The billboard (May 1905)

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£6 . "Om m tamr qolte Imlmtiloua Uttle dtlM •■t «mt that «ie pi""i«f aboot how ttacr wfll Jar the winter q nartt f i oC the FocepaoKb' . Bat a w«a kiMmu boiiieaa maa of na^ which la not Inelndcd In the Snrdtica abore mentioiied. saya that they can ■m an tber want ts but that when the aeaaon <■ am the can of the Focepaagk-Sella Show ' WOl an be beaded toward Baraboo, which la to become the wtnterqaartets of that wen knows ceyiinfTitlon. As aothoritr for the statement the abore qamed bualneaa man gne out the Infw- "*ytV** that the winter qoarters of the Rln^Uiig Brothen' 8bov Is Banboo are being cmtly enlarged, and u Is onderstood by the people of that dty that these improvement? are for the porpcoe of hoosine the Forepaagh-SellB Show in connectifin with the RiriKHng Show. The qnar- tera which so coaifartabl> noosed the PiwgiiTiy Show last winter woold certainly not be enlarged to the extent that coo tracts made with bnOders i. can for unless aometbing of the kind were In T coBtMDplatlan. Speaking of the matter a citizen and bnalness man of Bamboo gave atterance to the foliowing: "Baratx» la located finely for the bousing of the circus. The Rlnsllngs have made tt flue ^ Aome for their enterprise, and there is UttJe -'danger of It ever being removed from Baraboo . MM Uxas as the present owners hare anythlnff to say. The boys started In the Gem C Uy n il It has flways done what it coold to aaittit- iMT acna to attain tlic place they bare. aaA asw tbe BImltnta are re clpt ofitl Bt , aatelr** I* aoe of tha best Indaatilts-tlae tttj can bont^ aad tte «'~»™«- at Boaer urpmHrA cadi year la caor- iu a i». ;. .!ne wlua- qHstcn ia a UtOc cttr it- 1 Mit:and tte BMB kept tha* axa cood-alttsaia. vaSkj^MOK^aCBMiir an at d «> ai t ian H a an thooaand people ttimed away and a lineup two block lony tlie night pezfocmance at 4 p. m. is the far Btster Uonday. and it was a showery day at that. Onr bnslneas contlnaea Immense In aptte. of the bad weather, and it loots as though oar stay in the French Capital migtit be pr^onged Indefinitely. The police made an- other big baol April 24. capturing eleven men with "bogus" tickets. They met with speedy jnstice. each being sentenced to two years In prison. The latest cook-hot»e bulletin an- noances that osr addreaa for the leaaaB will be i.4S aye. Ba »..--n n. actaa ta ke akaa^aktae ' v**Boatecard ttattei la president. tCay 1, a game of baaebaO tite Am. Art atndenta at Cada'aaC. Ifee Wild West. Onr poet laicanti^ OakKMarav. tells ;..ae aad tale In hia ~ ffJTlaj- bail," wia i r**. ' the cnmp, '-' ' ' ■■•' '•mea all departments were weO imder way; '"'A'caaJlenge was Issned snd accepted on sight, '. '-'Aa* the "WUd Wcaf * waa radiant and gay. ' Skw nat oC the atacy la patafnl to ten, - : Iha tdUar aC wUcfc dont mlscoDStme. (Or-can Uaa mU. Waat:csaatlcw bat the aeon - - - ■- ' e tnu wtat FTSAMUS Hay t, 1906. The Peckham Fat Boy haa gone on a toor which indndes Paris, Yienne, Borne and then America. And the following, from