Billboard advertising (Feb 1910)

FEBRUARY 5^ 18ia Xtie Billboard 6 GOVERNOR ISSUES EDICT And South Dakota Theatre Interests are Thrown into Constemation-~State Elxecutive Declares BuiUing CMinance Must be Eofoiced Even if Maiqr «e Ruined av^ Aberdeen, 8. D.. J«ii. 2T.—OoTeruor Ve«iey, of Soutb Dakota, bu iMUeU a ■UCvmeitt to tb4 (rffwt tbat be latcixla to oitarc* Um buUdliu unllDkDce Mwt hut n<|ue«tcd tiM ■tiiMr iMpwter to WW tbat uow U cBirlDd Mt; Tbla wUI amui a gmt aaiiMWi t» ttMtn In tbe atat*. aad will no ilonbt clow aaar 'amair pletara hwMni» dolas bualneia iu Miatt ■tor* nioiiis. Haqulrcmeota ac« la fotlom: All atalrcaie* Iw eocloaetl In bricka or otiiirr fireproof flMlarlal; all eslta muat be Ove feet lo Cm clttt and. duora ot>ea forward; tbe curtalaa and aevnery muat be pointed wltb fireproof palut; all dlfferviicva In lluora must be irrtrrcomo b> (radlenta of man ttian one toot to twvlre: all doors muat b* iMproofed. The owoira mutt lake a UeciM.from tlw atate trcemnc and to aperato tiM bo u aaa batera tbm ehengaa am eC- fWtWl, MlbilMtt Ua. l^ iS^l^^ FROM MELO. TO LEQIT. Akron. O., Jan. 38.—No more will tbe Oraod Opera iloose be kaown a* tbe "pnwder nIH." Soon blood and tbiuuler melodrama at tbe pofiO' ]ar-pi4evd playbouae will be bat a Laat week It waa anaouaead ~ tma a melodrama booa* tre, playlns doUiIoc but nuat o( tbem Bbnbcrt ahowa, O. L. Blaler. maoascr, reeelred word from tbe ewnere of tbe bouae tbat lo tbe future melo- drama would be eliminated and nothlas but Snt-rlaaa altracttooa booked. Tbe notice to Elaler probablT meana mon- than tbe men dropploc ot malednima It la n. B. DOBKTLBIN. NEW AMUSEM ENT ASSOCIATION. Am aaaoclatlOB baa been famed and daly In- ccnorati-d umlir tbe lawa of tbe tftute of ilsa- aacuDwttn. knoM-o aa tbe Amuaeineat AMMncla- tlon of Mi-Haacljuartta. The cbarter membera are aa fallows: Nat Borseaa. Jamea DonaldaDO. Waller E. Oreeoe, Coroelloa U. Bocfcley. Sllaa T. Bornce, Artbor C. Uelot, Jobn E. Keen. Arlbnr Q. Carrcr. Oeorse A. OoMlaDd. Cbarlea H. Wabttar, f. Htoqr BorrI, Ka| ' " ~ - . — ■iieL^ovrnie vLaet opMciito. Kleetlen of oM l gi at Bnabln L*f|l 1. \. OvtbT. pn aldcM; A. 0. Pfrllkr. ne»>pi«ddoiH: J. J. PlttceraM. traaaonr: Wm. Mtiwart. fluaq- aal aecrrtanr: B. I>. Stmmona. rorrespoodlit« aaoMaiy: W. P. Flatter, Lnalneaa annt; J. K. Blown, aaalntant burineaa aient: T. Kubanka. aetceaot-al-arraa: Ben Baarae. aaalatant ner- (vant-at arma: P. Beaiae. trMce. lieaaca, P. O. Tuner. SInken and Ueatb will Mt wllk tb* Baffelo Bltt-PaintM RIH tbia MUSICIAN ATtaiil»T»iVICIDa. at . , ... 'btlMipM anl cide. Be took potaon but a doctor waa called la lime to aave b'a life. Re waa Infatuated wltb oar of the eboni* •Itis, but bla lore waa not letnmnl. LEATH CIR CUIT REDUCED. no Leatb Girenit «f Orst-elaa* tbeatrea In -Tirpala hm b*M redorrd from alx to foiir thMJiM Tb* ttnnilt rnr tbe IskI Ore yoHra eoHdiMad of BIchmond. NnrfMk. LyneMinrs, Ro raoke, Newport N'cnra and PeterMHira. Tb.