The billboard (Apr 1911)

16 Tti.e BIlll>oar€l W. H. DONALDSON, PnbliBbrr. I WEEKLY. lod entered «■ Secood-eU« jiall Jiatter at Poet-olBce. Cincinnati, O. MtMM an eommnaicatloiw for tlie editorial or biulneas department to THE BILLBOARD PUBLISHING CO, 416 Elm Street, Cincinnati, O, U. S. A. Lone DUtance Telephone. Main 2789. addicas (Beglifered) "Bflljboy." CHICAGO^ UM SelilUer Banding. 103-109 _ Telephone Central 5934. 8T. LOUIS. Boom 803, Mlaaosri Trust BoUdlns. SAN FRANCISCO. " Wertbank BnUdlng. 830 Market St^ Jmetlon Snket. E1U> and Stockton Sti.. Saltf 6X1. 'LONDON ENGLANOu ' IW Temple Chambcrt, B. & PARIS, FRANCE. ■ Tw e n ^ cents par lias, aaats mumamMt. Whole we, nw; kS? pa^ »T0; gnsrtsr pe«». |3&. »» «a»er. tlMmaaxt mouxiriax tnan Bt« ■OWP»»» Ho extra ohjLiTv to CanirtUn or Totmgn tm- 'wUdk u* nq^Uad^b^tbs Ansricaa % Arsaas <s I'Opeza, 7azis, wt aa aalaw slseaa aotify this Aadd to aeds It pe« t .oa ce or -> n^stassA Isttar so* > te'Zhs Bmboszd Tnk- WlllE REPLIES TO SCOTT. Ptttabors. Pa.^ Aprffl IB, UU. Editor The TOIItinard. Clnelnnatt, Ohio: De«r air—I waa Indeed cnrprlsed to read tils letter pobllahed oa pace SS of your last Issue, and wonder that yon mold print soeh a letter, especially when the statements contained therein were crrooMos and mlsTeadlng In tlis er&eme- The writer, H. }. Scott, was, I beUeve. a prliUege man, win kad a boop la, and wbo^ ■> om*!^!^ I kad B» eoBlii£**ne prlTUeses. wbUh abould ncTer bsTe beca allowed In the at aH. wece an located in the annex, saia were Shown -tbdr teesUoas before thty paid a cent ot the price Xor space. It Is true that the nnlon (onsht the show dnrlnjc the Orat -art of the season, hot matters wer« afterwards «d- ^nsted. and bnslneea esma op to ererr expecta- tion. I had 100,000 rebate tickets printed, wbicb wen dUtribnted at an of the better stnrea In town, and a fond of 9900 was sobserlbed br the mer^iaiita to par tot the opposltlao and sd- mtislnK made seeessaiy by the stand ot the local mosldans* union. I entt too copies ot the local papers-which showed the interest wbldi was belac taken in the show, and I wondered that yoa woold nse a letter which came from some dUutlsfied sratter. who waa acre becanse he wasn't allowed te aaC'ap^jMt where he wastad to. I hsTcnrt aeas 'Sltk Jleek. the direc- tor e( exhibits, or Sir. F.^.O. lieCartT. the ses- tcal manacer ot the ibaw, bat I beUere that tter arehere In Pt ll a berr g I want to ahow them the letter It thcr hare not alreadr seen It, and would like to haev bow they feel abont It. Mr. aordoii.'RSf«MBtlac Bdnx'a BT Tailetiea. made s statement t» the Canton papers, and said that he was more than pieaaed with the «bow. stating that bs was snre that it iud done pinch to widen the popolarlty ot the Helns prodocts In Canton and terrltorr. As far as crowds were concerned, the show was s complete snccess, aItboni;h It Is possible that the men with the Tase wheels, pick oats and other catch- penny rames were not as snccessfol as they might hsTe wished. Hie Bnsiness Men's AnsflcliHnn at Canton aae ae pleaaed.wlth tte . " a tr sa Vt r flgMtaK anB » tm» ahi B. and Inre slrsailj auds am gnpaaittaa legartHag tte aame. me ie a p er s o na l letter to yea, as I em im- -wnilBK to pobUelT to Xr. Seotf s letter aBtn I tare aeeii Mr. MeCartr and hare