The billboard (Aug 1905)

Xtie Billboard 5 Arbuckle. of the County _ ' Oil, wu czplalalac lodaUnD ud the IkMcy «( cqaaUty In all tUofs to one oC hla cwDtqr nciatalMin on Loas laland. **Voa It's thU mM the actor. "It a man baa two lioaw* and bis triend needs one he aboold (Ire It op. Do 70a beUere In that. Abn«r7" ••Vau, tbAt's tmir eaooab." aaid the roral one. rnmlnAtlnjcly- "And," coDtlnaed Mr. ArbDCkle, "if be bas $200 be Btaoold ImmedUtely fflTe bis neisbbor taXt ot It." •That ■odAlinn Is a pnttr good tbins If tbit'e wbat it teadiea," astced tb* fttDcr. ••r«s see." Mid ATbu<AI«, 'It aakw ■> mt ja (qui. Now for Instance It I anM a INK and yoo bad two boga '* "Bold oa. bold 00." intctrnptid Ik* lOte tt the mil ezeitedl7. "tbet ain't likt J0a fBW dan well tbat I sot two bofs." • • « "I wa» a member of a stroUlne com- pin7 oC phveta dmut Tears ugo." said Dan CoUrer, ot the OaUcge Widow Co., "In which ooe Is at tbe etid of tbe seasoo rich In ex- petienees, bat wltb Uttle else with which to temember tbe montbs just pased. Bsalneis bad been bad. Tcry bed, for a week, and one nlgbt In a Uttle Fennsylrsnia town we were all so democsllaed tbat I snppoae tbe pcrformsnoe was a little bit wone than aaoal. I was seated Is tbe ramsbaekle botel wltb tbe msBsger, dls- amiot the lack of sppredatlon all oTer tbe world of tme histrionic art and tbe fUtbead- edntas of tbe p««vle la tbat pattlcnlar water tank espeeialljr. "A very ■s aod aald •■■Is tbls Mr. CoUrerr "I admitted tbe fact and he want oa: " -Well,' said be, ■! am tte dtanatlc critle tt tbe OmprlUe Basle, and I Joat wanted to tell jn tbat yva mut M pttpn g ej for a veor Mrm oWdsss in tbe aMmiac. Mr I tbiak yaor abow In my tad. ■Itbonsh pcmallT I Uke yoo.* ■■Tlw ssaaastr. qalek aa a flash, aald: "Daa't ht ttat taibar yoa. jooac man. Wa a • • • RiohaaA-ChMen tells an amtulngr an- ecdote of a ^''"I'l* property man wbo was coo- nected st one Hase with the same organlastioD ot whlcb Golden was a member. Tbe Scotdiaxan was prooe to drink a Uttle 4oo much ocrsrfonslly. astwltbatandlnc a sincere devotion to religions ■rindplw aad a petftmetotr compUaaea with his ■ka «( moUa aod rereraoce. On tbe Hiaa. ««Hix a I fNua' «cdr HAt." npHed Joha. "bat ■ ■ o' ma prsTcn." George Marlon, general stage director ter tbe Hrarr W. SsTngn attiactlans. snatched a few aiomenls from eebearslns Basy Dawson leMerday to relate tome experience* be bad whe n a member oC tbe old Hoyt farce comedy MBipenlea. "I remember being In a town in tbe far west, and went to a Uttle two stair shack caUed by ebarltr a botel. I bad been feellos Ktty weU naed op Ikir a taw dsTS and asked landlord t» glTc me • <«om whet* I wnaM taitc obaolnta reat and qnlat. ~ Tbcrc'a • alee qoiet tdtow bs M.' aald be, Va aeear coca oot at algMk aar .-•-•^ «m ta abto to alctv li tt» m • Ma 1 alibt alnuifc soobda cuo* tna na brii la tbe cblsa absp was a floaday ac oan ta tbe aalae tbat tdtow nade. Tbe ciotbea htmaelf. wbele niabt ^ " If owkeiT. rtwln at abaeta aad bed id tbe arfii at a man talking to I ataod tt tbe bHt I aaalK -lgr the w paid aa atteattoa te mr-mlbmmi»tt raps OC the wan ar my j^Olat te lte'tolatw> ■The not awtniag I araa «t Ibt diak wbcn he cjae dawn, macta tbe waeaa'te waar. to aettle Tbe proprietor BTtaibUd K and Ibe aelgbber of mine etW—tty ItiiMbt It axatbUaat. ^^'T argned te «Mb a «bdk MCitea ■» fHrad iron tbe tea* aact ta ate mrwMtd and aaM: ^ya<etfaa naike a apccMl tate • . e - t«w Fteida ham-m <■ vety dcecr ta bb n>Ts ago, leeeleed a vould play a week's • oty In Nebiaafca. "I want taOO Air Iba wade "»i"eM'a yooaa rclattre. Twelee boors faUr tbla ^ .