Billboard advertising (Feb 1910)

4 Ttie Billboard PWRUARY «, 19ia MORRIS AND BECK CONFER Mjceliiig of Big IncfejgKMident of the East and Nabob of the Central and Far West Proliant of Intel«|st-7SillUvipi.: From SsD Fraaclsco icomes the InttniM&Ki that tor tbe piAi tvv djjrs work bu buva'HM** peoaM ou the Am-rloon Uiulc lUlI, tbat dty. •Dd tlut durlDs (be wiek «;f JaDiixry 17, Mar- tiB, Buck, M. Mrj erflrld. Jr.. WUliuui MurriH. Jotu CuOHl-llnu irere In tiK clt7 aud lu ItamtJit of aU kluJs wne xUe: ras to be a smwial iiatcli-iip or _i and a now tannlait tnt of u nl l n r j ; - _ Orpbmm Clnitlt wouM lara>le K«w Xaifc, and otiivn. Ja >n luterrl-nr. Mania Back la iiiiiitml aa alatine tliat at tlht meatlos. bDwIoed mattery not pctt-tlnUiie to tbe Sao FrunclMo local altcatlnn ucre dhiauMml ami fnrtlier iDtluiatiil tbat well troald cooocm ma- tual aHUIatluoa Ja " ~ _ . . trfe». Mr. would open Uiudc HalL TtM namt startllDS rumor, Iiowerer. -waa tliat Beck bad ouidtf UorrU aa o?<;r fur bi» c-attar- prUm as a niranif of eoterlni; the hJat. Mr. Uorria conflrmrd tbe aamf, iitttla^ Ibal ttei oC- Cer waa maile [li tbe ptvM'OCc ot lllaMaUL-Mw^ erlleld aiul John Cuiuiilliu.-. "I refuaed to aeU," said Morris, "and Beck aabmlttrd a aaeootl tcatattre iwopoaal to the elTect tbat I abould Sell talm an Interest In mr New Vork Imwea. He said my lotereata and tbe Orpbenm clrcnit oueht to be bruuKlit tocotli- er; that tbe arrangemeat would be matuaJly adTantaceooii.- and tbat be ivoiiM ibow m.- a war I> wfeka to make more moai.-T tban I now .■■ maMiiK, : "l tald Mm tbat aa tax as I penanally was wo**"*! 1 would coomb) rr ueltbrr ptopoaltlun. bitt aa I at pr«nnt bars anaoelatas I woaM aab- ■It tbe.nattar to tbcm. It waa tba areood P« y pw* l fa B to wbleb Beck allmlad wbaa taa aaid tba Eaatem Tanderllle sltoatloa adcbt bo a gacte d aa a naalt of our eonferenca. , Oriiheom wantM to extend Ita elicalt to Bow Tork. Tbe cootract wblch now kcepa It wtat or Clncloonatl will expire tilU sprloK ■ad I. aoppose It was with a Tiew to aSectliiit ■ ' mora satlafactory EaattTa amnijtement that ' Beck aporoaebed me. "^Br tbr parduse of r Interesta Ibe Orp&eom _.-;*w York City, and my Vaat woold tbns be alTeC' . won to «*It a part oC mr late^ Mts. my booacK In Kew Xiiik air itlfild nby Otpbeom booklocK »ai ., mi ■ OS^w^ wSuiil lUy MocTta bonklnn. iMrtts OrSram woald reapb New York City. "Tbe anggeatlon tbat I miKbt make mote money Is not attmctlFe. I have aamrUilnjt In my mind otber tbaa tboufcbt of money, xhere will be danclnic aod aliurlnir and niiulc y-is* Pf °' cbllibren'a cbudran. Vaii- danno baa ,a (teat fnton. Tbrooib tbe Mor- xto EofopMtt booklof oOeo 1 bare bnuabt to tbis coontry tlMbUbrst typo' ut raode-llla ■ots. lAadcr, for Instance, and Oonanl, tit* monkey. I am aciHlIn« American acts to Buroiial Ami'lla Blnirliam baa Juat rettuood.' Jtai OSS. b4>lt ban Juat nnlsbrd a (our. I haea Baatott and oibrni of tbe 1;;- stars of ttals ccnntlT and am In a poaltlon t„ deal wltb th*m bi^uae I may offer item work In New York City, whi-ra tbey all w1»h to a/TBrst of alL It la on Broad- *sy tbat tbe talts aA made, not In Cincinnati." woen questloord concemlos UorrU' <b^a- ntlcn tbat tbe Onibeoin bad offend to pmcbaae kla lalnaata. Beck aaM; "WJdt tap to to atll? I daar Bat I audo aay aock olfkr." In tbe theatatoal asM sosalp la sua tte ootcnma of tbo coohmec betwran Btrl ISl,?""