Torsetfs Circus, shows that the dictis aeaaon Is on. "The show met with gratifying soccess at Woodstock and Blenheim. Twedty derer acts were snbmitted with lightning rapidity. Toronto gave hjs wo&derfnl pyramid and staircase act. Thomas Foeaett appeared in his splendid f&£t riding act. Mr. B. Foaset, jr., created a fnroce la Ua lackey act. Comic Otto, a _ plenty of fan. ami there la a Utcb the Oai show the We iny of tke aev lipawtck to tew ov laaJtia* atttntin to tbe tut ttat the BIpgotaM la. Ipawlch'Is atffl mnning and that In fttft'^iHif': ^e two establishments are dealgnatcd a#<aa Woodbridge Bead Hlroodrcoe, onder tbe naaagcuent of Mr. Fiai, r the St. Nicholas Street HlppodaMM management of Mr E. H. being tbe one'we :refened tai. Now that we are on tta-MHlct. we win mention that the- GiUlndaaa'. J~ _ the new Brampton; Wg/fqmtmat'ju^jmt and the same place aa ercn flSarlaatt^MkiMliWa bare not yet decided wtdeh—|" wW-dBl iMfc «ewly for dBCUB AOUJUkB. naSCBXaS WXBBK. T-ICU^ylaii. Bl HTTTFS WAIXACE SHOW Ob tbe afternoon o0 May 11. during tbe pa- fwrmaiwr' -c£ the Wallace Show at Monletta, Ofa^ a thBiyirrfaolt at rock tbe center pole o£ Hie Side ibow, uniaB wmiam TdUaaL. a wae- ^kow were lujuied. - pecflBcmance In the big .top waa osi at tte tiae aad was eontlnned to tbe doae wltbont un w mt ed Incident, the management showing zaze pie a euce of mind-in preserrlng a calm demeanor and withholding tlie news of the accident bom 1 •< ^ > e uat«a tbat ffilcd Oe tent. OtrtalnZy £975 takea a M or iillliii back tea few wet days, bat If tbe ihowmcn wffl iadst <d w aging ^ite-wars, unong t^emaelTca. tbey iiiiist expect prlTHege ^ces to DKMXnt skywartL ' Daphne de Rohan tias been engaged by the Urecton of the Earl's Coort KzUbitloD to glre ,her drawing ixxhzi enterta liim c Mi^ there daring {he aeaaoo. A I tmcted tfea J fpa static^ «M* wm fee C. Lk Heffelman la -SKm Gentry Brotbeia NOk 2. ..' Capfc Tta am, • iff• iBBOwn crack Mb. JU. .mngHng visited the Fore- The Boer "War Spectacle opens at Ooney Idind. S. T., Decoration Day. SKatlneDI Is down In Cnba with the CIren PDMkiSK.fSd k *•« BMik . Billy K«a8nC''wIII CMtMdB''ftntnnes with the Pawnee Bm Show tHk aaaiaa. Cha.s. Hahn, ^tag at all ealUopeplay- eta; U with tbe Gcntiy Btitkam Mti S. ICr. -mUard MeOtdre hilottaag after tte peeaa bacte wMh ^ Paaaaa Bm Wd West. Jesa BBMNt W tj umattl fO ^^ ment. - ' ■-^''r^^-- Fred Wwar miHl. BgWrttfr- j ai^: 'jk i out- bright. Many hlgh-clasa acts are being booked for the Hippodrome at Dreamland, Coney laland. N. T. Sid "Winters , haa signed wltb the King Holn Show, which opens in Sooth Bend. Ind., next mouth. * Miss Jotianna McFarland has ar- rived In Pko. Ind.. from New Tort to >>ln tbe Wallace Slows. The Floor Soisatlonal Bolses opened " ~h«pr:.a*-.»*afc--lad.. Tbp Trying Sanvazds Irinv'.^joined the Greater Norris t Rowa- Ifciai .