heard Ills Tlewe npoa Uie sobjeet. I am writlns to air. XoTlae, oC Crealeie'a hand, as that attrac- tSen was alee imfaiily attacked, tte band hartnr mtmi a bbt drawtac eaid. and a perfectlT- sat- waetotr. althoath expensiTe feattue. If yon will fsTor me with Mr. Seott'a address. I woald like to write him on the snbject. as I do not feel fiiat he has aetpd iltonther fairlr tewacds me nor towsrds Ttie BIlliMazd. tor ' 1 .kSTe Ion* been an " " " ■ Tiator. Falthtnl TroufiKfai^ B<^KiiMiliine Tefiilory "Tear tale. MM Oa Mas Webb. "]ear rcmiada wak." ^nla was addasaaad te John Banr. tralaauaMc, «ka had jaat. iatAsd ra- latlnc aa anerlenee. Ole Man Webb's right name Is WUllam Webb; aome eaa him BlU. Ole Man Webb. Billy, and Chleago Bin. He tiad gained bis sereral differ- ent titles arocnd as many different abowa, which be tronped wltb ilcce the days ot Fogy O'Brien, Cooper * Bamnm and the famooa Sdl Brotheta, and It is aot to .be weadercd at' that whan he spoke 'that'aB 'anactaBt'aflaMO'aaaattMtod It* self at oaee la AanaEoiMa at tteS-BIV winter qnarteis. Becaaae right in that aaaM xeem were yonnger «• aad bosses, too, whom Ole Mas Webb bad atattod la the boslneas years aso. "Yon ace It waa tills way," commenced 01s Man Webb. "It was back In '88 and I liad a side of the 'blnee' with the Jones A Boblsson Oieat United Shows—their first season on the rail—and we waa playtn' opipoaltlon to Higbland'a Great England Showa. a 'grift camp' wtiieh had reimtation of Its own ba dean-npe wbererer tbey dmee a atafea «• a ah>» M. MOaft ttr* I K2: Bilektap soke, a Jbtant to De "Not exaetlr.'* answered Ole Is. -we tried te keep It 'way from the . yoo aee MaginTons, be sometimes on a stand wotdd 'sqaarE it' tor the 'big Joint.' Bnt 1 am neglectin' what I was eboat to tell yon aU. Too see. 'as 1 said before, we were In opposition to the Hlghlasda tfiow—one week behind—so I reckon that 'connu' tor oar gettin' In bad at XeCogrTllle, Kentncky. on this particular day. "we pel l ed laae tewrn at ahoot six thirty sad ■aliadjifi^a ihiaiblnfc kaal m the lot. The wcalkar vaa tM and we were ■■n up' by lerea e'doek, ae we pato-eat.tte parade with one at ae 'srlndsn^ aaneonein* Nmly one ebow.' "With that show I doubled on caawls tor the parade, and (ram the looks ot tiie plaoe, tlw rigs In town tied op along the street, I flgured <b a good day*e boainess. "We got ba^ to tbe lot In time for the cook- Iionse can and all hands went to dinner aa oanal. It waa while Bam Van BnsUk wss csakin* Urst opeam* that I tionie to the atake aaa caass wagoi there waa whan I iat a ■ b aa th .' :1 to listen te Hany handV aot Ik the Tienneee Twba, and aome ot the "Tubes' weie 'tiiiptn' It olT to one another that tlw last draw j«r robbed the people, and mU that aort of ttiinc, and It appeared te me tliat the Highland show hsd msde a gzest 'klllln' there—tbey lisd stmiix oat two or three ot the Hatyaid taettoa who were leaders la that aeetloa ot the eoaatry. I linnted up MagtoToaa and pot- hte ^an:' lie inmpa Into bis 'gBlT wagoB* aad mahse Cor town —while then he 'books up' ttie'tawa toaniisl. Anee Ss^aid. with a 'century' end Badly aeta tiiat 'gent' to 'blow' the town for tbe day. iww nadefatand me, I wss not in on It ——' Bniets, our 'fixer.' had 'spotted' aU trains, and the banks since about leren