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48 MARCti 28. 19ia TIm Wedr inrNeir York (Contlnned from pafe 6.) Reheaxvalji ot WiaciieU SmlOi's new com- edy, Bubby Burolt, becan last ireck at tbe Hodaon Tbeatvr. Wallaw Eddlnger wUI be fra- tinvd in the piece. «rbl«^ wli; open fax At- lantic CItr un April 4. ♦ Boliert W. Bminau, with a troupe ot forty Sioox iDdlans, fifteen cowboys and twenty head of -bnclElDC broBcm, «a3]ed on tba Preddeat Oeant, on Afatcb 10. to Join Carl Ha«eaback'a Utanr, at Bamburtr, Germany. ♦ . Tb* sradnatlon ezerciaca of the twentr-aixth T<t tt»Am«rliii Acadamr ot Ocanade Asts e plap fitfet-Bmpin raaata* «■ IkMdaj ^ Vk. at — Tbm Week in Cljcago (OMtlMaa fMm p«(a T.| ' .n* Bur VkMIn, one of the leadlns nndinnie iKiaet ot the nortbweat tide, au7. beme. « a Lock company dorlns the aammcr monttu In- stead of elosios, aa ha* tenloloic beea the caMoB. Wm. Bocha, manager oC Ifea Ob. Brady and Mr. Haaa'a aaacaUva ataff Car The Man Who Stood StIlJ. now mmaUm at Me- Vleker'a Theatre, la aa foDmn: IMMCk IMai> ecbey, manager: Frank Bana. tnaanar and actlu. manaser; Jacob Wllk% wpna i B tattre. fad Mr. La Motte, stage onoagcr. Mr. Omga IT. Macer, of the Colonial Tbea- Texu Jack, this week. Is commanding atten- tion at the Academy with lu typical western " sectlag* and dlaiaane. Mlaa Baadolph la —— Witt tte ——— - At rba Vljoe Tkeatre, tbts week, la being ot- toad Wlllaid Maek'a In Wyomlnjc. This play, with Ita acaaa* laid Ip the Big Hon VaUay; ■ear Caapar, Wyoming, U fall of ialaiaal asS tceaa aMnaat aad is grarlof gicatly' ta Ika K lag «C tba palnaa o( ithl* iSm. P i^ jfj i dg. aad Ibeir Baby la showing aiawM at tba ItatlaaaL Tbto coopaay ahoweS ■a^ - jjTlba aMMQ at^ OMaaad at that _. - . Iba irill-lraowB alay, Tba Xtaanua, ia Aow^ ta CbiB weak at \S onmmlmCmt mtaTv aapUeatlag Ita eld-tlmawiiMSL T Tbg ptople*a Theatre baa.:a* lis enmnt at traetloo. the old-time (aTCfUlk" Ttaiptat and Bnaahlne. Since lu retain' to" tba iMltlmate; tbla show bcose has been steadUy Inaaoslag Its bnslnprK. but. nevertbelem. Mr. J. W. WlUmsi* la still perpetrating schenini tvbrreby he will hare to put mit that 8. B. O. slsn. TtUs In- creaacil attendance la ondoabtedly dae to the hard work of Mr. WUIlams and his capable staS md wUl^ln ^^aU^prohablllty vlnd^^U^Ma^ tba pviadas H . with Car . oczt .KlIFORMKRSAIR QRIfeyAliei, _ ClaelBBati. Ohio. Dear sir: ^We haTe rtealTCd The BUIboard en ry week Mgnlanr for a good many years, and we am often noticed artldea that yon hare pid>- UAed ahowlng where perform*r» have fiien mlatreated by aganta. and maaagen. Below iron will And aa article that wa tUnk. If pnb- lahed. will not OMiy be doing na a favor, bnt the profession la general: A few weeks ago we accepted contracts from Ue l^lDcess Tli,-atrlcal Eielianse of LooIsrlUe. Ky., Which ivas sonthem time. We played oracy house the cootmctK called for, and made at«M than good all around. After we had .69*^ * meka on tlieir drcnlt, we were nuormcd on a Satnrday night at the last mlnnte that It woold be Impoaalble tor them to place OS for the next two or three weeks hot for ns to keep them posted as to onr wbeieahonts. In case something turned op. 1 did aa they rfqno«teil, and last wwk while playing In JacksonvUle. da., we recelred a telegram from them telling as to open on their circuit asain at the Palace Theatre, wn- nlngton. N. C