?- 'iJ" fw^Uy UMMwht that Uenls »»« cooiilder a propaoal. iTit wero naile. and tbe artlTltl.-a of tbo Oi|»l Company In npplementlnc Ito clienlt with ' lO, zSITsn.'' Tanderllle sr sccepted as a imif lalliaisi i ebat to prereot Uociis btn aMMSTPSSkSrar the Interior teams wbietTOSr^U^SSr at- tiretioQS. Ba* Mt flor Soathan Odlfbmli Janrnrr 23. n wtot dtlaa to pocnosco to eataMlab Orpbrtmt 9*?"!SJS.5S* f'^S^*¥S •* «*••• but tt to -baMrrrd to tak» wttk aono fhror on in tbiiaa n to totimd JOHN ¥irt6QIN8 DEAD. Itonhi^ter, X. T., Jannary 2*.—After an Ulnesi of nix wvcka. Join E. Wljt- aaon OC the lute K. W. W'nlnB. of Detroit. j-f^terday afternoon at He was 32 yaara of an and was one or Ito beat knowir ttoalTlcaT men. esoaeetod with Ito mndoriaa aad at tto bost- ■e«s 'a tto Cnltad Statea. Jobn rnocta mndns was. bon In Dolrolt In ll^rr. B's fsther. popnlarly cafortad to In the Wert, wbere he was well known, as "Pop" WlmrlnA, esTe tbe beat part of an artire ba^l- neps life to tbe attainment of a ttaeatrlcal sm- b!t'^ bejrlnolnr at the lowest mnf: of the ladder, and wnrklnj; bis way np. bj untlrlnip Indnatrlona elTnrt. ruiifr by mn;;. nntll be csme to he reroffnixed as one of tbe ploneerv In tto pnmotlnn aid npbntldlns of a braoeb or tto tbeanreal boj i lB eaa. wblrb In tbe la«t decada^ too attained ^s tee mreess and popn- la<1tT prntaMj tton any otber known form of entertainment. Tbe elder Wlgstns was Inter- e«tPd In the theatre t4> arch no extent that It becrtne bis pet ambition. Beeiinl°ig with' the p'rms. he studied the bnnlness wblrb be In- tended to make his tife> work and when tbe opnortnnlty pretiented Itself be began to preaeot to the pnblle a form of amnaement, wblcta. to bis mild n-ss a* edncatlnf; as It ws^ entertsln- tna. Sncceaa emne to bim and when Tande- T*IIe waa practically n-ikoown In Rochester, he caxe to this dty its flrat tzrte of tbat elaoa of entertainment wblrb baa reanlte<1 In tto erection here of one of luiq<lM<nie«t tbeatrea to to (and aaywhaea In tto world.. - . . . JiM with tte adfvM at '•gmf Wkorin. lite ' H aeto s ta r. «amo tte Jatrodaet'on of nis aaa. . Tohn. ti» loesl theatteitoers. For a few pea- aon« John Wls^na made bla home In Ro<-ti'^ ter. asatstiojt in tbe msnsKrment nf tbe Cook Open Uimse. wblrb was. takco orar by Us fkther and James H. Moore vhMi Ibe old Won- dCTlauil 'Ibeatre was fnaiid (o be too small to accommodate the rapidly growlDg clientele tbat h!»rt rt-sulietl from the =ntro<IucUoD of Taude- vlllo Into the Flower City. When tbe business of tte Uoore-WIgglOH Corap.iuy, both hori* and In Detroit, enlarged so thrtl the attention of Mr. Moore waa re- qnlred almost entlr»')y In tbe lutter city. John Wgslng was sent to New York to look after the vanderlUc bookloss for the two boniea. Tbat be had