|ai\4j> fbeir retnm and casting act. " ' '-1^ ], Russell and Foreim.tiglt .'inlte. Hiat tbey haT« signed with UeDgaiat l la a B i m' Show for the coming season. Campbell Brothers will play the east extenslTely the> coming season, so It la stated by reliable intborlty Ed. A. Dambnich and Madame De- Lonfo. bsTe been engaged by tbe Sterens * Mossman Show for the season. Prince Askaztima, late of the Btif- falo BUl Show, joined the Hnlbmd Wild West at San Antonio. Tex., AptO VS. Shil. EUarworth, ia as proud of tbe M,ahDWjpDpaty a s «.> was J fc mm. Be has ecftalalx SOC laaUtaff SMlL "Victor Ij. Stapletoii. Cor a number ot yeara tde atld t d with aaaae ot the ' pronlncBt drcoa bands. Is now making bis residence in Standish, Mo. Chester Barr,_ of Indianapolis, will join the Forepi _ of tbe same dty. Brothers Show. Madden and Lemay witte tbat they will be members ot the iiaftew Dawale Haw Big Shows, mating their second seasOQ with this organixstlon. Sheren and Weilsh have Just closed a Baccessfol season ia SaadSffflie aad" hBVS joined the SIg. Santdb A VM* aarthBiP Show for the season. Chas. Garvlce's Comedy Ponies, the Two Herello'a. bead balancers, and MUe. Uorella'a Spanlela bare been secured (or Brown's United Shows. Bert (Rube) Davis is making good nith the Gentry (No. 1) Shasr daclag Ika formance of which he aaaaaM aa. Mia ai Arkansas cotton farmer. The Big Otto Trained Animal Co. ot Mllwankee, Wis., baa amact* to w-ir'"ir Brothers with a Mg antiaal act feature for tbelr eoncerC Hargreaves* Shows report .^at they are doing fifty per. ' tbey did laat ycaiw'i mense eatlEfactlon. E. Ray Stvan, for the past four years adyertlslng agent at Green's Opera Honse, Csdsr - .Ma. la.j^^ ^^ttat ^dor^Wedaeaday. .May wmard XteGnbc at W Amee Bora wnd west, wntca aC kieas with that aggicsatta cdTlng the Tcry beat ot preaa Mitchell Bremer, ■'Original Peanuts," left Cincinnati Thuisday, May 4. for St Lonis to Join the oonoert and tcaerred seat ticket de- Phoae 3»5I. i:stai.bUstMd IMS Thomson & Vaniivtii MANVFACrVRSRS OT C6RCUSTENTS TENTS FOR RENT. 816 E. Pearl St., CINOIIinHATI, O TENTS The Seibel Brothenf Soff and Ptny Show did good biiiiliw at Iliildilawnillb K^.. wliere they gaTe two ^ertamancca. James A. Bailey has contrlbnted to the Ebo at Kandj a li ie Park, WHmlugtoa, DO, ifA hyena aind a in—lion. H. E. Butler, ezconion agent, and Bobert I. Kercer, contracting agent, hare doaed with aie Great Boer War Spectacle. The James Sheltoy Show is working toward T SSI I and^.wffl pla y that state la Bjoaetlaa wMt Kcatndy SK .asaa^a. The Two ICartdlea^ Bianr and Xn-^ I, who hare been west Dor two stasias, an with the Wallace Shows this seaaoa. The Wm. P. Hall Show, resplendent with got aad csU. lett Ocaeva. 0M«, JklfO 4. d azitred at — Red. !• wm H. Mead, formerly of Schultz & Mead'a Shows, writes that be wfll lay oS for the smnmee and break in an •wtfnwi act for the fan. Tom Welsh and Chas. Horn, b<ws hostleMb: paogh^b aaa Bailey. The business m are «n«*i»ie an Hanr St. JUOuu fema^ aei ISa'aSrad West sad Gnat Mr Sut. John R. Nolan, of the Slg Sautelle & Welsh Brothers' Circns, is eerlonsly ill In the boepltal at Harrisbnrg, Pa., wbere he nndarwent an op erat loo for appendlcltla April 80. The Great Wallace Shows exhibited In Sidaer, Ohtok May X to two The