The billboard (Feb 1911)

4 Xtie Billboard FEBRUARY 11, 1911. Qtmse Walker, tbe negro comedlaD. creator •C ■ mlUIoa Unglu, Is drad after u Ulnen of .ttro Mm. To the credit at lila partner, wn- auH, be It nid, tbit la .sll tbto time be bti ■ncK Walker tbe tame ihare of tbe praAto as It he w«f* la the team, altboosh nnder no obll- ■atlon t6 do CO. Here la a negro wbo was an Mm^rt* man la vnxf tataUin at^Ut^ud>i Clif Wllaoa "doables" on tba Cmt. door or the Lycenm, Pittsburg. One at'Tb, WUsoD'a strict roles Is '*no children In arms admitted; aU others JfUST bare tickets." A lady ap- pnwcbed tbe door one eTenlng wltb yonogster (T) In her arms. Cllf adriaed her she wonld ■at be permlttefl to ta^e the yoonsster (?) In- aMe^ £ad7 pcomptlr placed the baby (?) .od Ita fkct. ClU demanded a ticket. Lady aplorgad and svlotteiad. but ttoally left tlie ooid (T) standing at tba door and retreated to box office to ^ntm tbe Bscaaaary pasteboard. OlLtanM.to-tlHf kM mT mH: . elover odTCTtlslag . nttataig; baa tbe right to thia adage of hia: "U yoa want t» be up with tbe latkln tba manlng. keep away fkem tbe swallowa at nlgbt." Z«t <y dais to Variey. wbo Is on tbe Job so cootla. aoosly tbat Cltf Wilson, bnslness manager I^. eeom. cUlma that Tarley baa reqnasted tbat after death he (Tarley) wlabea to be bailed be- aeatb the lobby of tbe I.yceam Theatre, so that be can bear the pounding of the thonaands of feet comlnjc to the allow*. Dnrlng the aommer aeaaon. when the boose I4 rloB4>d be wantM a ttesb backet of paste placed at the head uf the monnd each morning. There's loyalty for yoa. + Belle Baker, fomifrly a Dewaslrl on the lower East Side of New York, look Pittahnrg by storm Kcently, playing at the Oayety Theatre. Her soccess has l>een InataDtaneoite. I>elaa bfouabt aboot by her wooderfnl personality and Uagoette,powers. Altbongb only a girt In b«r ttena. ehe la a flnlsbed artist. Miss Bsker most be BSSB to be appreeUted. This weoderfol UtUs singer of ebsrscter songs bss Jnat compleM a tour weeks' engagement at HammetatalB'a The. atre. In New York, seqrtag tbs moat aenaattoa'al bit of tHe season. To qoote Mr. Hammeiateln'a words. "VaadcTllls bss a new stsr In Mlas Belle Baker, tbe leaaon'a greatest Had: A mnalesi .comedy will sately get her, she is too srtiatlc to stick to tbe two a-day." 80 great an Imptcaslon did she leave aftpr her flrst Plttsbntg sppsannca. tbst thr manaKr- . mant decided to hold her otct aDothcr we^k. ' iSaetUag nerep before aeeompllahed by any •tber-perfotmtr. Xbia alooa ibowa ber wonder- Mi abiUtr. •he la not aely a atagar at aaan aa Wm a<t- tng and expreastas la tbr dmreit'cbaraeteta aae pertnura hare never bNo. equaled. WhOe aaniag aawaptpera on the Bowery In new Tark. sbe wss besrd alneloE at times, wbra llaajly a manaicer of a*i Rant Side maslc ball beard ber, and aaVrd her to no 01 bis staxe and alag. Bbe did, and rrratml so great en Im- piessloo she waa kept thore Int1|.flnlti>ly anril she -was Anally aeeo by aomc manaicnra of big Broadway honaes. after which sbe was Imme- dlately_engigad to jUy Um Uigest sad bMt J. Fred KTooc hss so popnlsrized bis Colonlsl Annex llotel in PltUborg wltb the show folk tbat the bulk of tba better class of entertainers 4aam It a pl a aini a to be his gnssu. Fred de- ascea tba palB IbrUa many conrteons ways sad Ua Inatnctlaaa to an Ua employea to aee tbat tbe show (Uk pot Iki