Billboard advertising (Sept 1910)

10 TllcOilll>OaP<l SEPTEMBER 3,.191tf. ■OUTI.OOK IN Kansas Gity and Buffialo sfde 8Dd is very clean, fresh I nate and owner of The Pennant Winners, the KANSAS CITY, MO. and attractive, the manage- ment is still in - .tbe > capable bands of E. Brlgbam, who bas steered the destinlaS of the Glllls for several seaaons. Mr.- BrlKbam Intenda; -playing:: tbis season at tlie -GIIIIs,; musical comedies, comedies. V dramas. and idaya tbat -vrin-appeal to tbe tastes of >< popiilaF lioose. Mr. J. El BImribdc: Is again bebind the little idcket at the GIIIIs. Mr. Sherlock Is very macb pleased with the owning bnslness and predicts another good season for the GIIIIs. This as been one of the. fortunate theatres of the coon try that has not anilered with any theatrical "ainmp,'? bnslness dways holding Its own. Mr. Le Boy Simonds is the energetic, gct'Oiere boslness manager of tbe GilUs,' a position in which he made many friends last season. Tbe Centnry Theatre, "the home of folly," and the western bnrlesqne bonse, had a big open- 'Xlie theatrical season of 1910-1911, so mneh wanted during the long summer months of Jn- aetlvity. la now on in Tr«««Mw CHy. ■ There are „ ^ ^ - - nSir an of the eight -theatres open, four having tag with The Franant \rinner8 In atwMct mn commenced their season Angnst 20 and 21, .and slcal comedy, Hamm Seamm. There : was a the remaining three will open their . : .■.: 1^ ■: ■ ■ do<»s September 4 and 5. The five ^ , ■ . ■ . .-. that are now in rmming order are the Grand Opera Bonse, which opened Satnrday night, Angnst 20, . with The Flirtins Princess, a Singer ' production, for an eight-days' en- sasement: the GUUs : Theatre, the home of comedy,: dranUr-musical com- edies and heart-interest dramas, opeu- eC with the-Down In Dbde'Minstrels tor the Btst show, the week of Aug. 21: the Gayety.^tbe Eastern burlesque house, the- handsome new. theatre giv- en to Kansas City late In the fall of 1909. began with The Beauty Tmst. with Bice and Cady. for the opening week of the 21st; and the Century. the Western Wheel burlesque bonse. with The rennant Winners as begln- siien.ittt a long- and promising season. .Xhe".'Empress Is the other of tbe five vtheatres open . at this writing, and that is the new SnUlvan-ConsIdlne - TandeviHe. In the opening paragraph of this article It was said, "dnrlng the long summer months of Inactivity." This was etroneoos in one: respect; that la, that there was bustle about all these theatres^ only Inactive In the sense of not being open to the. pub- lic, for there, were many improve- ments: and renovation? wade at.each : and^evei]^ <nie- ot:> tboe ^playhooaes. The. GtSalti !Open House, the theatre of BotftSMtsr^ and the Imiae: that: does a reewCtaeakIng,'business''at an tlmesi ,:>as. fhorooghly i^vated' dur- ing the>8nmmer and new .decOccUons made. -^.Thls' theatre ' Is cool^ by electric fans* and iced air, and it Is a fact tbat^ the opening- attraction, Tbe FUrtIng'Princess, did ai tnrn-away bnslness. ' The house was completciv sold:.: ont bodts -befo».: -the T^venlng, Saturday night, Angnst 20.-with many standing iror the^iilrainie^ x^^^^^ - : . In the tbeatrie aixd seeing a "crack- lag" good show.- The', Sonday per- formances -were r.^campl£tel7 packed, ' and all this notwithstanding' the ex- -ceedingljr warm weather during the engagement." Manager A. Jndah Is heartily welcomed back to the Grand Opera House, as his managerial policy Is much approved of in Kansas City. Mr. jndab spent the smnmer in tlie East, at the eastern coast resorts, and returned to Kansia City ahatly before ols'theatre's opening. Mrs. 7ndah Is still In the East and we ue glad to (stete that her health is much Improved. Mr. Jason Batekln, that popular treasoier and press representative of the Grand, is again thia season performing his