« Nrwiiort Kewa home, which cmt tSS.OOO to tolld. waa dropped from tlie circuit. Jannarr 1. Tbe t,ynchltanr At^rlrmr of Mnnlc Wee w i ei'ted fnnn ttie I>erth neoplr I>.t k. Gale^l A OKi VbA made a hlKtirr bid fnr tho lenac aM.VlM W!II operate M aa a ten crot tbcatr*. ■KLAtOO a MAVm aiVIVAL. —i Belaeco end Maj-cr liere <wanlre<1 their AI- «asar Totnine Comnanv and will prevent the .freatcat of their Alraur Tbratrc HH-cemea en tour on a more eMhnrate acale. If poaalhW. taan he fore the earthnnake. The llrat olferlnK win ho St. Elmo. Tbe only raNMrlfMI Trndim br Wlltr«d Iloleamb, for •bhib Balaeni and U*eer bine accuvrd esclu* Jlee weelern rJcMa. The tottr npeoa Pebmary o With bn>ktnr< Into the middle of June. ACCIDENT IN PLAYHOUSE. _ While the aenery frr tl>e llraf act of B>-nM Bratw'ra' |wai<nctl«a of Elaht Bella waa betnjt nwnawl on the atatre at the Onnrt Tltoatre at Wkerlinc, W. Va.. tbe erenlmt of Jnnnary 31, ■ bap «f eand fell from abore the atage. atrlkln* la wpb Mann, a ntrRe hatMI. on the abonlder. Tbe grad weliM ebont one bnmlrrd nnmela. ■Ml mnM waa kmwked In Mw floer. lU waa SSnSb^LiSST''' ** *^ «w wqtmtu a- ••n iii|Bf^^n'IftMiwII" fw^h^'Hii^ flNM8n» SLititH EN TERS 8H0WD0M. After ab almoH rontlnnmia aerrln- of twenty Teera m fh* IH* Mnlnea flow«> police depart- ment, dnrthc Haw year* of whieh In- a»rrod aa. ^•hler of deteellTea, City neleetlco flem-ieo Me- Nntt has reelcned from Uie department. Ho aa- algned bla reeaon for aererloc bis lone time con- nection, tbat be expecta to place a tbealrlcal company on tbe road. A VOICE IN THE WILDERNESS. Bdaoo B. Mh^ tk* «l«iTHUMCtor sow play- luc tb* idU of flquiTC Rim Looke. in Tbe <Mr- ma Una. aaaoaaad tb* role of a real clercyman laat aawlay emilac tal tb* Cbarch of the Dla- rlples In Broektim, Uaia., a suburb of Dosloo. The actor—and be Inalata on boini; called eji actor, for be baa lonjr alnce irlvea up preecbtnf ss an occuiwUoo—took for bU text, "Tbe Stnse and IU Belatloa to Morality." la defending bis profeatdon, and Incidentally, (be manager*. Mr. HUes declared tbat tbe peo- ple WW* dtreetlr rHpomlbl* for tt* pnitnt day eoodltlao of tbandaa.- "Otn mm — Ulad artui psopi* wUfe aMIatto appnai^;.^ Sanonn Opera Oooinany. New York: capital. tl.OCO. To produce operas, playa and otbcr dramatic compositions; to deal la moalc awl In- cUentala. Dlrcetora: U-Orand Qowland and L. SI. WUklnaon, dZ W. »th street, and 'Aula O. Condlt. 2SB Hfniilway, New York City. Ooasaaa i clal mnparOam Oumtmr, Xmr York; capittf. IHLOM. ^rit m.mmm.wm^^ and adtcftMac bnalueaa. iMNctdra; - Jacob M. Oroaanan, Cbarlea A. Borr and Oaear H. Caeclola. 281 BnMdway. New York City. Smllb-aumaa Company, BalTalo, X, Y.; capi- tal. f2S,000. To cooatruct anil maoas* or lease bnaloesa and amuaetueat conceaaloa*. IM- rectors: Edward J. Bilniuuda. Geo. H. OlbaaB and OeorKe W. SmlQi, Buffalo. N. Y. Hart Amm«ment Company. Brooklyn. N. Y.; capAtaJ. 910,000. To provide entrrtainmenta. amoaementa and edaeatinual productions of all kloda, aadt norlac pictures. Olxactm: Henry Byaaw aad Lsafi K. Hambont, ' O tw i tl nnloa lie Other tbinss la aald: "Tbe etssv. like moat dara. to a eaaiacrcUl la alltntlon sod It* bail* la daliata and cmli.. It . , -—^- - - puMte wnibtv. It 1* ant a aneatloo of art. wiMtber aeod or evn: Mitfetr b tt a queatlon of wboleaaoMOMa nor iCiimaUtr. bat merely. 'Does tt payT* Tb« modem manager asya: "Oon't talk lo me abont eleratlng tbe atase and dereloplnx tine art. Oo and elevate tbe people.' "As I Tiew the queatlon. drama doe* not exiat for purpoeea of morality. It la no mot* moral than aclentlOc or arhotaatlr. Wa bare no mora rt«bt to dvm'ind tbait errry play aball b* c*atci*d abont aoa* matbematlMl tt KiealUe Ur. Hnea, before going on tbe st»«e. occopled a jwlpit lo Bti«hamt«a. N. T. It* waa or- daVned aa a UnlTemallat minister ofM M( gradiutlou fnin tbe Cnlveralty ot M. Law* renc*. lie waa cordially r eed red. LATE NEW YORK STATE INCOR- PP WATIO H*. rtctnra Oardea Theatie Oompsny. Syrocuae. N. Y.; capital. 