The billboard (Feb 1911)

•0 The- Bill - pBNMiAinr nriMi .pjrrzaERA|.iy8 letjeil the Utter pt- ItDiB Banr B.- Kud, of CU- kcd third. Lwnr eoTered the 11:22 2-0. Be also won the 4M ' nrd mcBt. The nee mt 880 yarda akattnc ■■tt iiUa. was WOD by A. Uason, ol Moatml, wUh B. U. BalToneo. of Chicago, aeewl. Hie iBBUB CHAIXENGE. rrask NenL"u4 Jobn McDonald, two of the .--amaunt roUer*«katan In the coontrr. laaoe the r.'loaawlns rtnlTwiia to ur team of tdij atait- ' am ^ tho Qallat StatnTBaiuaar Md PalMr. i puLfaii ed. Thex akate «■ aar Uota aaaw.' IB «r oat oC Chl- afCDaoaM bare-a record of .„ j i a rlir nJlea for a taaaa laee j^ite ■tiaea BtlmitaB at tke Rlrarrlew track, Cbl- -tlcasOL BotlL haTe won medala that' would cover •^Aa wtele front of tbclr raclsf aolta. CballtBge bo accepted bj addresglni; SVaak NOd; XaO Wttmrth Halated street, Chlcaso. - - ■5 -' ELUNOIS CXUB WINS. of 8 to 0 at 4te I . . -ChleagOb Janoair 2T. 'wbrntar "hr of 8 to S. n>e visfton were nnable to SKATERS PLAT PUSH .BAU.. ' Pooh bah on roller' skates - wan' realTed at Ifadleftn Gardens, Juaumrj 27, when Katx'a Kit- tana defeated the Madlwn Stam 7 to O. Tbia ■ la tha Ont same of pnata ball played In Cblcaso OASWXixt LAUDS- KACS. ^'■aw atar -was ancorered at Sana Sooel Blak. . Mday Bight, Janoary 27. In Iintan who won the one mile scratch . Held of nineteen starters in the of' 8:21^- On account of the nnmerona aotrles It waa necessary to ran the race in three iaata and a final, the two fastest men In each beat, the thlrtl man In the faatext-lieat qDslify- las for the Onal. B. Proctor, B. Ansellca, WnnX Neol, Cbu. GolUckBoii, Carl Carlson, M. Oaawell and A. McChesney were the men wiio faced the starter In the final. A mill at the fat HcChi eomer with Ore laps to VBt Proctor and GaUlcbi ' ilTcd Itself iDlD Carlaon and '%'l*oat twenty feet. 8Mk AnceUea third. - •. ««a -won by F. Wright. ->: mw woRU>'s boixeb bbcobd. Jot Hampton, of Wichita, Kansas, aged 22, brrka the world'a contlnaooa roller B a n tin g re<:OTd Janoary 27, at' Wichita, Kansas, akatlng n. total of Mcbooia.. He feU taintlns at the riNAI. HOCKEY GAME, ne Bnal came of hockey played between the Pboanlx Hockey Team, of St. Panl. Minn,, and" tbo Illinois Athletic Clnb, of Ctileaso, wai played Janoary 28, at the loe Palace. Cblcaco, aad rasnlted In ^ victor for the tri'^olor aeven by •.aeoio oCS ba-lk' .■- ■ Tha race was abated In two beats ■Tbm Orst heat was won by Fred J. K. W. Leedy, second, and Frank A.-KIob«diar. third. The time -was 1:34. The aeeood- beat was won by Nela. N. Jaeobson, W. O. Sinunson, ■SfOlMl. and Tboa. Norman, thlni. Time 1:34. Tha fiaal was one of the deanest races skated at tha loa Palaea. and after tbe foortb lap. waa one contiaoal round of spicy sprints and not .mn tba laat laA of the Aatance -was abated «gM te ulainr k* pickad. Jaeobson started 'tKmUU'Vm oaek at ttosn. doady followed by ■tm^ aaC Maxaalpb, Wnwisnn and the- others tBnsr In the rear. With three more lapo to grand exhlbitlan of iiositlon Imntlng was HMPtont by Blmonson, Uarzolph