Show World (August 1910)

August 6, 1910. THE SHOW WORLD 7 LAVELLE TRIES AGAIN WITH YOUNG BUFFALO Enjoined Cody Double Says He Couldn’t Stand Misrepre¬ sentation Vhen his chosen means of earning a jlthood for the present circus season /ere rudely taken from him in Marys- llle, Ohio, Col. Lavelle hied himself o Chicago, headquarters for the Young iuffalo management and the city from rhich he had been engaged. He had only a few days when over- _ _e made him by the Young uffalo people to rejoin the show under onditions which would make his con- ' playing possible. The colonel de- ded__ Saturday, July 23, ' He played there. _.j™ ____Mt. Clemens! again at Pontiac where a break be- iveen the featured performer and the lanagement resulted. Now the colonel — >- - ..-with the Yo- a - wouldn’t __ again under Its resent management if they gave me - receipts,” is the way he ilonel’s fight is not with them; every ! he talks of the trouble he pans troupe he was with and expresses fly commendation for Col. Cody, the stingulshed character whom he so uch resembles. Col. Lavelle says a lot of things ut the Young Buffalo management ch wouldn't look well in print. He racterizes the manager of the aggre- i who would rather t He the management, knowing tl ime could not be copyrighted, pur id the title of Young Buffalo fror young Blaney r*— ” '— j— trlimit the coun..., ..— --I - , and then, through misrepresentation id false promises, secured his (La- photographs which are very to those of Col. W. F. Cody in billing, solely with the ob- mlsleadlng the public. _ n I contracted to join the Young iffalo aggregation,” Col. Lavelle says. “ it was with the understanding that my name was to be used on all billing where^the title, ‘Young Buffalo,’appeared all announcements. Soon after my en¬ gagement began I found that the man¬ agement was not adhering to these con¬ ditions and that, in the arenic announce¬ ment in particular, an effort was being made to delude the people into taking me for Col. W. F. Cody whom I so much resemble. I have never mas¬ queraded as Buffalo Bill either in public or private life and was deeply mortified to find the position I was in. Debts which I had contracted to the Young Buffalo management prevented my leav¬ ing the show at once when I found out the deception that was being practiced and all of my protests were unavailing. The injunction proceedings came merely as a natural result of such misrepresen¬ tation and the Buffalo Bill management is in no way to blame.” Col. Lavelle says that when he was with the Young Buffalo show in Michi¬ gan, having reloined it, the show was running along just the same as it had been before the trouble with the Buffalo Bill organization. The paper which the courts had held to be pirated was still being used and the arenic announcement was almost word for word with that wi^ch is used in introducing Col. W. F. Col. W. A. Lavelle has supplied the following arenic announcement which was used with the Young Buffalo Wild West and Texas Rangers while he was with it. Ladies and Gentlemen: I de¬ sire to call your attention to a noted celebrity of this organiza¬ tion, a celebrated government scout and frontiersman, one whose name is a household word to every plainsman of America, who has had the honor of appearing ^before ___ different tribes of North American Indians. It af¬ fords me great pleasure to present to you this afternoon Young Buffalo. Col. Lavelle says that the above announcement is, practically word for word, the one which is used in introducing Col. W. F. Cody to his audiences from day to day. Col. Lavelle also wishes it under¬ stood that he has never claimed to have seen sefvice with any gov¬ ernment or on any frontier, that he has never been fortunate enough in his years in the show business to have played before a single crowned head, and that the onlv Indians with whom he has ever come in close contact have been ones with various wild west shows. In short, Col. Lavelle has it that he is very decidedly “not ’ until January 1 of next season. The production of “A Prince of the Church,” the new play secured by Lieb- ler & Co. for Mr. O’Neill has been post¬ poned to enable the favorite male star O SAWDUST IN TOLEDO MAN’S CONES. 1. T. Dietz, of Toledo, Ohio, who is imlnent in the business of supplying icesslonaires with ice cream cones, is t in the open with the full story as how his wares are manufactured as ' result of thd health authorities jsade against the favorite street fan- id carnival delicacies. Mr. Dietz says rt sawdust is not one of the in¬ dents of his cones and that flour, ?s, and sugar are the things he uses. (I IANNON BROTHERS UNDER CANVAS IN MICHIGAN The Shannon Brothers* Tent Show, lenting comedy drama and vaude- ', are now touring Michigan and, it laid, are meeting with considerable ccess. The organization is made fifteen people and uses a s a seating capacity of 1.0 cal Mechanical Association in St. Louis during a recent visit to that city. Mr. Lamkin had been spending his vaca¬ tion in and around St. Louis and the treatment he was accorded by members of the T. M. A. there, especially William H Borton, recording secretary of the Grand Lodge, has been a subject of fre¬ quent comment since his return. CIRCUS MARRIAGES Bernard L. Wallace, nephew of Wallace, and treasurer « beck-Wallace -- _the Hagen- -waimce ouun, ■ married at Pe¬ ru, Ind., to Mrs. Levi Schrock. The honeymoon is being spent in automobil- ing through Indiana. _ . , Fred Bickell. of the Hagenbeck- wntlnee shows, was married last week at Kokomo. Ind., to Lucia Wiltshire. He has left the show and will locate. t which e company’s ie Stars winning by a close score. Becomes T. M. A. at St. Louis. Kirksvllle, Mo., July 