washington Co. A. & M. Assn. not set. W. H. Hermes, secy. Lehighton—Carbon County Agrl. Soc. Miller—Corn Belt Kace Meet. July 4-6 Seat 20-23. L. A. Ziegler, secy. Kingfisher—Farmers’ Fair Assn. Sept. Sept. 27-30. J. Albert Darling secy. Mitchell—Mitcheil Corn Palace. Sept —. S. I. Jordan, secy. Lewisburg—Union County Agricultural 26-Oct. 1. L. L*. Ness, secy. Marlon County Fair. Sept.°—' 27- Oklahoma City—State Fair Assn, of 1 .30. J.^Knapp, Society. Sept. 27-30. C. Dale Wolfe, Pin«rte_^Ga?.KBelT.tExpo* Co* SePt. 26- Maryeville—Union*"’ County Fair. Sept. Oklahoma. Sept. 27-Oct 9. I. S. secy. tdi i Chas- E. Hannon, secy. r. F. Brodrick, secy. Mahan, secy. Madisonville—Lackawanna Grange Fair Plankenton—Aurora County Fair. Sept. McCCamel 1s V i lie—Morgan Co. Agricultur¬ Pawnee—Pawnee Park & Fair Assn. Assn. Sept. 20-24. Lionel Winship, 5"8* A- A. Boynton, secy. al Society. Sept. 20-22. T. E. Mc- Sept. 6-9. Frank Hudson, secy. secy. —-Lyman County Fair. Sept. Ryan—Jefferson Co. Farmers’ Institute. Mansfield—Smythe Park Assn. Sept. 20- 20-23. E. G. Preston, secy. Meffina—Medina County Agricultural So- Sept 1-10. H. Overbey, secy. 23. R. C. Longbothum, secy. Redfield—Spink County Fair. Sept. 6-9. Elk City—Beckham County Fair Assn. Mercer—Mercer Central Agricultural E. E. Sedam, secy. SjlP' Aug' 30'Sept- !' °- Van' Aug. 30-Sept 2. I. L. Hoover, secy. Salem—McCook County Fair. Sept. 6-9. Assn. Sept. 5-8. J. P. Orr, secy. w. ±1. Hart, secy. Montpelier—Williams County Fair. Sept. Hobart—Kiowa County Fair. Aug. 16- Middletown— Middletown Fair Assn. 20. E. T. Mann, secy. Sept. 13-16. E. Hollis Croll, secy. Sp^I-fish—Lawrence County Fair. Sept. 13-17. Robt. Ogle, secy. Apache—Ed. C. Kell, secy. Not set. Montrose—Susquehanna Co. Agrl. Soc. 2 <-29. M. H. Eustace, secy. Mt Vernon—Knox County Fair. Sept. Bartelsville—G. R. McKinley, secy. Sept. 13-16. R. E. Beebe, secy. 13-16. Howard C. ^Gates,( secy. ^ ^ ^ Chandler—J. T. Johnson, secy. Not set. Nazareth—Northampton County Agri¬ Tr7?9P-g^CrhyinKSl°antt,Cs0eUcnyty ^ SePt’ Cherokee—F. D. Curtis, not set. cultural Society. Sept. 13-16. J. R. 0. J. Miller, ! Clinton—T. Nance, secy. Not set. Reinheimer, secy. Ve2™3“i0j7sC1|.LtXnetysecFyair- Sept _'Fair. Aug. 30- Sept. El Reno—Aug. 20-23. New Freedom—Farmers’ Improvement WS?ste£—Eay Gounty Fair. ’ Sept. 20- ®ri...cl MMcGeorge,°c« secy. Enid—F. S. Kirk, secy. Not set. Assn. Sept. 29-Oct. 1. W. H. Freed, 22. H. H. Wickre, president. Napoleon—Napoleon Fair Co. Sept. 6-9. Fairview—Joe Wilson, secy. Not set. Jet—Elmer Beach, secy. Not set. Newport—Perry Co. Agrl. Soc. Sept. TENNESSEE. Newark-^Licking ^County Agricultural Krebs—S. S. Smith, secy. 20-23. J. C. Stephens, secy. Alexandria—De Kalb County Fair. Sept Society Oct. 4-8. J. M. Farmer, secy. Lawton—W. J. Donald, secy. Not set. Nolan Park, Clarion—Big Harvest Home. 1-3. Bob Roy, secy. Ottawa—Putnam County Fair. Oct. 4-8. Muskogee—Emma R. Knell, secy. Brownsville—Haywood County Fair. A. P. Sandies, secy. .... Newkirk—J. F. Hugbauer, secy. Oxford—Oxford Agrl. Assn. Sept. 20- „ Get. 18-21. c. M. Hollrook, Mngr. Oweaeville—Clermont Co. Agricultural Ponca City—Not set. 23. Thos. F. Grier, secy. Ce,‘!.n:f~C1.ay County Fair Assn. Aug. Society. Aug. 