bfat •faventblnf: .It>a really a delight to ato*^ tta. IMlSnlal Atmr. Plttsbnrg. Beie'a a liat aC^gnaata week of Jaa. 16: Agenta—Tom North. Newl.rweds: LooU Stem, Cboeolate Soldier: Ed. Bosenbanm. RJchard Caile: T. B. Peterson, Bine Moose; n. ;r. loog Behman Show. From Tbrre Weeks (Lj-eenm)—Chas. n. Hef- ferlln. aunaaer; Bobert Erans. leanne Tonrler. Geo. DniiT Hart, Tack OasT. From Green Stoefclna <AMn'. V, Leoiterd Howe. Iro Dswson, a)—Walter Howe, , son, Mr. Wallace HIddecomb. From Grand Opera Honv (Vanderllle)—^Mas- ter Oalirtel, Al. LaMar, Nan Dodson, VIda Per- rlne, Bd. Limir. Ed. P. Rcyninl. Ben Welsh. From The ItolIlckiTi (Arademy)—MI'S O. Aldrlch. MUs G. Wlnklt'j. Mlaa C. Williams, Alex. (3orman, manaKer: Mr. C. Bertne. Grace Clayton, Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Beynolds, Mr. and Mrs. P. Earle. From Irwin's Big Show (Gayety)—Joe Welch, bna Bacd. Alice Walker, Bold Earl, lonlw waaiao. Ida Criapl. Looiaa Palmer, Jessie Wfl- Iba. >M Irwin. Mr. A. Bennett, MIu Belle From Berlin cornea thia; In the aommer of 1911 there will be a new Paaalon Play performed near Blsenach. It was snnoonccd recently tbat tbe Grand Duke of Sase-Welmar farored tbe BRdaet. bat tta tesllaatlon waa endangered by lack of ftnda^ Now tbe neecaaary money to amble tbe pro- dnetlon, amounting to $50,000. bas been snb- aofbed hr anonymona donora, and the Paaalon Play la tbna aasnred. Tbe drama to be en- acted ta tba work of tbs German antbor, Karl '"Bed~ DcBgon. tbe! lastly popolar tieaaiirer aC tbe I^eeom. Plttabnrg, baa a motto, a real motto, which goes something like this: "Tbe agent was l>om to real trouble who leta the Are go ont In this world and mlSM^g the Ice wagon In the next." Some motto, eta? bat then "Bed" Is some treasnrec Oh^ yes, "Bed" doMka la ,000 tue an art !««etfwe- Burrah! WhUe In Altooaa. Pa., recently I beard that tbe PvanaylTanls B. B. Is contem- plattac tbe erfctloB of a new atattoii tbart. . Jflad TOO. I aar "Klddo," tbe short-haired cat which bas tbe distinction of being the only snlmal that ever was tsken on a ride In an airship, war one of tbe attractions of tbe PItUbnrg (Set (3ob Show at Old City Hall, Jamtxj 34.20. Xba eat Is owned by MelTiUe Vslasaa. at AOaatle Ottj. S. J„ and made a sensatlooal fltfht over tbe ocean wltb Walter Wellmsn. tbe aeroaaot, aereral months sgo. As a mark of diatlnctloo. tbe tabby waa presented with a collar made of gold and fed chicken Boppers dally and glran-Otber dainties wlilcb the less arlstociattg' hMtfla did not recirive. "Kiddo" Is said to ka aao oC tbe cutest petii of the kind UtIoc. + When It comes to house press agents that arc on the Job and enthusiastically so erery minnte, don't oTcrlook w. O. Bochert, of the Lyceum, Plttsburj?. Don't know of another In the same class. He's what I call SOME PRESS ACENT. ♦ Tbe matinee performance was sboat half orer wben a diatraeted looklag woman with a early ^ ^ aoBgbt ant tba man la . "There an ;>•■•■«■ TMr ebalia ia tben." aHe begUi.'