Billboard advertising (Oct 1916)

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The Billboard 2T WILD WEST NEWS ON PAGE 45 WANTED— BILLPOSTERS _ AQEHT WHEELER BROS.' SHOWS, On. DtUTtrr, mwbwn, Botlh CjroUni. SNAKES. KVk.V.""' SELLS-FLOTO WANTS FOR CIRCUS SEASON 1917 ANY OR ALL PERSONS, ACTS, FREAKS, NOVELTIES, CURI- OSITIES, STRANGE AND WEIRD THINGS, WHtTHER THEY EVER HAVE BEEN IN A CIRCUS OR NOT. PROFESSIONAL NOTICE: any and every act, human or animal. NEW OR OLD, THAT WILL BRING A THRILL OR A LAUGH, WILL RE- CEIVE CAREFUL CONSLDERATION, PROVIDED ARTISTS SEND PHOTO- GRAPHS IN COSTUME, DESCRIBE ALL ACTS THEY PERFORM AND STATE SALARY. REMEMBER TO MAKE YOUR LETTER EXPLICIT, DE- SCRIBING EXACTLY OF WHAT YOUR ACTS CONSIST AND ALL YOU PROPOSE AND ARE WILLING TO DO TO MAKE SELLS-FLOTO'S PER- FORMANCE FOR 1917 THE GREATEST IN ITS HISTORY. THE MANAGE- MENT INTENDS THAT THE 1917 SELLS-FLOTO PERFORMANCE MUST STARTLE AND AMUSE AS NO CIRCUS PERFORMANCE EVER HAS DONE BEFORE. WHAT HAVE YOU TO OFFER TO TAKE A PART IN CIRCUS- DOM'S MOST UNIQUE AND OUT OF THE ORDINARY PROGRAM? AGAIN REMEMBER: WRITE ALL ABOUT YOUR ACT, AND DON'T FORGET TO SEND PHOTOGRAPHS! DON'T TRUST TO OUR MEMORLES—TELL US THE WHOLE STORY OF YOUR PERFORMANCE AND EVERYTHING YOU CAN DO TO TAKE PART IN AN ABSOLUTELY DIFFERENT CIRCUS1 FIFTY PRETTY GIRLS WANTED! WHO CAN DANCE AND POSE, TO TAKE PART IN UNUSUAL GROUP- INGS AND CIRCUS EXTRAVAGANTS. WRITE YOUR AGE, HEIGHT, WEIGHT, COMPLEXION, COLOR OF HAIR, EYES AND SEND PHOTO- GRAPH IN COSTUME! ARE YOU A REAL CLOWN? HAVE YOU IDEAS? ARE YOU ORIGINAL? ARE YOUR COSTUMES CLEAN AND BRIGHT? ARE YOU FUNNY, REALLY FUNNY? IF YOU ARE, WE WANT YOUI IF YOU ARE A MAN WITH IDEAS, YOUR PLACE IS WITH SELLS-FLOTO. TELL FULLY ALL YOU CAN DO AND SEND PHOTOGRAPHS. WRITE AT ONCE! ALL LETTERS WILL BE READ, CONSIDERED AND ACKNOWLEDGED IN THE SHORTEST POSSIBLE TIME. REMEMBER TO SEND PHOTO- GRAPHS AND TELL ALL ABOUT YOUR ACT. WE WANT SPECIFIC DELINEATIONS AND NOT GENERALITIES. ADDRESS H. H. TAMMEN, SELLS-FLOTO CIRCUS DENVER, COLO. LMM ■Mi DENVER POST BLDG. FOR S* LC—EISHT 60-TT. FLAT CAW; 0