^tap kidding. X can nniaaha to play a week , • • • I>urlng hla early caner an the atac* ■vataad Bltebeock. whe is «• slir is Wm "swwa, playad a aaaO patt .ba a — » - i» . *ha ate. oaa oC Iba ■ proBptty wired back: period, was sn austere IndlTldusl frlenda amonff the members of tbe co m pany. In the death scene tbe eminent trsgedisn per- formed sooie acrobatic feats that were reaarded as wooderfol innorationa by Uie joonger and more incxpetlaaaad members ot tbe cast. Wish- ing to compOwbt the neat atar. Bltdicock stepped op ta Ub aad asU, Tlutt was a aplen- dld back Can yoa aada bi year daatb last aWit." a snat actar laabad a* tba dattaaar wttb a iplelaaa tftotL "Tea." be aald. «aad I'd like ta kr bsada on the UttheilBg MM who iped lbs stage Boor." a * • Richard Oaite racently bou^t a baadaoaae pair oC esaCh boaa ta and a vlelarla. which be presented to his wife. In maklsf the pafflMae, bowerei. be ncfleeted to eagase a eoadunan. Oa aotliig this omlaataa. he ad- vertised. On* oC tba Srst appUoaats far tbe poaitlOD was mthar an Impadng loeklug Enc- Ilahman. ■Arct jroa .iint-lag tat w aak r* said Mr. Carle ■No; siiv" be taiWidt poaidoa." * - k ank and Bmily Toimg; jlaylng a. 1 aaMMMBt «ttb tba %SiOiiN^^. goed ta M aaaa la ladlana. Ibay ate play- , The Payton Trio, Lew Faytmii ager. are Isylng oS at' 30*2 Deaiboca atrect. Cblesgo. They have not yet signed for tbe comtas Frank apedal report . Ing the annuser resorts. MIsa "Wayne LaMar writes from Los An^clea, Cal., as fonowa; The weather Is beiatlfDl down bere. Tbls makes my nlneteanth week with one week's Isyoff. The Great Brindamona. now a fdatura on the Gorman Clrealt. aanaaaecs lbatj|t.trt| play TsndeTine dates this seaaoa.''■• 'Will appear In an original and norel act. Charlie Farrell, tbe whistling old man. writes that he is meetinB with big sne- ccss on tbe UelTlIle ctrcolt ot parks. Be opena at Pastor's n>eatre, December 18. The Crotty Trio played a cessfnl engagement at tbe Tempit' Detroit. Mlcfa.. last week wltb l^air Ibste'a •nd the Bwiaid Athcabnn to foUow. plajboose In tbe YAVDEVnXE. Stevens Point. Vfis.. has been added to the Jones-O'Brien Clrciilt. ^ Sullivan and Faunce. the dancing msrrels. are idariBg OTtr IbS BUOQ Circuit. Tommy Hayes, Joe Kelly and Billy Onslow write ot good bn n i ne s s in OallfornU. J S. Shallcrosa -will go In advance for tbe Strlekler TaaderiUe On. the csmbig aeaaon. The eomlBV as a ao n aroeM>H»\wni wUl have aeeen s au da^rlHa bawata aad ara bar- leaqne bonses. Nina, formerly of the team of Bruna aad Niaa, sanooaces tbe serions lUneas of her ■MlbHr bl fflHbbH. Masa. FnuikRlwlie«, magician: Mr Franlt A Oonley. Albstmss Hotel. Coney Island. N. T.. baa aometbhig important to yoa. LaPettte Adelaide is said to have scored tbe gitateat ancceas of any dancer tbat bas appeared wer the Eeltb Circuit. Matt Bartonwiitea that the new II- ti!e"Fy>ty'B!!fiiafy>tf»bi< a^tSSfcriMcess. Addiston and Livingston write that they have Inat doaed s twcafr weeks' engage- ment with the 8wan»w ft ttarkle Floating Palace Co. In their