and-Morman, wbfeh was kept op nntil the flnuh was reacbed: On the last lap, Marxolph came oot troai .third position on the back stretch and In trying to 'l the pjle. allnied and It waa his only sood ne that aavad him tnm a bod mBL. Simon m I fin that ----- --- --- CDOd third In.a fast, being skatsd ia Sd*. piaitar mile. LAJCZ BIILED ODT. A dlspnte orer the Onal t>f the 8S0 yard eTent rssnltlng in Eklmmgd Lamy, the champion, with- drmwlng as a competitor, marred tbe Internation- al Bkatlnr ChamplonsbJp racee at Montreal, Caaada, January A. Tbe llrst heat was skated In 1:26 and tbe seccnd ia 1:45. Starters In tbe paal w ere warscd that th ere waa to be no ^MmA tt laaa «M MhcB It to be akated •i*a& - Lamy -refused to came oitt and 'withdrew Mm tbe r*at of tbe program. Tbe smnmarles: ^S> Tarda—Ftaal—Bdmimd Lamy, 1st; W. H. loeksoo, Snd; B. L. Wbeder, 3rd. Time, 0:21 - ^30 Yanla—Final—Declared no race. Oaa line—Final—B. U Wbeder,.1st; Hatty Kaad. Sad: Boe, Sid. •Bme, 8:ie »«. - - Wtaaier. tei; W. '.B. Gandenco. Std. Tlsae. WdS'M. ■HO TaiA Boidlo-rr. B..Bobaoii. 1st: W. E. ~ ~ ; nadlayson. 3rd- Time, 0:31 8-5. - ' eardB—A. MssoB. iMtz f- Srd. nt>e, l:«t-4«.;. .-. BWBXAN A XrcniEB. -•••». --M i*o arai and last pre- U^SUTii^P* 'v>'^r» face Janaanr 30, at tha los Palacv, in Ihe fast time of 1:37. Frank Klobaeher was . second and Otto Brack third. The race waa skated In tbtee heats and a Ssal. The first beat went to Klobncher In 1:38 3-S. Tbe •*<-iDd tmt was 'won by Norman. In 1:39. Tbe thlrtj heat was won by Scott Mnnnlng, in 1:42 t-i. As tbe skatars were sent away In the final, yoong Norman, who la doing aome sense tlonal work In tbe races at tbe Ice Palace, dropped back to fourth place while Klobncher took tbo leod wbleb,_he held, foe, three lapa..wben oa 1a!l lai'Mti^ tlnaefl te the Satah mt the race, the Boselty race, rnnning fonr lapa to Wll' son's six on skates. A CHANCE FOB SKATEBS. Final amngcmenta bare been, completed by tbe management of tbe Ice Palace for tbe hold- ing of tbe Western Indoor Champlonablps to be held Monday and Toesday night. FVbmary 6 and 7, at the Ice Palace. Secretary Julian T. Fitx- gctald baa mailed entry blanks to orer 100 skat- era ta all parta of the Weat. aad be naa the aaanaaee of the aUrles of sU tlM i-tomlitent spaed akatoa, and the list of entrlea will far exceed tboae of tbe lolematlanal meet. Bt'bert McLean will have a great chance to abow tbe Chicago skating fana what he can do with akaters who are In his class, aa be will bare a chance to meet them all. Carl Ahlrotb, of St. Louis, who has held the Northwest cbam- plonshlp for sereral yeani, will be here, as well aa Oscar Blankenmeif<ter. who writes that he Is In One shape. Arthur J. neiu) and R. O. Bmnst of Oereland: Cel Dube, of Escanaba, Micb.; ■kad X. Johaaoo, of Lanrlnm. lUch.; T. Flaher. Acthar TiOaman aad othaia ttam Kllwmokee; and ifeatan from St, Paul, UiaaeapOUs. and other Northern points hare promised to send In tbelr entry. Then the Chicago cracks who are now Inradlng the East In tbe Intematlonal