and that they wonid forward lu contracts from there on. Wa wired them at one* and told them that w« acoiptad the ' wack. and after cbwliiir at JaebaonTlIIa, >la.. we came diteet to WDmlogtoa. K. C~ which cost ax jast Otty-fonr dollats in ail. On ar- riving here at Wilmington, we went direct to the Palace Theatre, and to onr snrprlse we were informed by Mr. Schloas. the manager and owner of the theatre that we were not booked there, that he bad telegraphed the Princess Theatrical Exchange flve days prar- ions teUlng tfaam not ta.baak fgim ■Into hla hooaa-aa ba —..-3. their bnslness metboda. Now the PrinCesa Ti plenty ot time to wlic bm, aaC . hat Instead ot that, tbay fat oa go tigbt on ]u.«t the same. Of eonrae we didn't kaow Jost what to do at first becenae I didn't know who was In the wrong. The Princess Theatrical Exchange, or Mr. SehlofSD. the manager of the theatre, so we went direct to the telegraph offlce and wired The I'rincess Theatrical Ex- change. SDch: "Manager atates we were not boobcd. lafBsea to play la, what shall we do. nswar qalek." We seat, tbis telegram at Bine o'rtock, Monday, and after waiting np oatfl eleren o'clock at nlebt for tbaUr aaawer. which never came, we iboucht It best to aand them another one, which we did. wording It Ibns: "CMt na orer fifty doUars ta ceaw baie then no work, now pleaae advise me what to do." We sent this telegram collect aa the night operator at the telegraph olBce could not ctiange a bill for na, the next morning about ten o'doek we received notice that the Prlxicesa Theatrical Exchange had refused to pay for our wire, lo we paid for It ouraelvea. Whut's more, wc are still waiting for them to ndvhn: us what to do. After we did' not hear from Ibe Ptlncasa Theatrical Exchange, we went aad explained everytUag to Mr. Schloss the manager, ami ba would net loat until he had taken ma down to tba telagiaph oOlce, and proved to ua wbara ha had wired Ibe PrlncwB) Theatrical Biehuiga. eaacalling their acts. Now we bad to . lay Off tMa woakt bat I bare arranged to wadTac lb; 'taUssa aast week, (Feb. -JS) bat ast tktaoife As Maeaas Theatrical Exchange. Kow The Princess Theatrical Exchange not only caased us to lose this week's work, but canaed us to throw over other work that was offered us, tiesldes potting ub to a great deal of expense. If yon will be kind enough to pubUah this letter, I tbiak -«tbar theatrical papen, wlU be doing a' CMt tR' the profession by copying same, as It wiB 'haap other pertormeis from being pat la tba aame poaitlon wa were pat In St The Prtaeeao Zbaatiteal Kzehaage of lAoiavlIIe, Ey. ThsaMag joo In advance for any favors I aMiy aa 'for us, we l>eg to remain, • Xianrs very truly, CoUlns, La Moss and Elliot. you PACIFIC CQAST VAUDEVILLE. ▼aUaia tnmpa ot pony cydlalat attar Jliae boans In Son Ftanetseo, laft tbla SMah to play tba Loa Aagaln niaatre, Uia Angdea. Beports trom Los Angeles announced thtt S|9ere Nord, the Diving Beauty, was a acoaa- tlonal hit, and nothing of lt« kind has arar appeared there. Tbe boz-ofllce receipts during the week reached the high-water mark. Joe Vlncettl, ntw Is at iv«««nt with the Mat Nazsarro Troope. now playing the S. A O. Olr- cait, baa signed with the Sells-Floto Circus tor the coming seaBoo. Aogaatns NevUle and Company, in PoUtica and FettlcaatB, played four conaacutlva waoka In San fYandaco, and all