91.B00. To pment niorlng pie- tme*. plays and oners*. lilrrctorA: Wm. M. Slette aiNl Kngeoe E. Young. STracnse, N. X.: ami Angela Armani. Solray. N. Y. Henry Knmmer Holillns Company. New Vork City: capital, tlO.OOO. Tn owu, lease and dla- pnae of pla.TK. operan. M^njia: to earn and man- aite tbeatrea ami other places ot amir«'ra<-nt and to employ irtngera, actors, etc. nirrctocs: ciir* Beerker, Knmmer aud ArUmr Hmut, US Irving Place. New York atp. airil Atflrad D. Rrttloo. BrfniiTtlle. N. Y. Ing ptotaraa: to engage In sad coudiRt monoa Idctato bmloi ■ sad other amnsemaat •xblbl* tloBa, DiMCMra: HarrU Ooldmsn. 776 Piw- peat ■ Plac*:- Abraham H. Bcbwsrts, «T0 Piwr!- denee street, and FMerIck Graf. 103 Hamburg Biooklyn. N. Y. ACTRESS DEF ENDS PROFESSION. To tbo saitor ot the Becotd: Dallaa. I»a.. Jaa. 10.—Tbe time-hooored "at- tack oa tb* ataga" Is a oeTer-fslUng mesas by srblcb small-callber preacbera hare for sgca iongbt to eowigt—If but for a paialiix moment— ftaai iBBoeiMMa asdiocrlty. ^ ^. Rer. Ur. Knickerbocker, not content with his former sorry antlea In tbe limelight of publicity, baa glTen us sn encore. He presumes to eritlclae a play, at tha same time arowia^ he baa never witnc aa td It, and even dcsertlM* the amst Ota- matlc momeats tbcrela. What wcodctfol an- mcei What lancbahla andadtpi 1h* traabia with Bar. IbTValekatbochar to that^be to ■• >H» on «h» tfam jjT hto se.»- thatloil nwM lithr tt» wpl^*' k ■ Ufe'a eoiKelt . owB egotism tNoi valley below. His statement that "tbe majority of actressr* are women ot doubtful character, even though palmhly made for tbe aake of a little cheap no- toriety, betrays a cowardice all the more de- aplcable. Inaamucb that tbe biting calumny waa leveled at a class of women, the very Itinerancy ot whose profession renders thsm Incspsble of retsllaOoo. WonU tkto amaa tbcotogtat data to sspers* ' ani ■nMaB* • atatMMM tho - tl'had* aP.waaaaa, whaaa aw lootfj Jgiyp,** ^ " * * ! -' to call him to accoontT No, Indeed. With an eye single to bla prrsoual aafety. be takes aiUao- tage ot his clerical calling to tauacb bis poison shsfts. The sll-ceacblag aweep ot hto accaaa* tlon betrays the grossest dlsnrgaid far th* < Ity of common humanity and a fatal " Hj^msB - " ~ ~ ^ wivaa msndmeat. -Ibon shatt aat bsar tatoa against Or Bs lfhh i r .** Tba Ursa of k at aoUa. wtr-aaaiflciaK wiraa ail aiothars wb* adam tb* atag* ore In themaelvcs a aafldcat ntMatUn. Tb* women of the atag* aio ptood «( the trIendeUp ot such eminent dsrleato aa th» lata Bishop Henry Potter. Dr. Porkbarst, aibbaas, ' IreUad. Baagbion end Cbambars. Tbes* mau have preached agslnat tb* sbusea of the stsge, hut by no stretch of th* Imaglostloa could 1 eoocclTe tbean capable of ao Tile a demmclatloo. They konw whereof they speak. They know tbe trials, tbe eamcal endeavor under adverse coodltlons. Tb* deprlva- tlooa. the aboegatlooa of all tbe UttI* smaaltlsa of domesticity the sctrcss so aadlir ml sasoi Xhtr know tha (alee petopteUra •■$.