Cbam- plonabipo, bare entered. Tbe eTents tbat are to be akated are as follows: Oue-qaartpr mile, ooe mile, three mile, one-half mile, one mile Junior cbamplonahip, ladles* half-mile cbamplon- Bhlp, 220-yaid dailLtw* mOt, mr —~ -MO-yard harlla^ Tha aosles-ai aome of tbe beat lie f l ea afeatsaa competltloa, as ttwy haTe .been workliK oat at tbe Ice Palace for aereral weeks, and are al- most as speedy as some of the other daas skaters. The ladles* race will hare a large entry list as several good skaters hare sprung bi the last two mootbs. Tbe junior cbam ' ''■anP* alao lm»»aoaa^T^T *o«dyonng- ban'IfeakH' PARIS NKW« Lirrait (Continned from page 12.) To aome extent this tells In the real ptoUem the makern of their warea to tha style ISADOBA SOXCAK,- "Bm first of six performancea.^1 * glTCD at the Chatdet Theatre fit She mhde a trcmeadons aad repeated -thO huge success she aaot -wtth two ycaia ago boo. Her program was nude np of fragmenta of the Orpbee story, as told In tbe dance. Among those present to see her work were tbe Bcnlptor. Bodln; Noxlere. the writer; Onltry. tbe actor, and others quite aa w ell k nown. HVE MBLBA ttt. Mme. Ifelba,' tbe great singer, now In Psrls, stopptag with friends In the foolerard MalAsr- bea. Is esBlaed to her bed wltlv:A serere attack at tP^BTT PbysIeUns declare abe la In no : that m order to keep down compll- ahe wm be obliged te hasp te her room :02IaL H( ^.at the Alpbonae nanek. Director of tbe Oymnaae Theatre. Is 111 of la grippe at hla home, and It will be aoaia days before he will be able to te- snme Us iattca, it is said. ■'♦■■.'" Jesse Csiey, tbe Amerlcsn roller rmeer. now In Paris, this week met and defeated In a-twenty- one lap race tbe tbtrd, fourth and fifth men In tbe recent twenty-foor boor grind. There waa a prixe for tbe man who waa ahead 'at the end of each three laps, aod Carey won the entire pool. Tbe erent took place at tbe Tel d'Hlr. ♦ Fen da Volsln. at tbe Theatre Mlcbel, la to be taken to London. This, tbe lateit play Ftaa Btartlac ta the . torlnm akatta* rink aaf aHnMr''«haatia, at Heatings, Neb., bmn ed away the *^svpporta, tbe Boor crashing into the baaement, carrying -with It tbe tallety, cloak rooms and offices.' Tbe rink was owned by Mi. Batty and managed by Joe Schllck. .FAMOUS .CLOWNS.; rare example of proprietorship Intentional ob- mlttance. In years gone by. a clown was not only ex- pected to attead to hla fnnay aaylnga and com- fad aoat% bat ha waald cztcad hla dattea lata act, M aattK What Acts were aot entirely specialised then sa now whole families bealdea their own rooUncs would take put In most erety set placed and the command of ''ereiybody In tbe leapa and ground tombllng,** bad to go, except tbe female members of tbe families. As tbe circus increased wltb tbe public de- mands, the alze of the white tenta were so en- larged tbat they could not glre jiutlce to the TOlcea of the alnslng and talking clowns, so tbe vedal ar laatace paaiadac clea n ntas born, and aew aUaaat anaw alawa aet la daaa la pan- tomime, eseept the « i | » s a