the managers pco- noooced It one o< the cleanest and heat acted akateb(a_«iv MSB «a tba 8. * O. Otacolt. _ •■ .Ha^aair «* tba S. *. a Obcnit, ratna to Ka Itaaidaea to plar a four weeks contract at tba nrtbta OsAi. lOaa Edith Uota ia. a«», «a hw accntlve week at tba Bgctala OaCi thaoaa ajpopalar fl AUb bSbm. tba ar. U baokadTiee a Tfaeatie. Torcat and Flo O'Allia were a riot at the California Ttieatre, and proved one of the big' gest drawing cards ever seen at this houae. Tbey remained for two weeks, an unuaoal thiqg at this thratn- nie Six ComallaH, catapnlt armhats, whose tame has reached the Autlpoilo weri; offered some splendid imlucementx. w-IUU- Iri 'PrUco a fOw weeks ago, to accept an Australian en It, bnt was fatasd.to tun It down for - inn to anaknt contracts. They . Md a nar. waaks* atand In masob bat hat to dadlaa Cor tba tlBa at tha, Edith Bdaoa. attar a meeaaafBI fsat engagement In Los AngOlio, la back In Ban Pranclaco to play a ratntn data at the Partola Cafe. aiartinctti and Qnasl hava tba raeccd for playing 'Priacow icrenrt houses, stUl In ' Olftat dir Ik, and are THE ADOLPH PHILIPP COMPANY, The Adolph l'bt)i|>p Company ratahllahed a recOTd last week at the Grand Opera House. Brooklyn, with the German musical scaaatloo. Alma Wo Wohnat Do. It was the accond largaat weak alnce AUtad H. Sprlngar aasni tha minagsmsnt sC the tbaatto . na gioaa capttTiaaSSTfMOO), PaopU ware tnmed a«ray Bra tltntb fliiflnr tha weak and tba large andleaces were eqnally divided between Amer- icana and Germans. A remarkable feature of the engagement was the fact that only $6. SO was refunded the people wtio got Into the theatre nnder tbe ■impreaHion that it was an English show. Alma ia booked In all tha big citiea and will far tha flfst ttos ia A91U. play ia A RECORD RIGHT. Mr. Chas. J; Strobel. flying machine maimfac inter, of Toledo, is highly elated over a report teceived from the AvIatloB Meet at Los An galea, suttog that tricods ot O. H. WIUar-< claim that ho bnfco Iho piovlaaa record of 1:42 1-S for « nflo and 680 yarda. His time iraa IdS. Mr. WlUaid aada tU* leeord fllg<it in a UMbll bant M«Maa. mt. ambit is well knaiiBlB-tfea'aMiaaMMttiMiiat.knte*laycd ai faii»» Bssily afstrataia lailia BMW. BUTTKIIFIKL. D ADD * ANOTHER. Grand Baplds, Mich., March 10.—Col. W. S. Bntterfield, general manager of the BntteiBrtd Circuit of vandevllle theatres In Michigan 1 Indiana, has Just completed a deal whereby secures possession of tbe OanIA (formerly tba Grand) here. This hoase fomeHy played stock bat wUI AMca to tho BattatOM vSUatft-yn- devma. Acta a^bssM tbnaah no W. T, A. CHANGE M AIIK 6 F AOiNCV. I. it. Thcmaa and others who formed tba book log agency la Kastoa, Pa., hare Aanged tbe name from the Climax Booking Agency, aa was first snnounced. to the Penn Vsadevtlle Ex- change. LAEMMLE8 BUY THEATRE. Iowa City. Ia.., March .IS.— nti Bljoa.The- atre has tba a gad hands, na a ss s w ili s haw pnnAaiaa It fM iha IGnt aMa.. tf laaw CMr. and hava hwtallad Im Bar MAi 5a MB boose manager. tO SBtM Sd K R. gseoHr. Ilfea will leave the «ItT> Iha BaaBB bsa tkaiNsd tt« honking aBoa<Ti aoir nsiac W Sats w Aasadation talent. Notes of the Road The Photo Shop, Jesse L. Laaky'i^^jtaiast offer- ing, was presented for the first thiie.,Bt the Or- pbeum Theatre, Eastoa, Pa., Moodiv. Mardl T. and was voted an immediate success. The aeene Is a