many duties, and all of Kansas City Is mighty glad to say "Hdltf ' again to Mr. Ratekln. Mr. RatekIn repwts that he started from Kansas City for the snmmer and -waa actualy gone four days, but his babies were taken sick and It was him and his for Kansas City and all tbe comforts of home. ■Sfr. WUson Everett has a very much tanned complexion, obtained during ills long vacation spent at Xawrence, Blass. Mr. Everett jnsn- aged a popular snmmer resort at Ijawrence, but ■ays that he Is glad to get back to -UtUe'old Kansaa City and the duties of assistant treasurer of -the Grand Opera House. That will keep him busy for awhile. The : second week's attraction at tbe Grand Opera Hooae. tlie week of Angnst 28, Is Beverly of. Granstaik. TUs Is the play tliat did a ttfcn-away business at the Grand but season, and a second record-breaker Is expected for this tai- gagement. ,• Xlea .Edith Betwyn,-: |daylog. Princess Tetlre in- Beverly, Is Mlsg-BiUth-Ward, a sister of show at tlie Century Theatre the week of August 21. was in Kansas City, for the opening of his show. Mr. Martell says the country Is pros- peroos and that Kansas City is a . sure enough winner. - If not of the pennant, certainly of -the show bnslness. Mr. Martell left for Wasblng- toD, D.' 0., Where another of his shows opens. Tbe JBknptees, the other of the dve theatres cipen,-'Js-■tflI-:lloldlng its own with Sullivan- Consldlne : laadevllle, giving three shows dally and each ot them'generally being capacity. The weekly attendance at tbe Empress Is tblrty-Bve thousand or. more on the average. Vow, for the three -theatres that do not open nutll-September 4 and S.- They are the WilUs Wood, "the theatre beaatUnl"; «he Shnbert. "the house cosy"; and tbe Orpbeum. 4he home of high-class vaudeville. The Willis Wood opens the season with Henry Miller in His Wife's Husband, for the week commencing September, -t. The entire interior of the Willis Wood has been changed and re- decorated. The color scheme Is now gold and white and the Interior dome of tbe -tbeatre has been decorated in these p'easing colors, as has also the lobby. The only thing that was not BUFF ALO, N. Y. All Indications polnt^ to ,a most successful sea- son Id Buffalo during the ensuing months. All the big houses In Buffalo will stick to their old policies; each one playing tlie same class of amusements as bcretorote. The Mark-Brock theatrical entrrDrlscs will shortly open another new house, to be known as the Family Theatre, wblcb Is located on the site of tbe old Dr. Unn Museum. The bouse will be booked by Msrcus Loew, and the prevailing prices win be- ten and twenty cents. It will be under the manage- ment of Mr. B. F.: Wilbur, a man of no mean ability In the amusement game. '< East-Buffalo will have « new house with'■ seating capacity of i 1,150, mnd In an admirable location on Flllmcre avenue, near . Broadway. It will be known as the Fillmore Theatre. «no, although bnt one floor, will, lie comfortably ar-. ranged, and will play some of -the better small- time a-ttractions. It will be 125 feet long and 90 feet wide, and, under the able manage- ment of Mr. Butkowskl. should prove a winner from the beginning. Other bonsea, of smaller capacity, are under course of construction. Manager Cornell, of the Star Theatre, opened his bonse week of Angnst 22. with ~ ~ The Country Boy for the first half, and George Evans' Honey Boy Hla- Ktrels for tbe last half. This house will:..cmtinne.:- playing- nothing, bat the highest , class of-■ttnetiona; : Dew Dockstader and his minstrels had s tbe honor of opening the aeason at the Teek .Theatre August 22. They remained there for a three-day en- gagement. This theatre wtU continue catering to a hlgh-clasa patronage, being under the direction: of The Shnberts. Sbea's Theatre, known as one of the finest of the big-time vaudeville