Variety (May 1909)

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I *ra ———mi VARIETY — i4// fAe News All the Time THE VALUE ■ «. ■ .• . of • WlETY is told in the following letter from The Empire Theatrical Exchange, Atlanta, Ga„ directed by Geo. B. Greenwood. It sup- plies bookings for sufficient houses in the South to offer contracts for seventy weeks: • GE.QBGREENWOOO J.W. HE ISM AN EXCHANCE- THE EXCHANGE^. WITH A SYSTEM^ TbOhWDKS BLOO) NtW YOftft. ft* W > CUVILANO. rriJuliiTir* *ir- F"r TAMPA. FV.A ft* W C BURCtftT HAVANA. CUBA ft* SANTOS Y AftTICAS Sawn Nawra 4 C B COX. M»«*l Dw..«ft|l Variety Pub Co lew York I.T. Deer S17*8 * ~ It sight be of intereat to you to know that oar Page ad has brought ua unexpected raanlta In fact far bayond our expaotationa. we ara awwatpod with lattara and have bean foroad to employ extra halp In order to give earne the neooeasary attention. Vary truly The Empire 'fheatrloal y* Kgr If Tou Wish To Advertise ADVERTISE IN "That Green Paper 00 (Tou Know It by the Color) The Only Medium It's Read, That's Why ■ ■ i • ■ IS • " ■ THIS - NOT LEE SHUBERT The Early Bird Catches the Worm, The Wide-awake Manager, Catches the GQ££ Ads On Friday, April 23d, the UNITED BOOKING OFFICE, moved to the Loaf Acre Building. On that ume day I moved to WILLIAM MORRIS. Did you hear the rumbling sound? The consternation in the United offices? The pandemonium turned loose. The heart aches, sighs, groans and sobs? Well, that was due to my flopping. What they might have said: E. F. ALBEE: W I didn't think he'd do it; but he did." P. O. WILLIAMS: "You never miss the water till the well runt dry." WM. HAMMERSTEIN: "Come back to Aaron." MARTIN BECK: "He never even said good-bye." W. L. DOCKSTADER: "Gee, and he promised to give mo a week.* BEN HARRIS: "Me, too. Now, I suppose hell play Atlantic City fox Wes- ley & Pincus. I always WAS the original hard-luck kid. 19 OTHER MANAGERS (in unison): "I suppose that European trip of Ua haa swollen his head." Not at all, my friends—simply, first come, first served. As a result I am producing two of the biggest acts ever presented in vaudeville next season for the William Morris Circuit * I said, CIRCUIT. If you will consult your dictionary, you will find that the definition of CIRCUIT, is to GO round, not to lay round. Ample for the present. For further particulars, consult Yours truly, EDWARD CLARK HIS "WINNING WIDOWS" 1553 Broad war WM. GROSSMAN, Esq. 115 Broadway tt tt NEW YORK When anstperia* •dvtriUemenU Matty BMBlioa Vabbtt.