^iia tttp mr tnp a alAd la and get a bos 4t amMr" ■ . • "Xcs, I aae."'aassstid tbe man In tbe box oOoe. "WeU." sbe continued lodlgnanUy, "I dropped a nickel la for my little gin." "And couldn't ycra set the candy?" queried the box DlBce man. "Walt. I'll see If we can get It ont." "Ob, yes," answered the woman "1 got the candr all right, bat I conldn't get tbe nickel out." to tbe ticket man at laaat. thla remark a nsre drama— — — _ V ealaTllla Tl of PIIMhuil ' any WUson, Margaret An^ln'a lesdlag man tbia aeaaon la H. BceTes-Smltb. an EngUab actor, wbo In re- cent years has become rery popular In this COimtry. Mr. Beercs-Smlth la a member of one of the best known famUlea of hotel proprietors la England. His father, wbo died a few yean ago waa a mlllloiulre and owner of no less than four leadmg botela. Hla elder lir:;tber Is now sgiag dbeelor of tba Saray Hotel, perbana Wmaifl MUtaM. am tU IrUh Mt^Ji aMM-Mabai Sir—mm « Toans Jtwlab bov. •Ightasn jmum of age. An I bire no lUtcrs sad no otb«r ivUtiTc^.i of the tmder sex, I bftTo bad no ex- perleni'f In Iotp affairs. Plpa«« tell me bow to obtain ■ nw«'t.'tti4'arl. I want on* tbat wilt Id time bocomi' a true lorlng wife sod belpmate. 1 do not want one tbat la alwaja looking In at tbe jewelry store wladowi - and admiring thinca. or that ia fond of lea eraam aoda waatinc to go to plaots wbm I* hnvn to moDer. I «a OA nort (Tbat*s iilMM 00„ MM Ml "'bq *ow*^|.WI ft j|>' i *bn gtr Olrl of My ■etat tba Boatoo Great Interest and entboalaim preTatIa at tbe weakly rebearsals of tbe. BtiawhiUat * . OI«tbler pepannaat Store Ctum,' nSHanUa. iftr It b Ctit that Cbadwiek'b JMIth la tIEe aaat am- bltknia as- wen aa tbe most diamatle 'waik yet attempted. The ctaoma bss recently been ansmentcd by alMmt forty Tolces in aotlclpation of tbe greater Tolome of tone reqnlrrd for Its sncressfal pro- duction, SDd the parts well balanced, ss they sre. and not a detail orerlooked to saake tbe affair artlaMsdr aMaMBMU Milk iiiailin to outrank T^inff KifM ;|goiMa<.' Ir Ibe choma. .," . . ■. ^ ■ ■ Tba data -tmt ribiit aC MMaalMa. MMaia, •te^ ha*o aarVrSM ^«fiB^ fr thi ♦ • The more often yon see Jos. Osltes' Olrl of My Dresms, the better yon like ber, sod that's the answer for her surctia. ♦ The bobble skirt most gol The news has been llsshed from one end of the earth to the other. Paris baa decreed It. Wltb tears and lamentations ereiy women la tbe world baa greeted the Information. The Bama maid baa lemored tbe btaeeleta from ber anklee, tbe. (Silncse girl baa widened ont tbe bottom of ber trousers, "sll samee Bailor man," and tbe Jlmerican chorus girl has gsxed with tearful eyes on tbst tsllored suit which •tie bsd msde "for the road" snd wbleb will not lend Itself to the new mode. So In this terrible situation due credit muat be awarded tbe wise maid wbo fotaaw tbat socb a state of tbinga mlgbt conn to paaa and ptoTlded for tbe emeigeney. 8bc bappeas to be Mabel Wllber, prima donna of Tbe Metty Widow. Miss Wllber Inrented a gown and bad It msde to order at Mme. Zlmmerman'a la Paris. It haa a train and. after the fashion of the "hobble," Is csught just shore tbe ankles. And. oh, the wladom of this young Isdyl Tbe clasp which gives her gown Its hoblda eSeet. end thus satisfies tbe sopreme court a( (MWon, may 'be eaally remored^—and prestal tba gawB la no loagar. a "boMde." ♦ ExecotlTe stair for the Meysm. Shnbcrta' Two Men and a Girl, atarrlng Bailey snd Anstln: Emil AitketmlUer, manager; Sam P. Geraon, hnalacsa maamr: Boraee J. Halo, atage man- ager; Harry SnOttBott. aa a U t a nt ataia mana- ger; wnilaB Baste, Boaleal dtaaetirrlaaaph A. Fortler oaater awebaales BMB IMoIng, Oyman; Jamea J. Daddy, maatcr ag anMttles: George DnaUp, iMatar jricctrldM; TOHbetb NOTES OF THE ROAD but will do