photograph gallery on Broadway and.givea great opportunities for excelleot comedy wont by Chaa. Pussey as Danlri Puah, a theatrical man- ager, and Miss Memie Fleming as a clerk. Mr. Oharles Pussey. and Miss Mamie Plemtng are featofed, supported by Eugene Redding and Anna Foawlck with a choms of twelve. Rlcfasrd Hamlin, of Tbe Hamllns, known as the "Medley Man and the Maid in Brown," says the esslest way to learn tiow to datkce la to eat plenty ot fowl. For Instance, eat turkey and yon will Boon be able to do the turkey trot; eat dove it yon want to cut « plgeoowlng; hatha fkcdy wia plenty of angel worm oU aitd ■saate.«aapipt and yon will aaon bo aUo to Bnaood DeVdde and Company, last meason presenting The College Dade, are laying over In Norwich. C!oai., and will Shortly pat on a new act, written especially for hUn, and which is now in rehearsal. Mr. DeTelde oaya the act will be seen on tbe WUIiam Morris Bastem time. ♦ no. MOccdinia and their dog, Snooaer, harve ~ alstcaa wsska «■ thB Hodklas tbne 1ho gtsahll Bns.* ttao la Okla- i':flga tia wasbs Mr, U B. Mere- ~ «.MA« «t tha White Oeorge R. Webster, auaasar of tbe Geo. H. Wabater Theatrical KxChaacs. has been to the coaat, looklnc after Us hoasifc Mr. Wabitar now h ay . iM B H rt^^^awy Jjb j B cl By ^i^M^ D. ♦ iBen Sbcrt and Haael Miller, billed aa Tha Wise Ooy and a>e Maid, are bnkad Car tmnty woaks on K. * P. ttme, qante^UHk 14. at ', M. X. Thto act to MMaAB I Tlnat My ~ Aaywhaa. hot l Uha tolUik Asonad. ♦ Bany and Kate Jackaon opcnod at Lowell, ^ M, acoring aach a hit that tbay SBa far tho balaaaa aC tha ata* Octolhy IfHha. Hit* of Oao. W. Beott, at Tows xaik BBrliatni Oaopany, who baa baaa aaflMiH tm a asTTbas bnabdawa; .laapaasd Cattat's TaadavlUa Oompaay flalabca Its opera S BB B oa at JaffaraoBVIUe, Ind., aad opena aaany AiU « ggnggaarin^ lad. Obaa. F. Leonard, known aa tha Bonga and Talk, baa Joat f ilx waaka ot Wastcra vaadertllo.l tor Ko Obas. Clarl£-ltarUIiau lias entirt^y rtn-ov«-n>i1 from tbe accident be had iaat winter ia Jack , and act aanrlla, Fla.. aad to at ptaacat otacticlng, 1 win ha wofiUiw .trta tha OlBBh.llasiniaB'a H. T. Titua haa pnrchaaed Oarlh B. Yoong'a Interest In the Crystal Theatre, Oaytona, Fla. Tbe Crystal plays vaudeville and picturea. and Is booked tlirough the Williams and Kuebte onices. ♦ Will S. lUHK^er. fonmerlj of Bcecber anil .Maj*«^, and Ftaocea Fennel, of the Two FeoneJs, hare joinetl baiKla. Mrs. Beectier's (Mlaa Maye) death wait tbe cause of tb« new xMrtaerahlp. ♦ Oasad and De Teroe write tint taiey tuive Just received two new MeUoiAiooes. Tbe set wiu lay sC tha.«Nat> oC May. aad fls ap new a awlty ast fSr aaMdt'aasasa. KsB J. Asplnwsll, tha Meataaa Olrl. has oloaed tier eogagemeot In Honolnln. and will re- torn to 'Rlaeo to take her ride on hoiae hack across ttie coimtiy to New York. ♦ Ue<\>rmack and Irrtng aia booked for the entire SnUlTOD and Ooaaldlaa Ohoail. iasiading all the middle West aad OMMTiiiBa with the Inteiatata CIreBit to' lOUow. ■ - ♦ Engaaia Adanm. «t tha Alpha Utoape ct Hoop Jogglan. aad 'Mlsa Aaaatta mom^ •( Braoklyn. wwa m aafaA Jlstah S at ■tTAatfa Ostholle Cfanrchf Mow Zoi^ CH^. YooBgar Bna. atata that <har hata aow played S2 waeka on Weliatai*a tiaio aad are weK ptasss^^Tb^^Bse^plsiialBB a trip to Barope toaw a . ^ mtla. aad May are aiHBg twriva wsska over - - - - - time, wtth .tha a..lk A