«■ line thair every act i Vic* eztots, truly, bnt la no grester pro|iortloa than obtains In any other aphere of life In which women play an Important port, and spesktng of tbe protessloo generally tbe Bev. Mr. Knicker- bocker Is doubtless unaware of <be fact that throngb the membera of the theatrical profssahn (1 am npi-aklng ot tbe men) outnumber tbe mla- latere ti-o to ooe, our prlsou records win shoar three ministers coavtoted ot erim* «• an* actor. Uwk it up, doctor. Ko dan or w o t im l ia baa a monopoly of rightoonaMOO. aat-tta lonfon o( morality la about *«HUp diotiliiioa amoas fraU bnmaaltr, notwltbstandlns tb* *'hoU*r than thou" mantte asstimed by mlnlsterlsl peregrlaea. In hU exaggerated ego Dr. Knickerbocker Isaaa all sens* of ^roiMrtlon. Uke tbe minister m th* Bowery, who, being Jostled by two tlMP aallors. cried out. "It was a iHimInc abame that ' tbe whole American nary waa debauched.** 1 wonder If tbe Bev. Mr. Knickerbocker has ever besrd of the Actors' Cbnreh Alliance, or tbe Professional Woman's lieegnr. ao organlaa- tloo of actresaes devoted to charity I In s word, wbst does be know of aetrcssca—I mean tb* majority—or their r~ lute th* f light and Uta'tata'mJMO UTea^ amoatbtd the wrinkles from th* brow ot car*, broogbt Jcp M the Joyless, sotlensd by her nsnlaa heart* growa rslloaa by contact wltb a sordid wscM. ar psoiaa the oil of laughter oo the tronbled aea of IU*. Tbrn la her mlaalon not wholly unfnllUled, noV wUl tbe final Jmlgment be leas partial oa aO* couat oC her prorraaitH), when she sad her ^aa* ' trembllait In tbe corrldon •( ( Aa.Ni:a c uixeb iPOt— r Uvea, tbat b* aboold tbaa poi- nt tratb bgr oach^calamayt Aa tba aetiaoat U ah* baa braasht A ORE AT R EADER. IHirInc the recent Colocada Nallooal. Appto BzpoalUon. held In Denver, which waa sttemM by the "Apple Qneena" from mora than thirty fmlt'CrowIng dtatrlcta—a very amnatna thing orcurrrd lo one of the boxe* at tlie Broad'vay Theatre during tbe engagement of Frltsl Scbetf. Just befor* to* ctvtsln went un oo the Brat set. a QuMn flam one of tbe Northern C O I a md a diatrlew aald: "Yon know i have alwm wanO> *d to aa* 'IHtal Scheff.' aa I raail tt* book 8HUBERT HOUSE OPENED. BostoD's newest p l sybona e . Tbe opened JaaiaiT M. It to a a*m of In Ita colorlnK ot aU«at>siap OkdaiM. orativ* palntlnga hp VhhmH. Me.M nacltp to iMM. ~ ~ abahert. •ALB OP DEVIL'S AUCTION FECT8. ' The effects of The Derira Auction Compaa/ won oold at pnbHc vendo*. In Parkei^tan. W. ▼n.. am ^SJ*"^ ***''' W. «t.ll o<il» »w. r tsasu*ttor FIRE IN THEATRE. PIre waa discovered In tlie Rnnd Opera HoiavBnIMIac; IJoMMrtllev lad.. laaaaif 91t toit turtiinatelp heflnoe 11 btM swieA way. The huno ^ lossb Thtotoflto WILL BUILD ROOF CSTVRDEN. E. W. Schnbort. maoacer of tbe Owyhee Hotel Company. Bolae. Idaho, snnnniicea-tbal be will er«-t oo the reof of hia hostelry a gItlO.OrtO roof gardeo. It ta to he compIetM ecrly In th* GOLDEN WITH NEW PAPER. "Tbe BIchmond Vlrrlnlan.*' a n^w <fatly af- ternoon paper at Klebmond. Va.. t^-hlHt haa he- rnn iwihH'—tlon. has for It* dpiipallc HfiHt Robert Oolden. rir manr T"ar« dramatic editor ot -The Xe w».Lead«r." Blehnxmd. MOTION »IC TUR« THBATRn. TlH. ipntloa pletore theetres oT Kenkak. I*w*. arc havlac a camnslm waged scalnsr tbea.hp •he MMatottal Aaosdntlni of lhar cHy. o-^- to tba tl^aloni oaaMaalnB-ta a nn ate aa **y««.