houses of the count^, is one of the few that never closes. It runs year In and year out, summer and'winter tana distribute the iced air to the theatre. These are the same fans that distribute -the heat dur- ing the winter through the theatre. Mr. Jos. B.' Donegan is again manager of the Centnry Ttieatre. .ur. Donegan is erecting a handsome new hotel, to be a professional hostelry. It is to be called the Hotel Edward, and 'is to take .the ^ace of tbe old Century Hotel. The Hotel Edward Is named for Colon^ Ed. :Bntler,;the owner of the liotd. . Mr. Thomas I.. Taafe, the genial treasurer,. Is again at the Centnry, startinig his eighth season at this theatre, the Centnry' iiaTing; been a burlesque house for seven and : one-half, years. Mr. Taafe managed Fairmonnt Park, tills city, doring the summer, and made a big success ot It. Mr. Taafe is a capable. manager and knows the show business thoronghly. His many friends, both in the profession'and "ont of it," are very glad -to see him and his pleasant smile about the: Centnry. Mr. ""COii" Trewltt la th" asslst- _ _ „ ant treasurer of the Centnry. this lieing hla WlHlam EL Ward, an attorney In the Commerce ■ fourth season there. BaUdbig. Ibis city.: 81ie made tier debut with I The Eastern wheel burlesque theatre, the Oay- Blehard . HansHeld at ltbe : Aliditotliim Theatre e^, opened to a . tremendous rash: August 21, here, therefore^: Miss Berwyn.: Is.-a. real Kanssa with : The Beahty Tmsi, with .Bice. and. Cady. alike, and will continue playing :Croi eight to nine acts and the 'klnetiH graph. This. boose hes : done ' most remark able bnslners duringt the past snmmer. The New Academy, another, of tbe Mark-Brock bouses, under the direc- tion of General Manager M. S. Ep- stln, will. continue playing ten-cent acts and motion pictores. This Imuse has run all suminer, and capacity was the rule at the evening shows. The bonse is tiooked by Marcus Ijoew. .: Ttae Uifayette Theatre opened a* > successful - burieMiue -hoose-Angost 18, with the Beetor Borlesqners. an or- ganisaTlott of considerable merlti hav- ing for-a feature the Stngiog^BriaBSO Trio. -This troupe was iWlowed by The Dncldings.« The opening show did. remarkahir Tfell, in Tiew of the ;*0^^ath«} that . the city; 1^ been "Hie tiai^n Theatre opened Satur- day night, "August 20, with the Star and Garter Sbow, having a« a special feature: Fells: Adier, tbe fun genlni. Mr. Charlee .White >c<!!itlnnes:as^.auu- : ' ager''..or'':ails.-:vhoiBei:'Ma.'^^^1»!!«caa- dently bellefaa.;that Ids sixth eeaeon - wilt be even moce^ ■neeeeatul than ■ those he haa gone through In the past. , I Owing to the nnsettled weather con- long line in place for ttae afternoon performance, 'changed at the wnils Wood Is the lighting ditlons In this part of the eODntty, the summer with the resnit that the bonse was selling s<dieme, which was very effective last -season parks have not been as successful as might hsve standing room for both the afternoon and eve-, ning performances. This was tbe record for the entire engagement of TbB Pennant Winners. The Century Is one of the co(dest places in town, for it has two cooling dvices; first, the nsna] electric fans; and second, a genuine "sure- enongh-warranted-to^do-It" i ieed air : > device Under tlie theatre is a linge refrigerator where a -tmx or more of ice can lie accommodated, and -with myriads of incandescents, with reflectors, been exficcted. -but still have no cause for eom- to intensify ttae light Into one huge white glow, plaint. It seems to be the opinion of experts Manager o. O. Woodward Is still In charge. that the park managers In this vicinity are too of our "theatre beautiful," and O. H. Bnekley is the business manager. Mr. O. H. Bnekley, the active, popular bus- iness manager of : the Winis Wood Theatre, with Mn. Bnekley, Silent tUe summer at Cayuga Uike. New York, a resort where they liave^lieen going 2?.