Olr KaofO'a attar havlac Walter l«a Place and R'lves, the vloUnlat and ilnnc log <nald, opened on the George Webster Circuit at OKHAstoa, Minn., March 10, playing to the coast. Aogastaa KsrIDo aad i PettteoalB, hK Mhat Istic aaoessB aa Iha 1 cult. ♦ CoMen and Ungbca. Ia Down In Turkey Holler, bars played tweaty-aaioa wctka ot Ualted Time. wl« wosk la lUbw. kiniag tbaai. baar aatll loae. The Brinkleys sre In. their rfghlh week on the Keith & Proctor thne snd doing nicely, they say. They aitll have eight waaks ot tbla tiae to play. The Six Cornallas src juitt now comptottag a most successful tour on the Pantageo' Of. cult,' where ttiey were the headline attractioB on every bill. Their novelty catapult work won them tbe heartiest applause, and caused cco- Blderable town talk at every atand. In many Instances In the - larger towna- large parlies of turn verlon pupils attended In a body, and fre- quently made return >isltH to watch the In- tricate work pcrforuiet! with Ibe see-naw. Mr. Pete Cornallas was offered some excellent In- ducements to accept pome extra time In San Francisco. ♦ MlKH Edith .Mote, known aa The Charming Oaliromia Cantatrice. who has appeared with much success as a concert ^oger, owing to special Inducements, has entered tbe ranka of vaudeville, and la now on her seventh con- secutive week St the Portola Cafe,' where she is an eetabUsbed favorite. Mlaa Mota la tho possessor of an excellent aolcs. which.aha.BBSS with lltUe diacnlty In HNdMHr' ■HMBiw. SC • any ot the grand operaa. She wfll assa ba SBSa In the East. ♦ How closely the church Is studying the meth- ods of the stage In sttractlng patronage. Is evidenced by ttie novelty Introduced by a minla- ter in Owensboro, Ky., last Snnday sight. Menctekel waa appearing at tha - ■ there, and tbe minister visiting the ( eral timea, noting bow eager paoplo ^ azBlaaatloa, dactded to ata na wa TAer* aa a baste far Ma MW ai K Uaa eaida read: "Maaa-tM .wU plained Snnday nlghL"^ Bush aad Peysar Bava a special at the Bex, la OblliBSi aat alalB who witnessed Iha BBt aBHnad thSB ot tlma. ♦ Slogvnc Wolffbctm'E LItIdk Bron — Statim Aftar •lajriBB' fborteeo weeka tOr Jaba Qalglay on tho HMrBaglBBd I. B. o. thac. Billy Adaan has opood oh Torheek and Farr»II*8 Obrolt. ♦ Jfiddle Deloy has closed bis muaical comedy ccmpany and The nirve Deloya are playing van- dCTlUe la the Northrweat anIU after Baater. ♦ tha niaeas ot Htoa OnaUsy tha ^Oyw'iatadj^fl^ Una aaan iiaiufu ^s wsasa* jUy. muiieal act, after JIaola and Wisconsin. njuBSd Oa Butem ttme at Clevelsod, o., March 31. ♦ A. J. Wayne, of W«n,r and Frey, to aeri- oo^y ill In OkIah'>mi City. Ha Is conBnsd 10 bis Lome ill tlie Keattucfcy Hotel. ♦ Ocargo OoTay aad tba Oaytoa Blsts i a opca Bt mtrng, Hv Ilk far a wHfB iiiBi i l aaar 8tm WIKsle, who created tbe aart aC tha Irascible broker la Sewell ColHaa'Awafcs at the Switch, baa returned to tbe cast, sap- CHRIS. CHRISTOPHER Yodel Singer aad Koralty VlaKatot. tertaiacr, I doS my bat to nono. The Billboard, Cincinnati, Ohio. DIreetloa: E. Yanni Dinardis And his Famous Volturno Band Akruzzi of 50 Pieces. ElomeDta from Abroisl, Itsly. aad organlied la Chicago, In tha MarJNi. Ibr aay Address C. F. BAEAIl3r«Ma at nS Chicago. —1% E fT* J era azAxiTirui. olabb tbuhx IL.L1JSION Write for partlcidara and bargala sbtot. HALTON «k aANSBN COs MAOICAI. apparatas ha Aaasrtca, mr