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4 HERBERT LLOYD^S VAUDEVILLE GUIDE WHY CERTAIN, SEEMINGLY, SUPERFLUOUS POINTS OF INFORMATION ARE ENTERED IN THIS BOOK. The number of men and the instruments in the orchestras. This information is given you that you can see in advance of your next town the exact number of books that it is necessary for you to carry with you by hand, for your rehearsal, thereby saving you carrying your full set of "parts." (Balance being packed in your trunk.) By reading your "next town" information you know exactly what to do with your baggage checks immediately you step off of the train which in most cases saves you considerable delay in getting your baggage to the hotel and theatre, also you know who is the official baggageman for the theatre. The theatre dimensions allows you to figure in advance just how you will be able to make your set in event you carry your own set or if you work in "one" it informs you what you have to contend with. Location of the R. R. stations and theatres (shown on each local city map), show you whether or not it is walking distance from one to the other or if it is necessary to take a car or taxi, also gives you the proper direction. Names of local newspapers saves you asking the question in event that you are diffident about having any one know that you are interested in the press criticism. Knowing the exact time of rehearsal allows, you to make your time of arrival in accordance. The information regarding which side of the train to sit to get the best scenic results you will appreciate especially when traveling through the mountainous country should you find yourself on the wrong side of the car with nothing but a blank wall of rock alongside of your window, whereas your neighbor, across the aisle, is enjoying an unobstructed view Oj" the country. Opening days are given for the reason that outside of the fact that some houses open on Sunday and others on a Monday, the A. & H. Circuit in some cases open on a Wednesday for the last half split. Where more than one theatre in a town they are arranged alphabet- ically. A Star along side of a street name shows that it is one of the principal business streets of that particular city. Verify your train time. Chicago being the "Port of Exit" for the circuits covered by this book, will be found the first city in the arrangements. After Chicago the cities run alphabetically. (See Index, in front, for complete classification of this book's contents.) Below is an order issued by Mr. E. F. Albee: 5 MANAGERS AND ARTISTS' REPRESENTATIVES must make clear to artists before they (the artists) sign a contract, under what conditions they are playing and how many shows are expected of then^; and if extra shows are given Saturday and Sunday, see that they thoroughly understand it, while negotiations are going on, and before the contract is signed. Before a contract s signed, I desire that both sides—artist and manager—have full knowledge of what is expected of them. E. F. ALBETE. Author's Note.—No excuse for either artist or agent not knowing conditions. IT'S IN THIS BOOK.