Inheritetl the training of bis father was early maolfesteil in tbe yuunft man. He came to be ncknowlcdxed by TanOrTille man- agrra and ascnta aa one of tto best booUg familiar wltb Tannarllla aete 4ii' ad iwrta of tlje world. In fact, there scarcely Is a rande- rllle performer of distinction in this coantry to-day who did not pcrsoaally knutr JoIid W'k- Aad to know blm waa to_llka aad adailro Eioi. ' lte'Wa» « aw wto aaailF- Mds ^aalli and kaslav aad*.tton. ta»t;ttob Sir.^n uStt come ssaln into tbe life of the yoong mother. The liody was takin to Detroit ttda mornlos on tbe 9:30 o'clock New York Central train. Mrs. WlKtflna. llr. Moure, WiU'em J. Wigislna and wife, tto latter an only brother and atsier- In laW'Of tba yoaaKsecooipauied tto re- mains, which will to tia«*d In tto family sanit in Woodlawa Camatatr aa Timraday afteraoon. Tto tnncral. nlOMagk It 4a to be private, will bv atlewled br ■' kMBter of New York men prominently ^IdnatUM .wilb tto Tsudevllle pro- feaaloo.- CUAS. HKISOS. ROYCB MAKES CHANGE. Manrgcr Rq}-c«, wbo baa been assooiated wltb Boiloek'a TOmnlo of Auusemant. Pmtidenco, B. I.,' alMa Ita opaBlBB last speiac, ba« see- rred Ma canfetmi arltk - ttot taonsi' and baa JolDfd IwoM Wttk ttt.Binr iiaimlar-|irl<>fd raa- darilla toaaa ailifc b wOl to a t taid In PmrHsnee " " 1. X fMhsrKrto 1M* nectwleii Tie was one of tbe yonn^st men Idvntlfled with the TandeT'ile pcofesfilon in tbis conitry, and bla death wSll to roonmed by performers in ovory city orer which the Asncrlcan flag wares. Among tbe managerial «*IemeDt be tod frli*nda wltbont nnmtor. and there la sormw to-day. not noiy In ills home city, not only among b's friends In Boobesler, of whom he hail many: net only amone tto ranto of tto TandesUla per- fomters. bat wmong tto covntlaaa -nwtor- of fricnda and ssaoclatca to bad la. tte- gnat American metiopoIUL aad aBMnf them ito ca- titc nfflfial imsWw and dorleal force of tbe ITnlfed Booklns Oflcso of Anacolea. John Windos Is' dead after an tUneos of six weelcs. With a prronp of merry ttoatrlcal men and agents from New York City, be came nn to Rochester for the open ng of Ito new Ti'-nple Theatre. In Clliton .^xenoe. Sooth, on Decem- ber B. a handsome plarbouse In which be had m-rre than an ordinary, paaalng interest. He exprewml bli pleoaote at tbe completion of tbe lieaDtlfnl theatre, and he Toieed bis regret that bis father bad not I'red to see and sppre- cUte it. And. after tbe opening. 4t was ooly a few daya later, he contracted a serere cold which dareloped poeonMnla. Ito serrlres of tto tost 'mediesl men In Boebester and tbe family pbyslrlan* <n Detroit. STslled tiuttdiB, and his life -slowly psaxeil from him. Six weeks he remained noronM-louH In a room in the Seneca notcl, wiltti tbe fecea of thow whom h<* knew a-Ml lored nronnd blm. h'a motber. bis nncle, Jamrs H. Moore, wtio belpa to N-ar tte' deep weight ot sorrow ttot has. PAmoiM vAUOByiixB iioifiGs. Parsoon, Kra., Van. 29.