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lShOTIT IlJORiLjDi THE TWENTIETH CENTURY AMUSEMENT WEEKLY Published at 87 South Clark Street; Chicago, bg The lShouj BIorld Publisbingli i as Second-Class Matter WARREN A. PATff/CK , 0£N£RAlDiR£CTOR. CHICAGO April 10, 1909 CAT AND THE FIDDLE MAY GET SUMMER RUN. THE CHERRY SISTERS ROAST VAUDEVILLE the TRAVIS BILL PASSED BY SENATE. AMUSEMENT WORLD WATCHING SHUBERTS Important Devcloepments Which May Make Theatrical History Reported From All Sections of the Country. The activity of the Shuberts and their associates provides the ist important news of the week in the theatrical world. Congressman Rhinock, in an interview, disclaims any intention the part of the firm to declare war on the syndicate, but frankly ,tes that the Shuberts will have a string of theaters on the Pacific J. J. Shubert, in a Kansas City interview, is not so politic and intimates that a personal feeling is combined with business judg¬ ment in the present movement. Rumor has it that J. Pierpont Morgan and his millions are be¬ hind the Shuberts in the formation of a monster circuit. The Shuberts obtain the American theater in San Francisco which will be used until Abe Cohn can erect a new playhouse. William Faversham, gives out an interview in Cleveland,, in which he criticises Klaw & Erlanger and praises the Shuberts, because they confine themselves to managing and do not “meddle back of the curtain.” The opera house in Cleveland is dark this week and it is said it is because the syndicate finds a dearth of attractions. The Shuberts sought an Injunction restraining The Three Twins f at a Nixon & Zimmerman theater in Philadelphia, sed by the court. Counsel for Joseph M. Gaites filed tion denying that Gaites was the proprietor of that attraction. It is rumored that the Shuberts will secure the Academy in Selma, Ala. A. L. Erlanger is expected to return from Europe today. but it V LABADIES ARE LIKELY TO BE MILLIONAIRES CONRAD ATTRACTIONS ENDING THE SEASON. RICHARD & PRINGLES’ MINSTRELS TO REST.