tat, which la aanaUy a nntson clown tons. led ta the bead down, who generally arranges all apcdal featua ptodne- Uona. Right here ia where stMb grand and glorlons work Is done. So, kind readers, I beg yoor In- dulgeaee for a few minutes, aa we bar? been practically communing with tbe angela in tbe former part of thla article. So I aak yon to de- scend to earth once more and listen to tbe true word praises of tbe fsmoua mirth makeia. Jnles Turaoor. who haa boon ovar Afty-two Tears as s clown, and now la hanaaa aa the Singling Brothers' gmtest prodaetloo In this line, is known by all professlonsis as what Is now termed a true gentleman and a bard, con- BclentlouB worker, aays tbat a dose rlral to Daniel Rice was George L. Fox. who was called the "Grimaldl of America." He waa the orljj- Inai "Hampty Dompty." Then there was Daddy Rlce, who was no kin to Dan; Johimy Patterson. Daniel and William H. Gardner, Charles See- ley, "Whimsical" Walker, and Albert Mlaco. The latter named gentleman is tbe real king's Jester, and wore cap and bdl*. Ba kaowa more lines of Shakeoeara thaa. Baat ataOcnta. aad to-day be reada Ben J o a as a aad .Hjisii ander tbe tent oapa nhOe waMac far Ma tn. lOaee la now n jreaia aid, aat atm hala aa* haaity. Spader Johaaoa aad "SUTeca" Oakley, of tbe Great Bamnm and Bailey Sbowa, did woBdertnl work, and were known for tbe grotesqoeoesa of tbelr costnmes.' and tbe exaggerated else of tbelr feet and the lodicnms character of tbelr headdresses. Then there wss gtwyiiiiir Broa.* big army of downs. Including Gecsge Hartzell. Sr., Inreator and producer of comedy skits; The Two Caalnoa, the little man aad tha nttle Wner naa. la parodies on Camao and the PnCeaaor: Tom BOberts, the fmmy Wdehmaa: Frank Msr- rls; Out MIlTO and Pete MUto, Die Swat koo- Iscbe Brnder; Boy Mdlonald, the Seottiah eUet- taln; BUly Bice; Tbe 8 PrasUa, O a iia aa Aa- gosta; George Hartzel. Jr.; John XlUer. VkaaK Scbadel and bis great miUe; Ifsx OlDae, the great American clown; Ghaa. BeB; Chaa. flor- ten. tbe great humorist: Felix Under, Germany the Great; John Tripp; Harry Leeds; Lll Kers- lake. "Baipyard 1,11." the lazy fanner and bla Urely pig clrcns; Harry Green; Dare Clark; 7ames Spriggo, tbe Italian clown; Art Jirrls; Harry Wentworth; Xd.'Ward: Denny Coortli, tbe ente caparer;- George Kidd, a kldder sure caanchs B, GamU: Bd. aad XIke Judse and Tha • Ifarina^ S e aa dl a aT laa downs. Now aioos comes Albart Oastim. kaown at tbe legitimate talking and singing down, aod well may be eara bla title, commencing with .P. T. Bamum, Mont- gomery Queen, Sella Brotbers, Bingling Brothera John Robinson's 10 Big, Harria' Nickel Plate, Batcbdon and Davis, John O'Brien. U. L. CIsrk. The Cooper Shows, Burr Bobbins, J. K. Warner, Al. F. 'Wheeler's New Model Shows, and with a record of over fifty years aa a clown, but now as aetire aa a kitten; and John Wlng- tldd. another bright boy. followed by Fted Wy- retta. of tbe old DsiCaabaA Sbowa; Jack Pbsd ud eeatga Oaaraa. "Uttie Bed.