The billboard (Dec 1910)

4 Th e B t lib oar d DECEMBER 31, 1910. JOHNSON Watched" Brooks Johnson Is not slender. ' Nor would yon call him tall; HI* chest's by no means hollow. He has no waist at all. He boasts no cheeks deep sunken. Nor caverns round bis eyes: He has no wasted biceps. Nor spindling shanks nor But he has got ways i Inning— A broad and unctuous smile— And finally not least but last. Colossal nerve and guile* He sells mankind a cure-all, (And "sells" is good, you bet). They think they're buying medicine; Spring-water's what they If e'er he tires of water, His many gifts and rare, W1U bring; him In a living. Selling sky, gold-bricks or air. How does he put It over. Repeating It anon, And make his victims like it? Oh, reader! Just read on. He bails from Old Kentucky, And hence, what heed to say— Loves horses, girls and bourbon. In good, old-fashioned way. A king among the gourmands, . They say he can't be beat At judging table ' It's a Joy to see He's full of anecdotes and Of stories simply rife; Non-expurgated—print them? : You'd go to Jail for life! That's why he can sell water. That's why his dupes don't'yell. That's why they even whisper When wishing him In helL And^furthemiore^he^s Irish, Ca^'uckle'each one'fvanHy, By methods all his own. He's most intensely human. And always on the Job; So everybody likes him. Including Father Cobb. A man like this, some principle That he himself won't drink. George Cohan needs him badly, At least, that's what I've heard. To play the title role In "Get-Rlch-Qu!ck Walllngford." —West Baden Journal. EDITORIAL BULLETIN ■ ■ ■ ■ Managers and Agents Series The Billboard has in preparation a series of illustra- tions of managers and agents with the leading theatrical attractions. This series of portraits will constitute a gallery of well-known scouts and managers with wide acquaintances among persons interested in amusements. These reproductions will be of especial interest to mana- gers and attaches of theatres, as well as others, whose employments bring them in contact with theatrical people. Managers and agents desiring representation in this series, may send their photographs to us. Heard in Advance Below Is a reproduction of an editorial carried recently by Detroit Free Press, and It la a pleas- ure -for me to give same tbe wide publicity If deserves because If ever a press agent bad one Rood friend, a real friend, 'tla my mighty good friend, veteran Geo. P. Goodale. Here'a a man that greeta lanre and small alike. No line drawn and {a a living reminder of Buskin's famous saying, "Greatness of mind Is not shown by ad- mitting small things, but by making small things (treat under Its Influence: be who can take no Interest In what Is small will take false Interest in what is great." May yoa live long and pros- per, friend Ooodale. MR. GOODALE, 'DEAN OF DRAMATIC CRI- TICS. FYjrty-flve years ago to-day. George Fomeroy Goodale began bis service on The Free Press, a service which has never been. Interrupted and which has uniformly reflected credit not only upon the worker himself and upon his paper, bot also upon all dramatic art and criticism. Mr. Goodale today is the oldest writer on stage topics in continuous active service In America— perhaps In the world. Bis knowledge of his field Is not exceeded by any man and y It Is sot equaled. Mr. Goodale la fortunate In many of bis en- dowments, not the lesst of which Is a genius tor hard work/ By means of It, he developed from a boy printer with a liking for the atage .. into a thorough master of the English language, .^.Vearattoctlou- acquired by very few even of those who are accounted successful writers. By means of It. he gained the power of making accurate and nice distinctions, and of weighing and bal- ancing men. methods and plays. Be learned to distinguish almost unerringly between honest endeavor and bluff. He Is uniformly patient and helpful toward the former, and always justly severe with tne latter. Mr. Goodale never fails to recognize the man or woman who tries, and ' he Is quick to detect talent TJ uouah bis genius for work, the dramatic - editor or The free Press has performed 'a service that would hare exhausted, many a naturally robust physique and brain, simply because of its monotony of - theme; but today,-Mr. Goodale Is as keen 'and' alert as ever he was. This ability to work has also kept him abreast of the to ac i the art. he has svoided the pitfalls |__ of the older critics have It la Inconceivable that 1 old in spirit. mUe -any mention of outdoor amusements at this season of the year may be considered incongruous, the fact'that a large number of letters asking for .information concerning outdoor amusements have reached us, indi- cates that more than usual interest will be manifested in outdoor enterprises next season . This being true The Bill- board has been prompted to arrange with several of the foremost authorities on outdoor amusements for the con- tributiop of articles on the industries they represent, if the popular belief that fortunes and misfortunes run in cycles is'-'to be-credited; we can look'forward to a very prosperous park/.season next year: The articles in p rep a ra- tion will give reasons why the season of 1910 was not a good one, and will point out the indications forecasting better success during the coming season. The several articles will treat exhaustively the subject of operating . and managing the Summer park, and also gi ve many hints forthe successful organization of the agricultural fair. . As articles of this nature, .in order to be of any. real value, must be accurate and; comprehensive, The Bill- board has solicited contributions from only those, who by long association with outdoor affairs, have become so well familiarized with conditions, that their opinions constitute unquestionable authority; These articles will not only be of intrinsic value to those, engaged in the pursuits they represent, but