Billboard advertising (Jan 1910)

VohmM ZXIL No. 1 CINCIIKATI—BSW TOSK-rCHICAGp Jmmy 1,1910 On Amusement Life „ . ^ ^ and Environmen It happened at DanvOle'last Saturday. Am ew t j rl ioa y- tnama, the entire i J: K. Brooks, owner of the Royal Hotel and thfl opera hoi ■tat* of ^orth Carolina la dry. ud. we all know that troupers get dry them- at Ums. AflMr bttav ta tUa territory for some tinae. Manager H. I>. Emery, of the Red Mill Company, now touriiiir tbe SomUu was good and dry. and when he landed at DanvlUo Sat- urday momlngr he went to the man- ager of the "opery" and Mr. Manager gave him a tip as to where he cpuld nnd a blind tiger. Mr. Emery found his way to the tiger, but found it was a difficult matter to enter, as, at the little door stood a coal-black nigger, with a wooden leg. After Mr. Emery discioeed his Identity, tbo nigger in urthoiitx: flnnlly. doeUM to let Mr. Emery In. It must have been the beat t%W' In toiwa. CBr lir. Kb^^ made •ereral trips. In the evening, after the house had been seated and Mr. Emery was ont in the lobby, meditating, he heard that peculiar noise—a peg leg. Be tnmed about and recognised the nuro gepmy.oC Um *tliger.''c.. Tkm following conversation took place: "Good ehen*. Cunnel." ~How are you to>nigbt, Oeorge?." "Pntty wall. boss. Say. bosa^ yon 'member dat I dnn open mah do' fo' jroT Mfi'iTHwio lir daj. an* I dna cnaa down here dU ehen* to ax yo*- if yo' ' *?RrUk right la ^aad take the 'beat seat In the honssb : Ton are the only Okla., was the victim of a pretty Joke. While attendlac the- of opera house owners at Tulsa. Okla., ho of lactory men from the East to ac- eompany them In an anto ride to the gas and oil fields' of Teneha. Brooka had never seen a real live gas well blowing oft and showed so much in- terest in matters that it was arranged to let one of the big; ten-mllllon-foot gaasers "blow" for liis edification. 'When the well manager started to open the valve of the well, E rooks, in his anxiety to see the whole act, got ' within ten feet oC the giant and before he had time to step back the weU began to Mow. with a noise like half a dosen locomotives all at once, and shot a column of gas hundreds of feet In the air 'with sufficient force to raoh Brooks' hat off his head before he had time to grab it. Recovering hlB t-qulllbrlum. Brooks looked up and saw his Stetson making a graceful deaoem of five hundred feet, without a parachute, and ejaculated: "Wen, boys, I always 'waa lucky. Now think of what would have happened If my head hadn't been screwed on good and tight! Where la that beantlfid clubhouM V'la were going tc show me'.'" They proceeded to the crooks paid for the amber mead and Oklahoma hlgtalite. B. C Beatty. wUie"rnnning a booking olBce in Memphis recently, teeelved a letter from an aspiring young thesplnn. which reads a* fOUowi: "Dear sir I have got an act tliat h e r e. This will t>e my Ar^t experience tm tinieliav- nU the ^ttaee aU l have Vetn dDliijr Is pnttfhir this ast on in dties around hear I do a Jew act and believe lu rlghrt there with the dope It is a true show story of the eoat- Bieteis aaUin -Vint he Join the onion 1 he h llae m for not being in the i then $25 for doe then the-whole go out on a strike and -then some more foa. Thea he goes to tho smva yaidL to aat Omm aowar on hts wife grave and he cant find it ho eriae ftom 4 tafhe afternoon tfl 7 In the next morning try ^to find yon want my act or not yours it oaaht .to be his wife grave and he cries over l« graves. I am 18 years old and make as an old Jew and you cant tell It from a person JO or 40 and It make you akont S»-t» years. If that is not a f uU enough deserlpUon of the act why aaC I war aciUI you the act aa* tt tt aalla ma as I have wrote »» P>^.««n* the thne I will take all yoa aM* ■»>^«» "J you are wtillag to give.. I wfll eloeO' tor this time but hope to hear tnm you In coune «tC h weA4i waltln. a witST" **" " " _^ The manager of » ?OYi«Ml -P»cture show in ^a s^ "ilu**u thTmMSgcr Sr"thl"-Ht^'^<2!