Show World (April 1908)

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April 18, 1908. THE SHOW WORLD 17 IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT Beginning with the coming issue, dated April 25 , the Show World inaugurates a new policy that will firmly establish its claim of supremacy among American amusement jour¬ nals. Instead of appearing Tuesday morning with the following Saturday date and present¬ ing the news of the past week, The Show World will now appear every Friday morning with the news of the current week . This will be of immense importance to the profession generally in that live news will be given during the week in which it occurs and which will be presented to the public from one to four days in advance of any other amusement publication. This departure is in line with The Show World policy to be always in the lead and it will be doubtless appreciated by the many thousand Show World readers. If you don’t read the Show World you don’t get the news