will be of sufficient merit from a literary standpoint, to hold the attention and interest of all Billboard readers. Don't miss them. . Advertisers and Correspondents, Notice ! As the next edition, which will bear date of Jan- uary 7, will go to press several hours earlier than usual, correspondents and advertisers are requested to get their copy in as soon as possible this week. The mails were delayed last week owing to the large num- ber of Christmas parcels in transit, and it is possible that the rush will not be over for another week or two. This being the case, a reasonable time should be allowed for delays that may occur in the transmission of letters and packages. Get your copy in early! But mere lor* for work tad the ability to perform It alone could not have made Mr. Oood- ale whet be la to-day. It was fortunate Cor aim and doubly fortunate for the world, that his In- " nry could call to Its aid • keen Intellect a naturally lovable personality and a broad '. These things ware tha foundations upon his will to do. worked. As the years the toss's faculties to a cm rata more' uniformly ^effljllg in " Among the Messinrf showered upon htm it a birth. Mr. Goodale, received from the gods one of the rarest and meat useful gifts, sn al- fsoilless memory. To-day he has sheaves of reference books In bla library, bnt be seldom turns to them because he also possesses in his well-stored mind as encyclopedia that eas al- ways be called op at a second's notice from the pit of the subconscious and opened to any page. paragraph or line. As .ire,,!, Indicated. Mr. Ooodale la more than a critic of stage people and stags happenings. He Is also an o bserv e r and weigher of people and of lire, a kindly and charitable one. It Is true, bot none the lass a searching eras, it fol- lows, therefore, that be Is a philosopher. To this the persons who habitually reed bis "Kaleldo- scope" can abundantly testify, for they sad In It the tnoughts of oraa who baa attkdked the mean■ * depths of life from the sssaag aa a aid student 0 f ucs. asr. isswni'i year* and wide acquaint* ._ have.given htm an Inexnaastihla stock of remlnlscenca and Illustration, which often la tar more forcible than dogmatic utterance. And bt la never dogmatic, for SS suggested, his mind Is slwaya open to the acceptance of possibly un- known truth, and thla attitude baa little room for dogmatism. Mr. Ooodale Is s post a* well s philosopher prefers to suggest and lead rather than to .direct. He to • poet because, be does not versify, be habitually clothes _ ughta in the greater besntlea of the gag- him. It follows from an thee* things that Mr. Goodale I* loved by tbe public, which, in propor- tion as it knows him, takes bla Judgment oa things dramatic as sacred, writ and bis obsecra- tions on life ss the utterances of s tags. Ha to loved also by tbe acton from tbe humblest to the greatest, by the plsywrishts from tfcs basis- bla Judgment on the In scene or a drams, sr' with reamee*. He la Bnt to to con* The Free forty-live of it. Witnessed Stair * Havllo's company to The Wolf recently. It to certainly a powerful ^..rpu^-Th.' ftttS feS a besrt of naton. " At no Urn* baa tbe Walter faculty for char acter drawing of the grimly burner drsms, and particularly in the Scot, whose conviction thai anybody or Isylng claim to Scotch nsUvlty to and unmatebable Is not to be argil him. His observation that "the _UM mast have been eareleaa when be mad* the Swedes, indicates bla familiar Scottish acquaintance with the Deity he criticises and asslshly ss- enses in a breath. _ Tbe leading role. Jules Besubeln. to grace- folly and attractively plsyed by B. Fernandas, who wss the Mexican yeses sgo in Alisons, sad plsyed here In Going Some last jrear. Tom Burroughs was even as Andrew^JIrtsvlah. ^ind ir'to Dssbon ^s^ptlste "& Grand; William Crlmrolni. McDonald, tbe engineer, and J. via Pendleton. George Hontly, Both ss to plsy sod acting, la an acceptable entertainment., d) ' "Ever play tbe poniesT" casually remarked the racetrack tout to the man sitting near him In the Seneca Hotel lobby. Rochester. N. T. "Not quits." smiled tne other; "bnt I've played tbe lion in The Wlsard of Oa. the dog in Buster Brown, hslf tbe elephant in Wang, snd (be bear in Tbe Kewlywedi." (It wit Al. Grady that answered ) " . Mn. Geo. McManus had just returned from her annual trip to the mountains. "Well. George." she ssld to her husband, "did you keep open noose during my absence r "I should say I did. florenc*. dear," Oeorg* replied. "Why there wasn't a night I didn't lock the doors at nine o-eloek." _. Teat and where rid yon go toenr" |M4»» kill) £ Jagarllle to tbe title of the presented by the Jardtn de Paris season, tbe entire company later sp— a mlnatrel show called Miner's Minstrel Maids. In the first part Cbas. Hack and William man- ton, aa Willie Wee and Wee Willie, produce ■ large share of the comedy In rough and ram- ble acrobatic performances. They are to- main of a saoltorlum conducted by Prof. High- ball, who heeltatea to prescribe for himself tbe drink" cure which works wonders for his pa- tients. The part of tbe saturated - professor Is well taken by Ralph Rlckn*. Abe Leariti ,■« Hana Schmidt to a comical, portly German with an excellent voice. Sleepy Head and Bandy are the best of the songs la the sketch. In the last part Abe Learttt.to. back npeatedly In hi* set Once, and It el en Davis ssng In s plesslng way. . Cora Livingston. slid to o* tbe ehsi female wrestler, appean dally. Ilia •ton meets sll comers, the msnagemen (28 to anyone whom *be falla to throw ten minutes. , v The restore of the performance to tb* Monti- Nelson moving pictures. Tbe entire right or eleven round* to shown, the view* being markibto clear from tbe flnt bell to .tbe. ; mmmwm _ Heard st tbe ticket window Michigan Central Detroit, recently! . "Give me a ticket to Reno, Nevada." "Blnflel" "If ! was do yon think I'd b^^ge^r i^lrto k twS ISvttr