*' at the Dar- ling and DaOaao PTotbeis* Circus, both good and strong; A. Bnscb, Fred Rimnels. Cbarlas Swee- ney, and tbe good old team, Kennedy and Besta, known as tbe giraffe clowns of the old Notrls Brothers' Dog axd Pony Sbowa; Harry Wat- aon and George Rlcbel, "Tbe Clown Band,"- of tbe Rlngllngs, and along comes also Wataoo and bis Farmyard CIrcna. Then tbe Great Carl Hag- enbeck and Wallace Shows presents Jamea Botb- erfoM. Art Borella and Fred Jlnka, all famona prodadng downs, who were assisted by orer ^rg nad l a a jak a n^ who alwaya kept tbe cfmrd.iB aaa eaatlaaoaa theme of pleaanre and langhter; .Harry ClaA, JIaau' Sprlggs aad Burt rUb of the good old John Robinson Bbowa, fat- lowed by Fred Renno and BlUle Baad. of the Dode Flak Shows; JoUy Jenaro^ the ttaat Was- ~ ~ John Wlda am Mk of ind MmM bMb «C fa- JEd. Alien, principal aad prododng.. clows, is .._ w . Horman Jtaepk. aUted by Paal Jl^ the orlctaal Hebaew . Bsbina. of the Cam ad Ida ted Obswa. aad llae' ; Barch Bcger, Sblrlar fcattKra* Great toa. ~o(~tte ^^OMSa'JOOifi aad Jal^ ^ eaa, of the Oran Bead Shawa. aad ihlaabom coadodea my Tf sa ibsrr d Hat at laa-pistadZ men known aa ciaaraa; and aa thtts la aomcSS abont tbU wholesome sort of entartslnmeat ttas la different from any other form of diTermloa. the writer la led to bellere true tbe words of tS famous poet. Ben Joosoa: "Besbtew ma. W clowns It properly. Indeed.** George H. Weyman, principal down, wHk ili good assistants, wltb tbe Dode Flak. Show mmf not be forgotten, aa well aa laat, bat not least. Johimle Croasett, In tils high stilt clowning concert act with tbe J. B. Henry Show; /ug«e glagrsld. priadpal prodndng down, and Bd ward Walton. Aognat dosra, wBI lutb b« wltb Son Brothers Show, which opeoa early la Marefc at Macon, Oa.; Young aod Wearer,- also wltb tbU thow. WASTED, OBTRICHEB AITS DEZB. For sale or exchange. Tent, 38x20, Alligator and Animal ~ •-— Lira AUIgatora of all Write for Okta. Ten Bed Band gold, nearly as aa 40. Sadiiee for . wnwgJ^ dW. Thilag Am, ( Canary BIrda la cagea, for ahiilB.' Rbeaos Monkeys, good slaed, bedthF.' Dodging Monkeys, with tiarseaa, eaoB_ Bend fS with order. ATLANTIC AND Pi BIBD STOBE, 238 E. Hadlaon St.. ~ ner Show pet. and Warren Brothers, and mous Bnasble Shows, "Gct-np, Maud." FOB BAZX—1.000 Colon Bardwasa Window Fibres. Guaranteed la tloa. Cheap. METBOEHILITAII Broadway. Haw Tork GUty. FOR SALE-MY FAMOUS UMI- DON GHOSTISHOW Complete, ready to aet np and do boatneaa. TMs Is a magnificent ootfit, coating $1,200. I hafa retired from tbe road and will take tbe email anm of 830O cash. Thla la tbe show that g«ta money where others often fall. It'a a featms wltb any carolral company. Ox>e tbat adds pra» Uge. Thla la yotlr ctiance to own a real lies one. Now stored In Merldlsn, Mlaa. Addnaa CAPT. W. p. AMENT, Jackson. Tenn. . . WAinEXD, HOTEL CAB—WBl rant that ia fitted ar can be SnaA ta Hi* be fliat-claaa la afetT wv«' ~ ~ BB08.. Oaa —— WAB^SrOBU^^rCaaTM^toEm^rltt atnall canopy for atage, aeats far two or thiaa haadred. Moa t be cheap. What hare yoa BStf ATKINSON, 233 A. Wade St.. Toltda, & Wa pot up tbe biggest and beat 6e box. Bqm dally dealrahle for theatres, plctnre abowa, dr- and parka. Our peaanta are fTr*r*1>ir prepared ao they etn I any peaaat tte watU PacM ! Price sum. UiAFUraWML. WABTBW .1 oration fOr a latve op-to-dato Ca- rooad; also large cardboard organ for ssle cheap. H. OODEN. 