31 — B. F. kmkin. correspondent for the Billboard d Dramatic Mirror in Kirksvllle. was tiated into Lodge No. 5 of the Theatri- THE BALL STENOGRAPHERS THEATRICAL WORK MANUSCRIPTS PRESSWORK PARTS MIMEOGRAPHING Oread Opere Heoee BulMing Cfeicade A QUARTER OF A CENTURY OF UNINTER¬ RUPTED SUCCESS GENTRY BROS. FAMOUS SHOWS EN TOUR SEASON 1910 Playing the Principal Cities of America Executive Offices: Bloomington, Ind. WANTED=BILL POSTERS For GENTRY BROS. SHOWS Apply in person or write quick to L.B. WILLIAMS, GeneraiAgent. WINDSOR-CLIFTONHOTEL, CHICACO ILL CIRCUS NOTES The Van Aikens have closed with the Hagenbeck-Wallace show. The Two Bills show plays Milwaukee next Sunday and Monday. Mugavin Great London shows. H. B. Gentry, of the Gentry Brothers’ show, was in Chicago last Sunday. Lew Nicholls arrived in Chicago last week, having closed with the Sells-Floto Bert Carroll joined the Hagenbeck- Wallace show last week as boss prop- George H. Atkinson Is said fo be the only circus press agent who is also a Dr. and Mrs. T. J. Stinkard recently paid a visit to their pigeon farm near Nashville, Tenn. Charles Hott will winter in the South again and is arranging to take in all of the southern festivals. The Great London Shows are making an extensive tour of eastern Canada this season. R. M. Harvey, general agent of the Hagenbeck-Wallace shows, was in Chi¬ cago last Sunday. Lawrence Bradley has succeeded Frank Winch as press agent back with the Two Bills’ show. Sam Feidler is now manager of the third advance car of the Two Bills’ show, succeeding H. E. Butler. Oscar Gould, formerly a .circus man but now manager of the Majestic the¬ ater at Dallas, Tex., was in Chicago last week on his vacation. A. Windecker has what Tom North calls the “Ethnological Department" with the Gentry Brothers’ show. It is what showmen call a “kid show.” Earl Burgess was in Chicago last week en route to New York having closed with the Barnum & Bailey circus, where he officiated as inside superintendent. Tom North has no conscience when it comes to getting publicity. Tne Gen¬ try show Is not advertising in the Chi¬ cago dailies, but he is getting pictures and stories just the same. Lottie Rutherford, wife of James H. Rutherford, the principal clown with the Hagenbeck-Wallace circus, was called to Saginaw, Mich., recently by the se¬ rious Illness of her grandmother. In view of the union troubles at Waukegan, -il., the Sells-Floto show will not use the billboards there, but will depend upon window billing and fences and sheds which are open. Charles A. Pheeney succeeds Buck Massie as contracting agent with the Hagenbeck-Wallace show. Pheeney was formerly twenty-four hour man and his promotion is said to have been well de- The" Hagenbeck-Wallace show fol¬ lowed the John Robinson show at Co¬ lumbia City and did a tremendous busi¬ ness. Other Indiana stands in that sec¬ tion of the state did not see such big with costs. Already the costs run above 12,000 not counting the law¬ yer's fees. It is said the attorneys asp not thinking of less than this amount. Pearl Golding (Mrs. John R. Andrews) is in Chicago where she is being treated by an eye specialist. She has lost her sight in one eye and it is feared the other mav become affected. She was riding in the flat races with the Hagen¬ beck-Wallace show early in the season anl lost her sight in her right eye very suddenly. At first it was thought there might be something in her eye, but specialists say it is due to some nervous •disorder. The avis Brothers have a corner on the cook tents this season. Jimmy Davis is steward of the Hagenbeck- Wallace show, Arthur Is in the same position with the 101 Ranch, Charles is in the same capacity with the Sparks show and George is with Gentry Broth¬ ers and has the same title. Jimmy edu¬ cated his brothers at the business and has taught them all there is to learn about cook tents and feeding show peo¬ ple satisfactorily. t Portable Lights | For A ll Purp oses ' The Bolte & Weyer Co. Improved Acetylene for Tents. Circuses, Perks, etc. THE ALEXANDER MILBURN CO 507 W. Lombard St. Baltimore, Md. RUNEY SHOW PRINT PHOTO ENCRAVERS BLOCK, TYPE, ZINC Window Cards, Mualin, Paraffine Signs, Park Print¬ ing, Heralds, Posters, Photos, Half-Tones 28i40 s specialty. Designers, Engravers, Show Printers. DUN TV DDINT Runey Building riUntT rnlll I ,CINCINNATI,OHIO The Gentry Brothers show exhibited at Evanston, Melrose Park, and Oak Park last week. On Monday of this week It was at La Grange, on Tues¬ day at Blue Island, and on Wednesday and Thursday at Englewood. The show is at Gary on Friday night of this week, at Whiting Saturday and at South Chicago next Monday. The show did a tremendous business at nights; the matinees were light. The show is being well liked. Jim Rutherford, principal clown of the Hagenbeck-Wallace show, says that Ananias started the story about clr- cusses dividing up and playing two towns on one day. He insists that no show has ever done this. Strangely the country people firmly believe that this method Is employed by big shows and recently one Indianian remarked t _ _ before the performance be¬ gins, is a feature of the Hagenbeck- Wallace circus, has fooled the wisest ones in the profession. It is told that one of the Ringling Brothers stopped to direct him to a seat when with the Barnum & Bailey show last season, and on July 25 at Valparaiso, Ind., Frank Purcell, press agent of the Sells-Floto show, “bit” when he was approached, and as Valparaiso is his home tried to make himself strong with the farming vote by showing the supposedly unpro¬ tected female every courtesy. Stanz never expected to catch a press agent and now considers that his victory over circusdom is complete.