—Bffeetlvv I'ebtoasy 1, ▼anderille will be tranafetred froni Uie Lyric Theatre on. Main to tbe Elks'. At ttot time Parsons and Moakogre will be tbe only towns on the Hoilklns Cirenlt under SO.OOO tbat hove Taadsrille abows. Parpona patrons of raudcrille wlU have the llneat bouse In the cuuntry used for 10 and 20-cent idiowa. Tt>l8 obiinge was de- cided npon siuie days ago and the Hodkins syndicate, wblch now least* tto RlVa' Theatre for big attractiooa. will nas it tor TaodCTitla on nlg:itn when Ihers nte no big sbowa. Tlie boose win to light every week -lay night an<1 an ordirstra wlH fnmlBh mnalc for ail shows aa well as giving a bsnl concert each eTonlng In front nf tto tlieatre. Mansger Harry Mitchell ckxed a contract wltb the RIks' Tfaratre oerhostra thia morning for all performsnf-rs st tbe tbestre. Tbe or- chesptra will to In cbsrge of W. J. Si-ihert, vlniln. lately manager of Uie Bnsby Theatre or- chestra St McAleater. Mr, Meibert was also In charge of Ibe Bnaby note! utbeatta. He Is a refy. (oaipott'nt man and will giro Parsons a fine orcaalsatiaa. Ottor members of the orches- tra sre Mis. RSnnsn Petsaeb. pianist; J. P. W»rr». eI«rlon»«: Fred One»l«. enmet: Davy ralgh. trnoitone: I>. I<. Walker, dfiim. and W, 8. Cooper, toao. THe einsins of so maar towna Bo TsnderlUe on file nndVlns Clrrnlt •l»*«*s well for Person" as a almr tmrn. Mr. Bndtrlna ha* cnt n>it this dasa of abowf la all toanw imder . 80.000, eg- tbls dty and Unatogee. HU llttio are now coodned to Jopllu. Paraoaa^ - Muskogee, Ofclshoma Otty. Dallas, Kort Wurtb, Wsco, Uonstoo, San Antonio. Msmpbla and NuahvlHe. Tbis means tbat tbe abowa in other towns are not yielding sultoieut muney to gnarantre their eontlnuaoce. 3dr. Budkina has Jnst rcceatly secured tbe booktuga for tbe Ken- tncky aad Tllinoia towns and wlU add soma ot tto larger ones, to lala Hat, Mr. IMklaa la moTtng bU main office from MHb 1* Clll H Mt aod will to in roonlag ordsr attto'latMr flMa by tbe Ural oC the aumlb. .. .. ' .■ ■ .. --. • • Obealt. PHim AT WHITE RATS' BALL. The Doyle oBlce snd the BebaetiTii, who con- trol many tbeatrea in CUcsgo. got iosetb>?i, January 20. aial SSTC the uaacmbied White Rats, at tlfcelr masquerade ball, held at the CoUoflsevin. tbe- aurpiise of their lives. Prank Q. Do3-ie. one of tbe ieiiJlDg vsrjde- »Hle sgrnu of Chicago, and Pred. ntot snd Otorlie lictoefer, secured Ueibert Uoyd, ,tto Diamood King, and bis four Highland LassUaj tbe crest LiKwrvnee, wto was Ito bnglor wlta Theodore Boosevelt at tto tottle of San Jnau HIU: also tto orebcolraa of tto aarOcId aod Criatal Tbeatrea in band nnlform, fourteen in number, with tsrelTe ' membaca of tto Illinois National Ouarda of tbe SpanlA-Amerlcsn ^^ar Veterana, with tto house slUefaees. Ilr» guarda. ustofs. aad all nnlfonaed tolp. of tbe Tailmi* Scbacfor bonses, snd morctod ttom from 16tb street and Wabtsb avenue, down to tbe Colloa- seom, out on tlie bail-room Boor, to tto trs>, mendous applouM! of tto soscmbled White Bats and Itoir friends. There were slsty^^wo iB tfca Doyle-Schaetrrr party, tto latsest ladlTMnal bakt wblch attended. ^ ; ^ • ^ _ „ Ttoa caow IBs naadjmrrb fto tteprtaeo. Beitort Llogrd. of tto Beyle crowd, aecorcd Orat priie for tbe magnldcent dlamnod mit get np. a glitteriag dasli of twenty tbnussnd rbinestonsa. Mr Uovd's Four HUhlsod Uasvle* aeoired second priie for beoutlful dressing and artistic ^^TIic'^uTlnl l»Ue was aw-srded to the OsrHald snd Orystsl attscbecs. giving tto first thne prires to the Doyle ollr-rs. M<»t of tto rwrnty prite winncts alW^Baw. tolding contrseta with the above •■•»:.