provoWns sketch, entiUed NIc-Nars. Jarrts and Tudor are pnvtag a Ms hit ofCT tbe KobI * Castle Olrca^te wMcb «k«r weta enicaiced after their » ——- waae at tba Olyaipie. Cbicaio. Percy G. Williams has met with much sncccfls at tbe Manhattan Bescb Theatre, tbls season. It Is tbe flist seasoa tbat blsb-claaa Tauderllle bas been given at tbat place. F. M. Johnson closed his engagement wltb tbe F. W. Ball dreos Jnly sa to play sandevilto dataa. Mr. Johnaon recently had tba mUfortnne to break a linger by fslUng. Billy Martin and Chaa. Crouch' have (gain consolidated and win be aaca. la thair aia booUas a Bomber ot Csha. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Lucier are meet lag wltb bis sncceas over tbe Ftyno Circuit of parks In their, act. cntltlad A Bnatie Bomeo. Tbe Lnder YandeTlBe Mali WO take the raad at St. John. N. B., SaplaHbar 18. Perry P. Oliver, niaiiaawr of the Great OllTct Traope. wttt«fl tbat they ate nectlBK wltb great aaceeaa In the west, bat tbat. as soon as tbelr tkam expires tbcy will retam east. They sre at present playing OaUfomla. Bphrlam Thompson's trained ele ptatnts will commence engscements over tbe Proctor and Williams drcolts In September. Tbey open for a two weeks' engagement at tbe Victoria Theatre. Manhattan. September 4. Gus and Marion Kohl, who played sn encasement at the Lndlow Lacocn laat week, were pleasant eallarn at the olBee ot Tba BDl- board. They report' a p r o sp e rmi a seaaoa, this being tbelr tenth week wltbont^ a ^"JS^' Kohls wlU shortly opca on tbe Davis i tU Clrcnlt. and report tbat they " ■Inost MiM aatn tan Chas. and Jas. Aheam, comedy cy- cllBts. opened a nine weeks* eoKasemeot over tbe PUmmer Clrcnltt July 31, at Mlddletown. Conn. Tbeae people scorcMl ft bij; hit «t Prootor's Third Avenne Th<>atie. New York City, Snndaj. Jnly SOl Mr. Percy O. Williams, the vaudeville manager of Brooklyn and New York CItr. has decided that vandevlUe is on the increase. He baa decided to play vanderlUe at aU three oC bla BraoklTa aad at two.ot taia Vtw Tscfc.the^ k: J.. :w«ak :«< Jaly SI. wfaOa i iBle played Wsodlyaae Park. 1 Camden, wbldi is only a diort troDey ride tiaa t CoUIngswood. The Clifton Remedy Co. reports S. R. ! O. boatneaa durlnr tbelr recent engagement ot eight nlgbts at Tooiabawk, Wis. BocksSeld sad , Lorraine, tbe sketch team whlcb recently Jollied i tbe eompanr. are making good In Do Ton Want -r To Be an ActorT y Geo. W. Leslie writes: I opened at- i the Grand Opera Hoose, Bntte, Moot.. March S, aad hm since played elghtaea maatcuUie >■ SaUlvaa * Oaaaidte .aDd.-tb»' |;. jart Italtlaiara .Oa., bees HlHil-te ' . «ltb ttc Iiart L opena aaar CUeaao Atvnst SI. The Alvln Brothers, comedv evm- nasts, write tbat tbey have just recurue^i rroni tbe west and tfast tbey wiU be seen tbls sea- son with the Wm. H. West Mlnatzeti. The lB»-, proved dnlsh which has been added ta their acfc is a big hooat tbr the AlTin Brotbeis. Daly and Murphy say that they have Inst flnlibcd a foorteen weekt' engagemenr orer the Star and Lnbelakl drcnlta and loat only oaa^ week. Tbey have algned for .nine moaa WStjlB ' OTer the Iiubelskl drcnlt, which they wlll::aKi-- after tbelr ptaaaat aootbara tear. Snraaal and BaiaU write; We bara lost dosed a two alaMs' aagagaia a u t at < Family Theatre. Battle Ocek. MIeh. with 1 good work to toOow.' We pUv a ivtimi ' ment over tbe Naah drcnlt. beginning AngDi^h 14. and sre booked up until tbe first of Jsnnaiy, 1906. Winnie Adams, known privately as Mra. Wlnirie Marqnam McC1(*llan. writra tbat after a period of seven montbfi^ retirement, ebe will open in vandeville November 12. Mlaa ia BOW la Factlaad. Oac — ' wltb tils trained WndSi The Sisters Meredith write from London, Bng., that thay wfll sbortly sail for Africa, where they have been ensagvd for a number of weeka at a very high aslary. Tbey return to the Continent in December, rcmalnlag there ontu next sommer, when tbey wm le- turn to America with a new act. ■ A five months old Uon OHUsB. 'by Adgie died July 28 wbSe the tniaer )ns flay- ing White City. Cblcsgat 'While paathnlag at Plttatmrg tbe week ptertoM. the eBb sat' bold or some Old clothes and endeavoaadTta-d^-^ voor them. Its dlgeatlve apparatus naaisaila^ Jnred that medical skfll coold not so^ tk"'Atr^ ffle feels tbe loss ot her pet keenly. The Vanos, handcuff experts, - write that since tbdr setam tram Knglsnd, AsaO I they baye aatlnatawack. bavte glsyai aaj added attiaallutt cwae -tte ^iiiiHr ^ cult, aa" Mr. Wain after their ftst' for the entire drentt. / Tom Lancaster is one oit;flii|iw^iMr- formera who makes a hit wbaiavai be SBBaaia. Oommentlag npon his act the Xieubiu, It. 7., nmca remarked recently: He gives aa cn- ttttabunent that la wartb eaaPy tiie aOalaatoa to a reeular vaodevlDe booaa. Tom appeared at mcoologne and away bis audleaeas, Mr. M. Samada, character impenion> ator, wrltaa ttat wblla natlag la D a t eap o t t . ~ daaaada war* ae 8<aat tbat ba waa caawal to play a ter arooad that dty. times wltb tbe Fttttnaa * at the local parks. BOaa 'Bai writtaa two new aongs te Mm. cattflcd ne itallsB' aad Boaa Bcbaelder, both ot wtalcb are big b«a. -- .p^ Wm. J. Wells^vtw^' ar^eaiing la. the northwest In a mooolocoev^wtttea tttat^be played.^^' a two weeks' eDfrajremeot st the' Bi vi j?BS,,jnie'^ atre. St. Paul. Minn., then went Orphcnm in tbe same dty aod inadt' _ the next two weeks. In cuuJuacUoo wMb'~ wifle. McUIe Bndworth. Mr. Wdla wUI be over the MMh Otacolt Oda fWD ia f ' entitled ClMMe sin. Ihey wm he _ Wells. Mrs. Wells ta now resting at their summer borne at 'White Bear Lake. Hlon. The following vaudeville artists have been engaged to sppesr st tbe Grand Theatre. Tacoma. Wash., by M l ii u b. SoUlvan ft Conaldlner .Cliff Dean ft Co., comedy aketdi artists; the Wonderful Bosch Family, contortloo lata and aembsts: Frank Milton Sc Do Iioas Sisters, medy moriesl sketch; Abbott * Bryant, singing doo: The Five Hewetts. mosieal artlsiB: Jea-i kcna b O'NIeL comedy sketch: Flaher * ^b^l aoti, bike experto: Qalnlin a Howard, sister^ team; tbe Musical Reeds; Giles Harrlnston. mmt- ■ idoglst; Becklaw. tHck bicyclist; tbe Tale Mo. dub Jngglers: Madam Vida. wire artist; Eddie I>Slle. monolosist: MadsmcaeUle Carrie. mn^eU artU: Onrlea * AMea. comedy sketch: Gas- ton * Harvey, comedy saetcb; Kva Thatcher, comedienne and parodist: Geo. H. wnson and wife, sln^ns and danclnr: tbe Great Usaie. mimical ebareeter artist: Rlnaldoa Hoop Bolleia: UelvUle tc Axelle, comedy aketcb: Brydctfa Troope ot educated dogs: Codger * Belle Dolas, comedy sketch; tbe KUests, bUefc art and mnale: tbe Blrscborus. warblers^ Viaak d^tsB^ eba^ arte, impenooftw; tbe Halls, comedy ——--^ aerial attiat.