oTdock the day before. liaTln* went ahead aa S4-hoiir man. while Boonle, the regular 24-tiour man. waa "sliorttn' oo the pit sbow. Anyone to hare looked at Bert wonid hare marked blm as a 'mbe' in stesd ot his beln* the best 'tramer' in the bDSt- nws. Why, when It came «e "^Ite Jt te " that he once msde aa aadsttal OB his dead brothet'a caakcL "After tlie second 'openin' and the lolne waa •tztmmln' a aoeker, OlUwaokee 'WUty. who wss on a *roIette,' dosed his game and 'ducked' under the elde waU end made for the 'big top* to get MaglnTons. As doors were opsoi and tlie Uoea were llllin' up fast, and tiie 'bntehna' on tbe seats with the «ta&er Jack, song book and lemonade were gettlaf barTMt. Wiat7 anally spots Msgl . rushln' np to him said: rEbe town iaeirtsi ts ken with Us entire oatfit' 'How do yon knowr aaked Maglnrons, -ntj coolly. *I waa Just orcr playln* a mbe wlw readies to bis lilp pocket Cor ma rdl, and hia cost beln* pushed back, ahowed a badge, and aboat that time I aees a gny come In the entrance, and two or three yelled. "Hello. Aaae." Mind, yoo see, 1 had learned from a kid at tlie runs thla momin* that tbe manhal'a name was Anae Hatyatd.' MaglaTons was not alow to act, tar lie caned an uaher, a eaaraa- man and one ot tbe 'candy. Imtehers,' and tald each to set to tte bosses and put them <hsa' that a "Her. rtbe,* was likely: tlien -he soda Wblty back to the 'kid ahow* the same way be came, while be goes ont front slowly snd looks more like be wss superlntendln* s Snodsy-scboOl pleole than a 'grltt camp.' Be finally mtkea his to the "kid show,' and enters same }nst as one of tbe rubes iiarts with his roll oTer Berf s Joint. It cones to blm mighty oalcldy tlist thaaa oOlcers are Inradn' the game* to 'get It an the outfit;' and as Magtaeona wsa'*aezt,* be turned on bis beti sod returned to tbe mala en- trance. He bad no sooner cot there than I saw tbe stdewan on the 'kid ahow* raise at three different placea. and wbere It ralaed I aaw the faces ot Bert, Wblty and McFee. tbe 'abort man.' on the inside candy stsnd. with tbe whole passell of marshals sfter them. The marshala pnlled their guns and called to them to irlTe Dp. and Instead of do!n* «o. tbey got to the front door mighty qaick, I'm tellln* yoti. where MaginTons was holdln' op a mbe for 'two bits* on a Ud he was csrzyla* to his arms that mlaht ban broke Us beck. "Wlien flie msrsbala got to the (Mat door. Maglirrons aaked what was wrong, and they said that his entire outfit was a 'akin game,' and that they waa goln' to arrest erery mother's son of them. Maglnrons told tbem that he had paid for the prlrllece of games to tbe town mar- ahaL whereufion Anse Hatrard called him a liar, and said he would _^Te blm three minutes to "Wbst did tbey on ring stock. "Well, Ansa Hatyaad display aad two fat raeaa. cert. l>nring this time the menSkerle. borss topi, cookhoose and dreasln' room was eomln' down, and by 4:30 ererythlng and the last wa- gon was off the lot. It took the 'razor backs' lea' fifty mlnntes to losd the train after tbe *dcna* and cookbooae wagona were on the 'runa-' It was gettin' dark by thla time, Jes' aa tbe laat wagon went on the train and they pnahed the 'mna' In en the data. A craert gathered at the d^ot, which waa abont ftnr hoadrrd yarda up the track, I