23-26. A. S. Johnson, Taiga—F. G. Delaney, secy. Not set. Perkasie—Bucks Co. Agrl Soc. Sept. 10-13. W. C. Davidson, secy. Thomas—Chas. A. Grant, secy. Not 14- 17. I. Y. Barringer, secy. Coal Creek—Coal Creek Fair. Sept Paulding—Paulding Co. Agricultural Port Royal—Juinato County Agricultu¬ 1-9. W. L. Wilson, secy. ciety. Sept. 5-9. W. B. Jackson, secy Tulsa—Fred Seiber, secy. Not set. ral Society. Sept. 13-16. James N. Columbia—Columbia Races. July 19-22. Piketon—Piketon Fair Co. aug. 10-12 Watonga—A. McBride, secy. Sept. 1-2. Groninger, secy. Jno. P. McGaw, secy. Xsfc Bateman, secy. Weatherford—O. Bolenbach, secy. oNt Pulaski—Pulaski Fair Assn. Sept. 12- Columbia—Columbia lair Assn. Sept Portsmouth—Scioto County Agricultur 15. Jas. S. Wood, secy., Youngstown, _ I3"!7-, H. W. Thomas, secy. al Society. Aug. 30-Sept. 2. ' * Ohio. • Cumberland City—Stewart and Houston McGeorge, Mt. Joy. Reading—Great Reading Fair. Sept. Counties Pair. Sept. 8-10. Nixon -— n 27-30. H. Seidel Throm, secy. Pickard, secy. . B. ... bw,. ricultural Society. Sept. 26-Oct. Smethport—McKean County Fair Ass Deer Lodge—Morgan County Fair Assn. Proctorville—Lawrence22 County Theo. Fitzgerald, secy. Dates not set. Guy McCoy, secy. Sept. 21-23. J. C. Bate, secy. Aug. 30-Sept. 2. W. W. Richard, Portland—Rose Festival. - - Stonesboro—Mercer Co. Agrl. St Dresden—Weakly County Fair Assn. Ravenna—Portage County Fair. Sept. George L. Hutchin, mgr., 706 Sweet Sept. 19-22. Chas. B. Hines, secy. ,.?„e-Pt..?i-24,\ w. R. McWherten, secy. 'i“r H. w. Campbell, secy. land Bldg., Portland, Ore. Stroudsburg—Monroe Co. Agrl. Soc. Portland—Oregon State Fair. Sept. 5-10 Sept. 6-9. H. F. Coolbaugh, sec. F. A. Welch, secy. Towanda—Bradford County Agricultu¬ Roseburg—Southern Oregon District Ag¬ ral Society. Sept. 27-30. S. Bergen RlAwlod-RIchwood Tri-County Fair ricultural Society. Sept. 20-24. Frank Park, secy. Gallatin—Summer County Fair ' Ausr G. Bicelli, secy. Troy—Troy Agricultural Society. Sept. 24-27. W. L. Oldham, secy S’ Aug. 2-5. R. A. Lenox, secy. Salem—Oregon State Fair. Sept. 13-16. H. C. Carpenter, secy. Humboldt—Fair. Sept 14-17. C. W Ripley—Ripley Fair Co. Aug. 2-5. Frank Meredith, secy. West Alexander—West Alexander Agri¬ Rooks, secy. H. Williams, secy. „ „ , A Siletz—Lincoln County Fair. Sept. 6-9 cultural Assn. Sept. 20-22. John M. Huraboidt—Humboldt Colored Fair. Oct St. Clairsville—Belmont Co. Fair A: C. B. Crosno, secy. Gif son, secy. Sept. 19-24. J. H. Taylor, secy. West Chester—Chester County Agricul¬ Huntingicm—CarroU bCo’unty SFain' Oct SMSp-Canfield Fair. Sept. 26-30. PENNSYLVANIA tural Association. Sept. 6-9. Fred 4-8. W. L. Noell, secy. L. Manchester, secy., R. - . D. No. 4 Allentown—Lehigh County Agrl. Soc Du Rose Reid, secy. Jackson—Pair. Oct. 4-8. W. F. Harry, Sandusky—Erie Co. Agricultural Socie Sept. 20-23. Harry Schall, secy. Westfield—Cowansque Valley Agrl. Soc. ty. Sept. 13-16. F. H. Zerbe, secy. Bedford—Bedford County Agrl. Soc. Sept. 13-16. J. W. Smith, secy. Kingston—Roane County Fair Assn. Sarahsville—Noble County Fair. Sept Sept. 20-23. J. Ray Cessna, secy. Williams Grove—Grangers Picnic and Sept. 13-16. W. H. Liggett, secy K Homer Johnson, secy. Bellefonte—Center County Agrl. Exhi. Exhibition Assn. Aug. 29-Sept. 