^a»d'M^^ WffV *^ knowing they were not in use. Vo which tiMr l rt te > a p w M ia ■' ■■ ■ P ' g ^^', _ "I don't know. MOt the o p ew rtar. "Ha -ea hi iii 1 1 m. yr. an theae moving- plcture papers." ■ ■' ' ' -i^' The first man enjoyed tha/JoI» tor;^a«««tlBBa fmhont about It. but finally decided It-waa toe good to aee|>. Jnson Ratefcln, treasurer, and likewise press representative of the Grand Theatre. Kansas City, Is always meeting with funny, exciting, peculiar ud all sorts of experiences. From his post behind the little wicket he aeea much of human nature, and up to the present says he has not been sarpnMd at anything; Ik waa while a matinee was in progress that a well-dressed up to the window and asked Mr. Ratekin, In a subdued voice: "Can yon ten me where I can get a drink?" "Wh—att~ Satekln managed to stutter. "Can you t*^ nie where I, can get a drlakt.' I aeid oaa ■ peated the lady. Rate kin. blushing, stammered: .» . ■ "What kind-do you trish. madam?" And the lady, blushing in her turn, said: fA'^aas of'ice water, plaaaa," KatMda dlr^ted her to; the tee water eoOler la the tabhgr aad. to a friend, remarkedr "Well, the drinks—the sure enough kind, are on me nl surprised. I thought she meant a real drlnltk you know." much ^man Joseph L. Rhhiock Is Interested In big theatrical ventures as wen si In politics. He says hto friend John Bj-me wayeliing thU one. He sair? thnt he n-os somewhere -up here in New York Stale during the tote fall harvesting: of the formers. Jonn claims that he saw several men whose general appearance waa familiar to him. He mentioned this to an old farmer acquaintance, who said: "Them's actors. Tou see. John, own the hotel over in the towa and -■^enever a «how troupe goM4>USled r give *em Jobs in the field tOI they ers?" John asked. "Waal," said the t what they call theaa duuatflar aotan; Oey feOeni doea toTaMy good, aa* I kla git ~- to hire ao >. "trn tan y*. 1 aiB*t got no fault to find with ^ jjjl^j smart. These JuvenlU . oatea the heavies, but 1 Itok sir. Never agata." A few nights ago.- when Olga Kethersole. the famous English .^moiiunal actress was playing Sapho at New Orleans, a youngster in the gallery came near to spoiing the effect at eaa at. ber aasaee hy a ■po ataiw ioa a tcbhiI^* heard through the house. In the play, Netheraaiik whOk as Sapho, la lastailed In a eottaa* la tha country, erute aggs fbr aa enHtte, and true to Oui c ha « a ater . aha mlwe (he eggs to her nostrils to make.snre.of their age. On the evening In question, aa aKa waa MnmA to ttffp fb» egas late thr bowU the yonaseter ytfled: " . . "CMi. go oa.. TiMai 1MB. Is ceoo. - -1 aM'MB nyaeifr* . Frequent are the complaints of vaudeville artists because of the incom- petency or Inattentlveness of orchestras In the smaller variety houses. And aay performer who is compeUed to go through the experience of encoir- " tatlMC eaa a( those orchestras knows ^SSSt kn eOeet'lt Itas. It usually gets the act that is on in a bad way. and the difficulties arising from their lit- tle disturbances are quite often not **T^aiek and Ladne. lariat experts. who, by the way. during ihe summer, were prominently identified in the arena with Miller Bros.' 101 Ranch SSy'^^'l"^"*!**^ During the middle o'J*"^ act. a girl about fifteen years of age came Into the thea tre an d eeated hw awi in the front row. The piano player, who happened to tank avoaad, mtUi-.'m. a voice loud enough to be heard all over the houae: .. «Maiy. iriwt are you doing here to see the play? Now, did yon get that sour milk? Thke it home so maw can make those biscuits for breakfast For an Instant only Weadick stopped. Miss LAdue has a line, saying •'I can rope a Jack rabbit." Weadick seised the opportunity to conver t, the oltatr into a big tough by asking Miss l.adue it she thought she OOOM topa the hisealt. , ; .