flhi " tbe be* Sidney. Arthur H. Hustler, representing Pawnee Bill'a Wild West, waa In Pa., May 5, tracts for adri Tlaltar last year. The Haisresve^ Show did big bnd- - - 1, x«(k OMy. - - - In The Hagenbeck Shows were accord- ed a royal reception In Logansport. Ind. People luiTlng tnislness with the show are general in their Tcrdlct that they are a flist-daas set of men with whom to do bnalneas. Mr. C F. Faulkner haa tdosed with the Boer War Spectacle as apedal deteetlTe. Be left with a Mg pocket fldl of Oist-idaas recommendatloos and goes to accept a similar position with a big St. Loois firm. Mr. John Havlin paid a short Tlalt to the Hagenbeck Show last week and reports ttiat tbe organization Is doing a phe- nomenal business. Mr. H. is most enthnsiaB- tle OTcr the piu s | » tt s tat tha season Farmer and Mother Jones and tbelr dmnb animal contlngeat, have ]olaed tta laade- Tllle annex of the Great Wallaaa MSMS aa beadUnera. Manager E. H. Baker' aar* that they are breaking the record this aeaaoi. AL Steele's Show met with bad weather at Vandergrlft. Fa., daring the three daya* en^gement ending May dL flSMM aC the tents were blo^v^ down and 9Ba4^ dnHVed. Howerer. bosiness waa fair. Reports from nearly all the dr ei ises in the east Indleat* that beataeaa la aocb bet- ter than it waa laat aeaaoe. Tbat haa haca hot Uttle oppoaltloa and In eooaeqaeaee hot Uttle good mooey haa teea hotat ap In foolish CD. WESTON tUMMt W aatweilli A«e.| Cfeioaga. TENTS Haantaetareiaaf. BTery dcaerliMioii. rlMfirOatalane DOVGHERTT BROS. TENT <ll AW. ST. LOUIS, .MlSSOVRl. CO- ^ MUmiAY GO. BLACK TENTS. SIDE SHOW PAINTINGS. FiroMta and Baoners (or Btroet Padra UBO'S PATENT CIRCUS U6HTS 5941W. Washiwitaii St.. CHICAGO. ILL. OnkU TEIT AID Awime CO. OMAHA. NEB. Unsleal Bnnm 'BMthafl^ who c cooiOetea aa engascBent oret the Oyetal and wne Orcstts, baTe signed with w*wgHf.|f Brotben* Sb«ws for tbe season. They hare good time booked for the winter throogh the east. ,The twin cities of LaSalle and Peru. HL, harlng a popniatlon of orer twenty thon- t aooe big drcns to atop and take ■nacj XbCT hsTe sot had ■UN aas «C Though Bamtim & Bailey have de- " against the street parade, their heary taMeao parade wagona stfll remain at winte r qnartera ready for the ssa d. _ Whstta» aws sl- tlon or one day stands wflt'ddl av IMBt Hi it remalna to be seen. KELY MANUFACTURER OF SHOW CANVASSES SCENERY AND SHOW PAINTWfiSI No. '-^l.^o Boone St., <'liicluuaCi«Ow UNIFORMS BANDS. MILITARY, KIINSTREt. PARrfDE OUTFITS. USHERS and all others. Send for Catalog, mention kind wanted. Special Attention Given the ProfeaaloB Western Unltorm Co.,ZZeClarkSL,Chlcag« SHOW PRINTING stock Hangers, Posters aad Onts on hand tor an« ^.aingevery branch of tbe Ama gatalogna (D) of Drama Catalogne (C) Fair and Catalogae (B) Blllpostei _ Hangers, _ Uaingevery branch of tbe Amosemeat L ■— 'DramatloaadSL od Cammi ^ llpostexs, Oo Mm erelal Pirst-elasa Prftitlng of aU kinda. _ GREAT WESTERN PRINTING CO. 613 ELM STREET. ST. LOUIS. MO. FOR. T£NT LIGHTS ....AND OUTSIDE LIQHT8.... G1X>. TAYLOR. s t 97 CHH