reckon. The tralnmaater had aome trooble with the engineer and conductor, who were both natiyea, and who were 'stalUn',* 50 'Blacky' Smith and - Olsen. the 'poler,' took charge of them la the 'tnmk car,' while foce- man ran the train four rnOes out of town snd then turned it orer tbe the regular cnw.' "The next morning we counted aome fifty bnllet holea in the priTilege car, but Magineons gare erery "rough neck' a hook of tieketa on the priellege car, ao I guess be got bis'n." ThAEE NEW THEATRES FOR RICHMOND. to iriB me. tat t saw yaaih'^*'aad Bew_>oa wsnt to bteek op my sbow aad rato me. 'Toor chief took some easy money to iinit the town for tbe dsr, snd he brake his contract, snd I bsTe fulfilled mine. I bsTe psid my license, my lor snd water rents, and bare my rights as a cItliFD for one day, and if yoa do not pot awsy your cuns and cet back down town and off this lot. 1*11 tnm loses every wnd animal In that menagerie, and m pun down erery jack leat plaak la that Mc top—can too see M. awl# jaaaa to nSatteea. friaada aad Richmond. Va., April U (Special to Tbe BIU- board).—^Three new thesMp arB add'to lha la- portsnce of thla dty te^M asnihaea aaaaasmeat field next season. . • The handsome idaybooae amr balac coaatrneted in West Broad atreet by II. Ik Hefheimer. is rapidly neartog completfaa and. llr. Bofbelmer announces tbe opening ot the new Iiouse tor a scmmer season cn mntcal comedy June 1. Th- name for tbe Hothelmer theatre has not been definitely decided upon, but it will be called th Richmond in all probability,' ■ Contracta were algned last week by a lep- resentatlTe of tbe United Booking OSlces snd a repiesentotlre ot tlw local toteresto for tbe con- struction of a tlieatre at tbe south-east comer of Etgbtb and Grace stieeta. This theatn will tie tbe borne of Keith ejpdiiama- to -aishaaad. Work on the bunding irtF la bataB bettoa the close of this month. : The tlilid ot file new booses Is-to-be bnllt by If. Ifc Hotbelmer, who la pramlnent hen ae a bnsiness msa and promoter of large teal ee- tote deals. UntU recently Mr. Hothelmer wet nnknown to tbe theatrical field. Today be is one-.of- the most conspicuous fljrores In tbe Southern amusement world. He haa Inat closed an option oo a alte tor a tbeatra wblch he will bund to Norfolk. Although Hothelmer decUnee to dlseuaa bla plana, then is eeenr leaeon to lie- Uere that ha agliltoplatoa toe tocmatlon ot a new ebanit to'vlnMa. ijafaaa from Lyneh- fur the the heart of eacfilaC tbe stories_^ Hofheimer's first opdsMna' la tbe theatrical field begaa wlien he baR lha* Lnbln Theatre, now a ten-cent Tanderflle boose, two years ago. He leased the theatre to the Philadelphia film- making concern. When Lnbln retired from the exhibition bnsinesa tbe Labia Theatre was leased to Dr. S. OalattL tka acaaaat It aai a , A few moatha age BothNMriHai Oa in ap uu to Flto lioe Soaxfca. Hothelmer la renided te boslness circles here and In Norfolk as a man of extnordlnary execu- tive abtll^. He bse larice bnalness interests In both dtles and baa been pheDomenally successful in aU hIa large undertakings. DlaensalnB hla plana tor the theatn now ap- proaching completion. Mr Hothelmer aays: "I wiU open tbe bonse In June wltb a stock oiganlaatlon pKSPntiog musical comedy excln- slrdy. I hare arranged for twenty solid weeks eg tola ftm e g amMimm t. Popular prleea win paafaR, wUh' aCly- Mpto aa tbe top price, in ito tartnlor daeonnraa. tnnittii«_aBd flxios" my theatn wfll he the handsomest and most ex pcnalTe between Baltimore and New Orleana." The new Hothelmer boose wlU tie managed b« Harry Bernstein, now lessee and manager of . the Harmeling Ooera House. Bristol. Ta. . ACTOR LOSES MEMORY. . . la.. Aprn 14 (Special -to -Xhe'. Bin. baaid).