The billboard (May 1911)

'T6e Billboard- AMERICAS IBADING AMU>SEMENT WEBKIY FRANK A. ROBBI NS SHOW laaugmates Season at Jersey City, April 26, Under Favor- able Conditions—Outfit this Season Gives Evidences of Many Additions and General Improvement I tnie barbingera o{ Spring. I ud turner rejoices at the _4t ilsbt of the welcoms UtUe creatnteB. Nen Janey ii twice bleaaed In tbU reapect. especially OM im*T UtOe town sttiiated across the East Blnr from New Tork aXj. "Set, Jersey City Snitslsb?M FMirs haa naver faUed a other than the well-known, (ar- mm. ^^1^ J and ten years ha_ , o state as Ita native borne. e not to start the s ks oeei .wUcb Manda and acqnt ^d to claim his ■o algns of mitigation from tt •t Ai>iU eondittons. Plenty c commingled rain and snow, , , Mnda and snnless skies bad marked tbe month 'tlmoat to the day of tbe opening. Bnt, Wed- ■taday, AprU 28, dainied bright and springlike wttb weather conditions pieralllng sacb as draw the laay wenn from bis sednslon, gives life *~ Ifee latent Insect larva and calls forth t kaotherhnnd of blrda to Joyons song. The op< — a clrcns—Inst such > have placed him on : I It giKd npon tbe Bobbins pageant In Its Otogresa before them, led by J. B. Gordon and rata Oavanangh Inmiedlately ' * la three different sections. and the menagerie cagea is , . ^tterlng luwKmen on eqolnes brnilantly .- Biseed with barmonloas trappings. The music IkBt .kept the parade In step was enoogb to ^^t ^ttSMde"'--""" ettemcnt and desire aaee ItseU. The ability to line „. tor a. medlnm-slxed show has always been an acknowledged Intuitive genius of Governor Bob- Ma*. 8nch Is the profession again this year. I the perform- IB Qneen, tbe hnge pachyderm, which reqnired MCh a tremendous dose of potassium cyanide to brtps about Ita end at the close of last aeason. A yomg elephant abont twelve years of age oowB gracefully and stalks triumphantly In -Ua place of tbe former mammoth companion. Bowever. it la to receive a partner on Honday aa eoQB as the steamer Lincoln can unload Us Mrgo at the docks of New lork City, The new •telgaiftflnppMed by tbe firm of Lonls Rnhe, is lacbee in height. Carefully groomed ponies appeared in the parade at varlooa Interrala and added that-petltenesa and charm that their pres- •nce poaaesses. Quite a variety of goats anil deer occupied cages as well as a lion and Uoness, ■llgan, llama, kangaroos, leopards, lieara, camels ■ad a whole family of diminutive monkeys that djsported most playfully in their Ironbaired en- The'menagerie is under the supervision of Iiark Monroe, who has ample right-to claim lengthy expertence In tbia Une, daUng hia Brst aMoclatton with a circna as far back as 1873. 3'"5S£i''"? 'WB claim to having been In charge M tfalrty-Bix elephants one aeason and aecom- jUsblng Us dntlea witboat the mar of one acd- U. K.) Ctoidon waa hy all meana a man M bnar tlma and varied &k on the occasion "J 'fce opening. Doc Ogden, superintendent of : convincingly oat of PATTERS ON SHO WS OPEN Joplin, Mo., the Scene of Much Animation During Engage- ment of the Well-known Carnival—Outfit Has Been Entirely Remodeled and New Paraphernalia Added be season of 1911. of the Great Patterson ws, opened April 22, at Joplin, Mo., under skies and with Immense crowds, which were the rule aU daring tbe nine days* engagement. The winter-quarters of the show were at Jopllo, ana during the Ave montha that they have been PRANK A. ROBBINS, V. — In the party were the Hon. Mayor of • Chetopa, Slg. Lehman. Oeoi, P. " Oust.; Edwards. Dr. Jaa. Enterprising Proprietor and Manager of the SI ir Bearing His Name. formerly of hurdle-rlding fame, nnttl he hurt bis knee some years ago, now holds watch, Steve Roberts la superintendent of the side- show canvas. On the Inside, B. Nugent does tbe introducing and takes care of tbe. Punch and Judy show. The music Is furnished by a Geor- s of the twist the program—the t housed there, these quartets have been as busy as a bee-hive In honey time, and every bit of the paraphernalia has been overhauled, repaired and painted. Gold leaf, silver and Dright col- ors, in the bands of expert painters, have made the various fronts ^hlngs ^of real be^ty, and for*artistIc irork"WM%xtremely'pleasfng specially ^80 when the thouMUds^of Ugbts log of the oi>enIng day; Dress rehesTsals 'ere held on Friday, the day before the open- ing^ and ^so^ smooth did all go through with their jtead of opening Ume. One or .more full per- formances were given In all of the shows dor- tag ^ the attemoon of opening .day. and on- the flrot nigbt the tents werr aU packed with ca- tbey also all daring the engagemc On Tnesday, April £5, a big par; In couionctlon with the various m > Fatteraon- herd attractions. In automobiles, were It parade, and such was the flash — — In the city that di i't'daV^ikU'*!? tb< I the parade was tlons and four sensational free acta. Prof. A. B. Bast " .. . . Patterson Shows t ,—^ , . _ ^ excelled by enlng date, and v... , A party of b<9haad t fr^^.^C^topa, .* the chief' oa",TiKfiai^,~^at^"avj •°5St~h«a heard manv compHmentary things of the sfaowa of tbelr former boy-cbmn, but this was the first time that they had evn witnessed-tbem. ind they are now the biggeat boosters for the Bush, Dr. von Trebra. bn^ZiwaOa' oi Scott^ y^fcer and Jleo.»fi Boon. The. Heta ilt^MrrPattenra on Toesday' irted by f~ *■■ ractlons. rere*^»t* Webb city, "Mo"' rad Visits forth between the people of tbe two 5*'- Simon. Donpvllle, Mo., were guests of Mr. t ThuTsday. AprU SB. »t 3mUu. 'm.-^ ^ Tepresentatlves of the Woodmtn World, at BoonviUe, who will pat .on a mid-summer carnival and street fhlr August. While here thev signed'—*- the Great Pal daring that 1 week the lusplcea^of the Independence .Commercial --JE"^ Kan., nnder the aasptcea of the Fort Scott Baseball Association, will fnl- CONK LIN BACK. ^'2! TS^' iiVtam (Special to The BUI _ !...». v^g ^^ been^ioma from Abont live ^us ago ■keapearlan clown played thli' ling aodlenees bnt has not th. , tab; occasion.. Be apesks most highly in praise of tte vrorlr of the performer» as well as John Graham, the manager of the Rmusements of tbe Anna Coltseum. Mr. Conk -*-•— ■"—- laek of beatlnir apparatus t" ^dearth ^of^ bannering and lltbo tbeNreek a"" B the main factors hi not makint KIRA BRINGING TROUPE. . —>w Tork. April 29 (Special to The BUI- board).-.-K. T. Rira, who is a native prince of Ceylon. Is at the bead of the SlnBhaIe«e troapes 1^ ,H thlrty-flve pefr vrith various attractions tbroucb- — tty. One troupe is at King BM ward Park In Montreal: one with the Twn Bills 'Bamum & Bailey and another wUh'(}er trade Botrman In her revue. These troupes bav<- solid bookings for the summer and winter sea- son. KIra wUl shortly bring anatber companT