so Msy 8 st Charleaton, Ita, the girl mcntallat, who recently com- pleted a twenty weeka' tour of the A. J. Small Opera Honae Circuit In Canada, Is making the bit of ber career alace ber return to tbe States. Ita's compaiv ladndea l o tuts e n performers, aBMQg which are the Ibwieel Barrlactons, The Osearoi, logriers; Two Babia, 'the Dancing Bell Bops: ^rty and Barry, sketches; Billy Grady, comedian; tbe Four Dancing Hobos, etc, Mlas Delia Kennedy la muslcsl director snd Cbas. L. Fallon Is adrance agent. Dr. B.. H. BInaldo la at tbe helm as manager. Tbe com- pany haa not doaed In alxty-flre conaecutlre weeka, 111." The Hamllns, RIcbsrd and Louise, billed aa The &ledley Man and tbe Maid In Brown, are flniHhlng tbe rest of their Orpheum bookings, after which they will tour tbe United time nntll June. Mr. Hamlin baa been workloR single for the past six weeka during which time Mrs. Hsmlln hss been In St. Paul to ap- pear Id dlTorce proccedlniig, against ber hus- baad._ Iba. dlnno wan araated Jan. a. and Vta..B^Mm'wim gMM taa nsa oC ber maiden lilM Mtoe-aiaeta. Tbey are playing tmalbu nadcr a bttabieni arrangement. Wmiaaa Oroaa and Gladys Jaduon. with their tbrs^ Bontbs' old baby (Dototby Katie), re- joined Tbe Uatlnee Oin aatleal eemedy com- Kny. Tbey opened at Xscelaier Springs, Mo., bmary 1. The abore cmapaay has with them Ibis season the original two comedians tbst made The Mstlnee Girl muslcsl comedy com. I>auy faoMus tlirougboat tbe South and South- west, Dan-Ruasrll and Wm. Gross. Also a cast of twdra ebotna glila aal eight priaelpala. ' Art Adair, entwhde dosm, comedian, musical comlquc. acrobat, eymnaat. ainger, dancer and all 'around performer, baa Just Bnlshcd up twenty-two consecallTe n-m'ks of the W. V. M. A. time snd Immediately was handed contracta for alxtern more weeka, six orer the Bott«r- fleld Circuit by Claude Humphreys, snd ten we;*ks over the Interstate Circuit by MIsa Bosalle Mnckenruss, making In all thirty-eight conaecu- riTc we«k«. Madame Pauline, who will be well lecalled ta barlDg baaa wltb Boataek'a AbIomI Arena for the peat three aaaaana, and tbaia t wtoes with OOL rcnri for flee sesaoaa, haa aoir Joined Bartd'a trslning qnsrtera at BDIatda Park. Newark, N. J. Mr. Birbatd Baaa baa alio added bis coUeettoo of bears snd wolraa to thla me- iMgcrle, snd Peter Taylor bss added a newly Imported full-grown Hon to thla already large eoueetlon. Artbor Keene, of the trio, Keene. Dorrls and Keene, anaoonccs that he Is laying off at pteaent at bis permsnent address, where he la getting Into pnparmtloo a new and elaborate act for next aeaaon. TbIa act will be equipped with special scenery and electrical effects, Mr, Keeae'a reeldeaee la at 00 Pennington sticet, Patenon, K. J. Tbe Stanley Sextette, which sometime ago sppesred st tbs WUson Areaoe Theatre, Chicago, in which sppesred a Miss LsTllIs, wbo was tbe canae of a riot oa accooat of her graceleas dsncing and ungainly Ognre, Is tbe cause of a letter to ua from Miss Camllle LeTIUa, wbo desires tbst her many friends know tbat It waa not atie wbo apiwarcd In tiiia quartette, Imt that she atllls numbers one of tbe Fire LaTllIaa. tni. E. Johnson haa resigned as man* sger of tbo Coloulai Theatre. Akron. O. He msy go Esst to tske s position with Nixon A Nlrdllnger. former owners of the playhouse. Be waa offered a place with that arm laat fall, B. Cool, district