„_' ^ Tto alfalr sraa a toge auccojs sodaUr nA aasndally, and baa _addrd jnaterlslly IM mnda far a Ctali Meaim WMta Bala CInb heaea^ BRAljliBH BOOKiNQ OFFICES. will te r — Booking Offlres tore just ch. In Birmingham, Ais., _lulldlog, anil the Sonlb- manaKe.l^T Mr. M. J. n. la em oflcea w«h w C«.per. wtovt a BMnl theatrical booking wUI l>r transoctod. mlB oOhw Is connected »;llli s dnln of ofllces In socb cities as Chicago, Phila- delphia, Now York and Cincinnati. Tto toj4« nuarters of llie said offices w-III remsln la ClB> clnoatl and W. M. Pollard will be in ehsrga. COLUMBUS HOUSE ODES TO VAU- , MyiU.Es,.. •• Cotambnab O.. Jin. sa.—AtWt fbar {<>■<■•' borlesqqr, nnrier tto nam* ot .Oayaty Ttontra, playing Oolambla Amnsement Company's at> tracllona. tto old Riste slreet house once men resumes tbe name of Oraod, «»!, scconling to a l<-sse Itist signed, for tho nest sev>.-ii yesra it will to nnder the management of the newly In- corporated Western Vaudevilie (Urciilt. iiUylng Pre. ten and Bttewi-cent contlnmnK vsmli'vllle itumt>ers provided l>y tbe Asso,*lilpd l;tK>klna Agwicy of PIttihnrg. Mr. E, \. Stuffrr, iire.1- ilent and general manager, nf Now York City, sod E. EUray, (r.iveling rrpn-sentall'-e. Iisvs been In tbbi cUy for tto naM..AtW days, bsnd> tiat V» bmlataa eadaC IbTdiMl Cwme Wast, em Vsnderllla Otrcnit. tamoilennit Ma toiue and arranglna for Ito flmt ahow wbMl wUI to given Januiry St. Ttoj aay ttot ttejr hato dMia closed for atiotit three mm noitoiB .Cor tbU clrrnlt bnt refnse to atate wh«ni.lM*:ai3l .ia> csited. Foe tbe timo baiBB Hib' ■taBav ^wMia.- main in Colnmbns and aaa afMr tfea'ttMMlUt of tbe bo<isc. 11. D. Rndgara, wto camo from Wheeaac. w. Vn.. a few weeks sgo, to tsxe charge of Ito Oayety srton Al, WIswell reslenrd to tskr s similar pooltion wltlt Mie flfaat Hoatliem. re- turned to Wheeling tto middle.Of tto sreek. The opening bill of tto Oraad Is: Oameln's Tsblean Storiee, living plrtiir<a wHb uleclrical I ITecIs, The Zeek and Oeek Trio, comedy stni- rra. dancers aad nembats; Dnwnliu Bnttora, blaekface comedlana: Jatt<-s and Bennett, Hrbiaw fomedla aai. Bstt y. Iwim, ^ilniclOiC aonbrrtte, tad roovlaf frfatnaa, W. C. HAJIIT<»f. LEASE EATON RAPIDS HOUSE. Jsckra. Mich., Jan. 20.—Messrs. Morse and SchMdel have lessni Ito new Majtstic Thratia «t Eston Rspi.is. Micti.. snd arlHjmrB B ilitaa g . 7 with hich ciss. Tsish-viiie, kiiflaii fMaVMa' L» Pranee * Bartnn Clrcnit. snm Itomerly manager of one Of W. r. OBAVBB. ■LAWCH B DA VNB ILL.V On Mntiday, January 24, Miss lilsncto Diyne. rppearing at the Mary - Andrrann. Loul'i'lle, Kv.. last week, with WlU M; Oiwtsy. In BUI Pimn's Bsby, waa too ill to anwan Sisters, who were la} Ing a«ar~ !■ last week, were sntotliotsd. . . '