—VUle teadtog hla Itoaa- aa tta atage of tbe Grand Monday eraning, Apdl a, Chatlea Cartwrlgfat. leading man te nie cem p aay which presented Tbe Uly. e iU faie a a lapae ot menMiy and his mind ptaetlcally became a blank. At first little waa thogght ot hla apparent affllcHoB aa at timea be lemembeced bla lines, bnt sfter aerersl more lapoee the audience became TlalMy annoyed. A physldan was called to attend Mr. Cartwright and after treatment be went through the third act with difllcalty. At tbe coocloslon of tbe act a member of tbe company apiieared before the cnrtato and made a atoto nwat te. wMcb >a arid Oat Me. C art- weight was simpto ■■■Htoa fcssa Sanaa eC memocy, a trick of the bcsto. as be tatved It. The atteodhiK phyalelaa cottOtantcd tke itata- ment that Mr. Cartwilpht had alaoly snf- fered a lapse of m eaao c y . beonght on.t^ sereral daya' Ulnesa with grip. It was the ilist time In the actor's career that ha waa thaa aflletad. Tbe management of the jcompany aad hooee aad tbe attending pbyslelsns were empbstle in ssy- Ing that Mr. Cartwright was In no way re- sponsible for bla condition. Be Is orer sixty eld end wee to. a weakened eondltion TliUK OTORIES OF .igiow. Voii UNDER NE W MA NAGEMENT. Sheridan. Wyo.. April 15 (Special to The Bill- board).—C. n. Kerr, genera] manager of the Kerr Amusement Co.. Inc.. has tsken tbe man- sseneat of Mlas Idrralne Keene, the. derer aC . tta Laasatea Kaeoa and Aa- elun Mtss'-Xeeae wes token down with typboU thfcr. Haaager Rerr -will equip this attractlsa with apedal scenery sad a completo line oC new Utbugi s ph paper. H-.U I«wnaee wfO ha'^ *l^'St TREASURSRS TO H OLD BENmT, San Frandsee, Calif.. Aprn 14 (Special to The Bnibostd).—The Theatrical Treasnrers* Clob of San Itaneisco will hare iia first hene- at perfornance of *VIday aflemooa April 28, at the Colnmbia Theatre. It will be for the bearrolent fund of the dob. and the arm he cattAM to «r aa Ifea ~ NO. 2.—WILLIAM MOBKIS. When WUllam Morris arrlred to this coontry, eighteen yean ago, from Cecmaay, he waa wltb* aot trienda oa tlila side. Th w iu i ih a rslatlsa (who happened to be M. B, LcaTltt, aa oH time Napoleon of tiieatTicals) he waa lat ~ to (George Uipan (In 1883). tbe leedlng agent. Morris waa engaged, after much . Ing. at a salary ot seren dollars a week. Three yeara later he waa Llman's partlMX; and at tbe latter'B death started In hla career aa aa todependent TaodeTlIIe agent. Brer aince he tiaa conducted bl3 campaiKn along Independent Ilaea, te tbe eaBdedOa Md. Morris kad an teeosae of «I0aieaS.a yaar tea oeTeial years while ba waa oppoatog St a*. caUed Tandertlle ayndlcate. iSe r'i"~'iatod at thla time such managers ae Percy Wmuaw. V. r. Proctor, S. Z. PoU and othera. But one moca. tng he came to his ofilce. and toand tliat aU ot bla clients, sare two nnimiiortaat piOTteelal managers, had "flown the coop." aad *»"d gone OTer to tbe enemy. One of these smaller manageia approaebsd Morris, ss he waa confronted with tbe new condiUons, with- tbe remark: "But we wOl stick to TOO, William; you can depend on us two haa toataad by yon UU the end." . ™*te liarrb replied: "Bnt I doo't want yoo je BLU. to me. Take eay adriee and go alee to the avadleate. and make your peace tbasa while yon can, for I have got' to find htew game than you an to meet this new sltnstioa.