219 B. Ttata St... FhOaddphla. Pa. Quick ClUft llMHIB wmaw lndlaa.tmaC etc—aoecaaa. Paaiilisa no iiwaM iialal Go Kurrxar. Mrr.. auatb at«l. fC T. WASTED—Good riadeTllle acta on commlsaloB. Gool p --"! ;.atrar.JK'', Write c*r wire. MEL'K.S liEO^-. i;a:eT-,irl«e Tteatre. Clln. Tax. VAUDEVILLE SKETCHES Large catalog free. Addreaa A. B. BEIM. Pub.. 403 Grand Arenne, UOwankee, Wisconsin. In aaswsriag ada. meatlaa THB BEUBOABOl A first-daaa Plaaa tunlah effeeta. IDLE HOUR CIRCUIT WANTS pSXa^ be able to fill plctona; tiap- dtnamer te . good ealarlea. No booxera or trldoa aead apply. Meat act faHining tbeaa raqnlrements wUl be elasid arttSoat ' trap drummer who can double on soaso other laati a T. 8MITHEB8, Idle Boor, Aberdeen. 8. D, DliTML STATES AMUSEiENT COMPANY CALL—^—3412 Calumat Ava., Chieage SECOND CALL WANTED 2(Dth CENTURY M-G-R. Strong Platform iShewa, Own Fronts and Coneoaalena H. HERSMFIELD. Manager 81D. BULFORO, OMMnl AgMt , H. ZSCHMAS rnSOPEAH CTBCna—A CLEAN, BNAPPT UTTLS BAIUtOAO BBOW.- SECOND SEASON AND A LONG O-NE. Want Bosa Canvaaman, Chandelier ICUiaBdWarkbM People, Band Leader aod Musicians, a few to donble ■ ■ - - - - - - be tbe Inrarisble complement, not only of Intel- ligence, but of a keen perception and an Insight Into tbe heart of affairs. I know of no more fitting handmaiden'' to wisdom than blmadf. . Olre ne a tine hnmotlst, and I arlU ahow yon a.iaal pWlciaepber. The old avlag that "every agi I iiasnd ekcas masa have a tlowB." can aet ■Iwajs ha* wBtttMatttHaMm' at- iHt flMiaa the fleatir ftialhsii gsre wfcat lha tnltar thinta tbelr -raty hast p aoda uU ea to the paside*s aada- faetioQ atthonh thla eompaay of acothefa, like the BlngllBt nolly, are bBoos Cor always glr- Ing a.hlgh-dasa show, they bsee slwsys nsed a clown nntU laat aeaaon. .when the^ omitted this nmnber, and tbe sesson wss successfol from a B n aa c la l ataadpolat. aad this certainly waa a , -., . ^ - ---- -- -trlng, Perfoimera with two oe —.- — for big show, concert or annex. Troupe of Japs. Jap Cook, Jap Car Porters, two Jap Worfclaa Gllla, Comedy Bar Tpatn. Bcnndlng Wire. Lady Oymnaats and Cootortlonlata, Singing and KlMCk- jU)out Clowns. l>ivlDg v*'nuH, or any real aensatloo; Man to run Annex, Lecturer, Pimeb, Magic Fire King, VentrlloqalBt with flgnrea, Stronc Man or Woman, Lady Impalement, Bsracd Swalli and Walkcta. Second Bight, Snake Baekaabia'-(«a tarilB aBMM). Osoeh Daaceta, Maa Cannon Camera and a Wire Worker foe let, ■■J^'mmitamB-Mla jmtm.' PorterM^ Brown F> Jamas S^^Belmo, O. H. Wllllama. Bjhii r ^ai^aa; B a Hh i l fi i ii , ■tad Bboae, -write. ■^*'.'!!!L***& ^™ jswHihgHijc t«o MM* aaan aiaphihti: Mate bdght Pclee:.a'iMlt«(vIllMat.W.«r fl^L.j^ ao raga. Betards to friends. alle aww s a ^ B> ght Mi