*;JSF*„S*^i*2.J'^.*Sf "J^^^f.»« several seasons. They will return Just he- «.™ ^i.t,ii,„f- «.« .1. fTt.„. jij^ opening of the WIUls Wooa, ■ City sM- We are proud of her «nd her success. Ur^ Charles S. Callahan was In town last week "ahead" of Beverty of Gtanstark. Mr. CaBahan was with the eastern Beverly com- pany last season. The GiUis Inaugurated a very ansplelous sea- son August 21, with -the Down in Dixie Minstrels nils'was ftdlowed the week of the 28th by the Crackerlaeks. Both these starters of the 1910-1911 season made business hum at the Gayety. Mr. Bert McTall, wbo managed the Gayety during tbe snmmer, when it showed popular- priced vaudeville and motion pictures, ii mu for the opening attraction, followed Icr The Vtng the Gayety this seaaon aa a burlesque Cowboy and Oie Thief: Dnnng the anmmer tbe house, the second season of its history in Kan- einia haa been repainted, both bislde aad oot-.aas City. Mr. Harry MarteB, theatrical ma(- Tbe Shnbert Theatre will oiien September 5, with Lnlu's Husbands for the premiere. Mr. Earl Steward, Kansas City's own special man- agerial product, of whom we are rightly proud, will be the resident manager again 'for the Shnbert. It win be practically a new theatre when the Orphenm opens September 4. Mnnsger I-^man, wttb hls son, Iiawrence Lehman, will lie at the theatre as manager : and assistant - manager. The theatre ;'haa been- completely remodeled. The: lobby and - entrancea have Iwcn changed until one hardly recognlxea oar friend' : tbe Orpbenm. The entire exterior has bees painted and varnished and the Iirterlor. the same, with new decorations and finishes. The Orphenm promises as some splendid vaudeville bilU this season when all the head- liners of both this country and Enroiie will be seen at-the Orplienm. Tbe big eamlTal at Forest Park Is now on and a pleasing thing it Is, too. : Bach night some special feature Is abown and Manager 3. H. Kofller Is to be congratulated on his thoronghness in having worked this carnival Into the success It Is. ; Fireworks at Electric Park every other night was the feature dm-ng Angnst. Just as soon as tbe park doses, work will be commenced on the big second annnal Missouri Valley Fair, which la to Iw held at Electric Park the laat week in September and the first In. October. WIU.IAM W. SBStiLBT, chary of pntting on really good and sensational acts for tbe free attractions. Thia does not apply to all of ttae park people, bnt Is applicable to a good many of tbem. . It will be aeen from the nameroua high-class theatres In operatloa that Bnffalo la makilv rapid headway, and will aooD be among the leading amusement centers of the United States.. The motto-of tbe city is "Buffalo Means Bus- iness." and. Judging from the audden apnrt of energy of -the theatrical promoters, most ot the managers have evidently taken thia to heart. I.XNN MILBnBN.V A. H. WOODS' ANN OUNCEMENTS. New Tork, Ang. 27.—Jamea E. SuUlran hits been engaged by A. H. Wooda to create one ef tbe principal roles In The Pet of the Petticoats, which be will produce In October. UlSB . Blanche Walsb, who retnront from Enrope Monday, has begun rebearaala of Bar- bsreaa, her new J. Hartley Manners ploy. : MIha Walsh win be aeen at the Garden Theatre In October, after an abaonte from New York h( seversi yesra. . A.. H. Woods , has announce*! that he woldd aend four Girl In the Taxi Companies to the road this season. The No. 1 Compsnv will op&n at the Astor Theatre. New York, following, the rnn of Seven Days. ^'." CHANGE O F MAN AOEMBNT. Kenton. O.. Aug. 2T.—S. Brick, owner of the Dickson Opera House, will opprale the theatre himself this seaaon. slnre the lease held. by Gabe Sacks bas expired. Mr. Sacks has gone to FIndlay. O.. where be will be In chantc nf a randeTllIe "■