representstlre of : tta.IWbar and Shea, leaacea of the theatre, ^^WB 'WTe temporary change of tbe Colonial. Ifta, Hllder Floydeil, of The Floydeile. gym- nasia, la at tbe Callfomla Hospital, t/m An- gelca. Cel., tecorerlng from the effects of an cperstlon- She wss Injured Intenully In s fall last summer while performing In the East and seemed to ture recorered entirely until a month sgo, when sbe was sgsln tsken serlonsly tAjrj Locier snd Charles Rllswortb bsre Jnat closed a successful tour of Pantagea' snd Sul- Ilrsn ft Consldlne Circuits, snd niMm their ar- rlral In Chicago wero Immediately placed on tbe Princess time thraaRh 1.. A> MMad Apd Jotaany Simon. They opSMd at AM >mi)MM Ibaatie, Loulsrllle. The Three Wblte Knhna who are scoring beaelly over the Orphcnm Cirrult, hare been offend EoTopean tine for next seaaoo. Tbey will most likely lOMat. Their mtMg, MM, Bennett and BnCortTwlB'MaBpMr fiMnr«M trip Is msde. The Snmcer Theatre, which la being bnllt to ShrvTeport, La., by tbe Saeoger Brothera, wUl soon be oocned. Flee Tanderllla acts, bouse. John and Winnie Hennlngs are booked orer the W. V. A. time iratll June. On March 18 they open for a tour of the Bntterlleld Olrenit tbrongh Michigan. They MS plaMllB ta apMd- tbe summer st Pnt-ln-BaK- 0^' WiNM 'ttgy •■• building a bungalo-rr. Wylder Wallers recently Joined Mr. Walter Brownson Jones in tbe cspaclty of agent and busloess manager. Mr. Jones glrea a lecture with lllustrstloos of bis ten thonssnd mile wslk from DsUss, Texss to Noma, Alssks. Bill Msrsbsll snd (Hyde Anderson will be fea- tured next seaaoo In a new mnaleal comedy called Tbe Minstrel Man and tbe Sport, under tbe management of J. C. Elllm. Tbey are now with MeFaddea'a Rata Company. Mlaa Louise Cody, the dainty tittle whirl wind daacer, wbo baa baaa- paylag^lh and sronnd Clereland, will b( of Ody and Kennedy. 1 of the NaTs] Trio. Donald Bowles, last sesson a beadllner on tbe Orpheum Circuit In a aketch called Guilty, haa Joined forcea with Ida O'Day In CIndera. ai>d Is oDce more eorerlng tbe Orpbeom terrl- tory. HIas (^Inne Francea (Mra. Tony Rooting) baa been booked to play the Orpheum Olrcnlt on the same bills wltb tbe Four Buatlnga. Ur. and Uta. BonUnc will rctom to their bone In raBaB*«i, .N. i:. aboM MIy 1. Kan It at Halperin, wltb the BUIIe Company, while playing an Fresno. Cal., was called taf Dasw. to ..wi Ibe fonersl of ber sister. She Will remata Ik Denver for sercral weeks. C1III Msrloo. Ibe son of Dsre Hsrion, and formerly of Msrlon and llugbes, ha^ formad a w? i^^TaIT timo. ' 7^^ Leaa and Beetle AJIaa bavo tmaealad^ work oa eeeeoat of Mrs. AUoa'a Bl Mra. Allen la OMtgcd to nnderao. aa < Tbey are at Hra, AUen'a boan In Wis. Holser and Goes, comedy aerOhala, basw solved psrtnerahlp. Jin Holier la aoir. a comedy act with hla wllO, tba act known aa BoUer and BeOtob. Tbe Nettle CarroB Treope oria^ tight iOia experia, playa six weeks la jadUcBB Mr «M W. V. M. A. before lolaint Ibe Banaa «A Bslley Show for tbe summer. Pst Crswford Is now playlag the UeLaaih. ■In time througb Penntylrsnia and New Terh. He baa Juat flniahed fourteen weeks* time with the W. V. M. A. -Warren and Francia open March B, at baala- TlUe. for J. A. gtiraad. .I%a taaa/baa feaMi compelled to lay oft-far' a-MaB^^ttaa-aa iaar coont of sickness. Bert snd Bessie Drsper, now oa tbe PaHat time, will asil for Englsnd somettose te ' ~ to onen st the Alhsmbra Tbeatre la on May 8. . Sngsgements for Dolly Msdiaoa, Nlrdilnger'a new play; which Henry Be will produce, Incladea Orme Caldara and laah Dempster. Bay B. O'Nell. formerly 9t O'Neill and ie making arrangementa to prcoMt a I ' musical comedy. Mr, O'NeUl la at | lag dales in tbe Esst. Tom Post. Iste of Oolmra's Mbutsela. jnst Onlahrd ten weeks on tbe Bon time playing a few weeks of McCaillB time Bsltlmora, Tbe Muslcsl Boaoes Family open at — mond. Va.. Febtnary 0, oo a twenty-elgfct weeks' contract arlth tbe Boalbem tiiiiiaiMMt (^ompsny. LoDcy Hsskell (That Baaed) opegad aa tta Orpheom Clfcolt at MtMpbli, Sni. liHM0 M, This u Hsskeira alath; MtaiB i aa Mo «»' pbcnm time. • .■•..'••>•*:■;'.' After Onlablag their boiklSll.'oa the Baa Circuit, Mr. and Mra. BatfF VUHlag opaa sa tita W. T. A. time la ta eatlraly arw ect. William Oilman and Tom Hughes an abOOA.. Of ne Man on tbe Box Co.. for B. U. PlattO ft Co.. who also hare Tbe Sqnaw.Man Oi. Frank Rotledge and Company era . tbe Loew Circuit, booked br B, A. Myen, bare a tabloid comedy, called Onr WItik There will be a beneat perrormsDce atig the Treasurers' Club of America at way Theatre. New Tork City. Ftb. 1 Snraaal and Bssell hsra' to Ooodwia and Kiliott. Tbey ■aat woehlag tbe United tlM. Tba Btka* Lodge at BapU t» aieet thla eemhig smaaar a whM wHI cost abont fWMNW, ■ < man end Fen too htra u li ii i a to tto L after a mceesafnl tour of Oaaaaa. Thar a new flnlsh for their aet. W. Crankabaw, tbe fatbar ot Bag of the Florence Tnope, died January 2tl. Teme Ternon and Cluit Christopher baea formed a itartnetshlp and an doing a laa aet In raoderllle. George G. Roaeno hss in pceparatlaa a Bsw comedy ring set wblcb be will call Oymaaitlea a la Cktmcdy. Hunter and Rosa, billed ss "SOO pounds of comedy," hare opened on tbe Norman JeSsrIea time. Tom snd Btssis Moon saO for En g l a nd ' Jnne 28 to open at the Oollaeom. London, Jair 10. Brown, Harris and Brown an booked on the Orpbenm Cticnlt for. lOlt aad_ |n*>^ ^ib^^ Sjaaat^.i^Vllw Otaaa4l^^oit> lOw Wayne LsMsr bas been boohed foe tbfsa months orer the Inter-state Circuit. Donsa's Band Is now In Grrst BrICala to tbe tour of South Afrlcs snd Aa Walden and Company opened their tour Jsnusry 23. at Franklin, Ky. The Great Bnlasalle la ca nmte wt£k Channeey Keilfer Stock Ooaipaay. Al Botcblnaon baa «cci»ed on clrcnlt ot Ibeatres la Tbe kinaleal SUpps base been M, uyran to ^ay W> a Bags FIi In Kai anaas Olty. T. A. tiaa. •|grO|.basa a jww ararical Wedding Day. The BrooUya Opera Boose Ompany o( I lya. Ia., la a atoeh eeapany of orer' two bM- drsd stock hsldera and with Joseph Kan aa president aad Bdwtn H, Talbott aa strretaiy. Tbey ara Just completing a new 113.000 opM honae located on tbe main street. It has a 24x22 feet atsge. Tbe seating capacity Is 480 Chain. The boose Is llgbted with acetylene. Iiools N. Parker Is making some cbaagee ta bia new pisy, DIsrsell. wbleb wss recently pro- duced. He remslned wltb tbe company during tta engagement In Detroit last week, superta- tending tbe cbiogei, Geo, Tyler, maaillBl director ot Ueblcr ft Co., produeen of tbe play, wss In Detroit to wttneaa tbe openlag snee of the piece. t;. Tbe new aodllorlnm In Grand laland,' Nab., bas been completed and Is now booking at- trartlona. Tbe aeating capacity ot tbe aa- dltorlnB la SJOO. fl. C. Wade ta aiaaacar» aad Gee. H. Wad^ '