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,:**. (•^r A -1 J • • • »'aj[, -. 'm » v r • . • STILL TROTTING ALONG .<-> ONE (7//£ F/rtSr OF MANY) HAS PASSED TO-DAY (MAY 1) SINCE INDEPENDENToVAUDEVlLLE » AND WILLIAM MORRIS, Inc. plunged together into opposition. For the first time in the annals of theatricals, a VAUDEVILLE OPPOSITION HAS MAINTAINED] ITSELF over the country for that length of time. It is in commemoration of the FIRST ANNIVERSARY of a venture promoted on business prin- ciples and based upon a substantial foundation that WILLIAM MORRIS, INC., announces with pardon- able pride and a deep seated appreciation of the assistance received from vaudeville artists that the YEAR'S RECORD OF THE MORRIS CIRCUIT is or should be proof conclusive that OPPOSITION IS HERE TO STAY We feel this a justifiable moment to mention that the outlook for next season is bright. The public prints have recorded additions to our list o£ houses, and negotiations underway will shortly give us further direct and big time. We again call attention to this advertisement upon our first Anniversary (THE FIRST BIRTH- DAY EVER REACHED BY AN ORGANIZED OPPOSITION TO THE VAUDEVILLE OCTOPUS, which through its voracious greed for a monopoly would destroy the business it seeks to control by rapacious and loose methods, ruining a profession in which thousands are interested) as an indication of the strength of our position. We offer artists from 20 to 40 weeks of first-class time next season; we shall offer over a season's work in all, and we offer managers or theatre owners now playing vaudeville or desirous of playing vaudeville the same reliable and efficient service in the bookings that the name of William Morris has always been and ever will be associated with. WILLIAM MORRIS, Inc. LONDON Exmcutiv Of fie eg NOW at American Music Hall Building West 42nd Street, New York CHICAGO BOSTON May 1, 1000. - • Whm mmw erim g • dv m t immenU hinUp wmtlon V •