3. R. Knoxville—Appalachian Exposition. Sept Sardinia—Kennedy’s Fair Company. Aug. Co.,Oct. —. De Laun Stewart, secy. H. Thomas, Jr., Mechanicsburg, Pa. 12-Oct. 12. Cary F. Spence, chairman 30-Sept. 2. J. W. Campbell, secy. Bendersville—Fruit Growers’ Assn. Dec. Wilkes-Barre—Luzerne County Fair amusement committee. Seville—Guilford Westfield Townslte 14-16. Edwin C. Tyson, secy.. Flora- Assn. Aug. 29-Sept. 2. Robert Ire¬ La Fayette—Macon County Fair Assn. Fair. Sept. 13-15. M. E. Frazier, secy. dale. land, secy. Aug. 18-20. M. H. Allen, secy. Shelby County Fair. Sept 13- Bethlehem—Pennsylvania State Fair Wyalusing—Wyalusing Fair Assn. Sept. Lewisburg—Lewisburg Fair Assn. Aug. 16. J. E. Russell, secy. Assn. Sept. 6-9. H. A. Broman, secy. 6-9. G. M. Lyon, sec. 3-6. W. T. Cheatham, secy. Smithileia—Jefferson County Fair. Sept. Bloomsburg—Columbia Co. Agrl. Soc. York—York County Agrl. Soc. Oct. Memphis—Tri-State Fair. Sept. 27-Oct. 28-30. J. O. Hayne, secy. Oct. 4-8. A. N. Yost, 3-17. Edw. Chapin, secy. 4. p\ D. Fuller, secy. Springfield—Clark County Agricultural Youngwood—Westmoreland Agricultural Murfreesboro—Murfreesboro Fair Assn, Society. Aug. 16-19. El-wood Miller, Society. Sept. 6-9. W. H. Holtzer, xr S

Ft (Recovery—Harvest Jubilee Assn. KANSAS. Canton—Celebration. F. F. Johnson, Churubusco—Commercial Club Celebra¬ Aug. 10-12. Frank J. Sonderman.Sonderman, secy. tion. Louis Koche, secy. Council Grove—Race Meet. July 12-14. Knightstown—Celebration. Ed. Barker, Lock Drawer 65, Recovery. St. John—Stafford Co. Fair Assn. July Galesburg—Fourth of July Carnival. jrrajuum—Home Coming. Week July 11. 27-29. Wm. Cadman, secy. July 4 and week. J. H. Bard, secy. Kalida—Pioneer Celebration. Aug. 29- Hoopeston—Celebration. R. F. Cooper, Lebanon—Celebration. Guy F. Davis, SeDt. 3. Milton S. Boleriac!- - KENTUCKY. secy. secy. jkcaster—Elks’ Street 1* Georgetown—Scott Co. Fair Assn. July Newton—Celebration. C. H. Allbright, Medaryville—Celebration. July 4. 18. H. R. Roley, secy. U U T. C. Bell, secy. secy. Petersburg—Celebration. Gus Frank, Limar—Home Coming. Se Henderson—Hendersonin—Hftndftrson Fair.Fa July 2 Onarga—Celebraton. July 2-4. Chas. Graham, secy. T. C. Bell, secy. Krause, secy. IOWA. Lancaster—r-J uly 27.29 Robt El- Shelbyville—Celebration and Carnival. Denison—Celebration. July 4. ^Meeting 1 " Joe Young, secy. Des Moines—Newsboys’ Assn. Celebra¬ Madisonville—Hopkins Co. Fair. July fl-’-1—“— Chas. H. tion, July 4. G. J. Prescott, 1137 Sixth Mlainisburg—Carnival._ Week July 18. 19-23. Gordon B. Hall, secy. Beetle, secy. ave., Des Moines, Iowa. Young, K. of P. Social Club, Mayfield—Graves Co. Race Meeting. July Lincoln—Celebraton. Wm._ „.J. Pegram,. Eagle Grove—Celebration. K. K. Keith, juttiiuauuiMia’misburg,ei Ohio.,, ™_,_ - a-y." " ",rt. F.r • Pryor,irryor, secy. secy., Pegram Bldg., Lincoln, Ill. secy. Norwalk—Norwalk Chamber of Com- Mt sterling—Montgomery Co. Fair, Washington—Celebration. July 4. merce Street Fair,Fair. Oct. 4-7. Ben W. July 19.236 w cf Hamilton, secy. INDIANA. KANSAS. Wickham, Norwalk. Richmond—Madison Co. Fair. July 20-23. Greensburg—Elks’ Circus. A. Goyert, Washingtonran ”— H.—Centenniav — Home J.. B. Walker, s secy. Severy—Fourth of July Celebration. Coming. Aug. 1-3.