** Morris was thns not only defirlyed ot aa la* come ot tloO.OOO a year, imt actuaUy waa with- out any oaUet tor tbe tbansaads ot perfotaieia who fx yeara were wont to look to him solely. He also bad oSleee wltb a rental ot $5,000 a year oa his hsnds, and a big olBee ataS tliax contained fire penoas wltb weekly salaries rang* tog from «B0 to »100 for each. en came Klaw A. ErIaoger wltb tlielr "ad. ranced landeTine" scheme; Morris had Indoced 2lS' *» taka BP the fight, and bs wu their ■yoeiii g _ags na. aatoat .in a few daya he waa as T™t nnaeei, ana hie income eyen larger ttMa^^Bat Daw.* XrUnger wen ^^-^ •* IN aandeTiUe syndl- J&*^ a * * " "! oC n ai l.aOO. and the as- sumptloa of over one minion dollars of can- tracts; again was Morris down and oat; te tact, thla time It did seem aa If be waa oat fla good, for Klaw A Be* 9" .S»— berta had been bound L dlcate, not to permit i to tbelr theatre,. ^A wen-kBown manager abont this time ant M*. F. 'Albee. the general manager f« ■> r. Kdth, .and eoagntnlatlng blm on MtClV orertbrow. aaid: "y^O, U haa cost yoo a let to flgbt Ula one man. wmiaa Morris, but now ySB bare got htm good." - "Tbat'a jpat It." said AHiee; "Morrto la stffl to be reckoned with, and If yon think dlHiisally you lost go" and oiTer him azs.ooo a year: wa win be gladrto pay blm that aa long as he Uses forhls sCTripes and to end his aetlTltlea." This offer was presented to Morris, and de* ^toed. ".As long aa I U se th en win be an e(> doe wite tta aaaw of wnuaai ■ ~ aat IMa vUl atead ' ~ t(« to Si an; «Sr>M^S3h^iSSrUsw»e« evea If yoa bad tbe capital to hi Si a aaa- ager oo yoar own account," was the rea p e a el of tbe go-Detween. It Is really true fbit few. persons eotild be foood to baVc any faith In Morris' future after tola last cata-tropbe, bnt Morrla waa nndannted. To the writer, at the time, he asid: "1 win now bare (o enter toe msaagerial aide of tola Odd: It te<ay aoly .tafWs:, I mm* ast tta* atrea. erarltl km ta MM team ta ff sto Ji go on. ud naat asaasa ttsn wm be a-Wliaaa Motria drcBlt at mdefllla ttantna," ' MsRto taokhto own snaoail fhrtaw. amsaat- ^.^T?** *bn »100,aoo, with, him ta the new nndertaklng, and he Interested two or ttne other gentlemen. One day It waa ananMMl that Morda had secured the American Theatn: the bonse bad passed thronrh a dnblons career and waa In tbe market; only an Intrepid abow- man wonId hare tempted fate there, bnt when tbe writer met Morris, he saked If the report was tme. "'^e^," said be, "I now own one theatre, snd aae theatn to oppodtlon: with one toeatn I ftwdht toe jBBttcate hetuce. and beat IbaaLl* tt. and teat itoaMn was ta Detroit: BBwT>eee nt a Mew Itartc bonaa, a faetacy aai bead* qnsrten the rest wtU come." And tbe rest did come. A dnaen tbestres were In oiierstloo under tbe Morris nsme wben tbe aa^jwaaad. aad tbiaa wcia te