The billboard (Oct 1917)

DRASTIC TAXES IMPOSED UPON SHOWMEN DY WAR TAX DILL As It Cornea From the ence Committee Theatrical and Moving Picture Interests Hard Hit Bnt Outdoor Men, Thanks to Frank L, Albert, Fare Better Washington. T>. C, Sept. 30.—An analysis of the War Revenue Bill as agreed upon by the Senate and House conferees by several well-known show- men shows that the moving: picture ore houses t of business porarlly. This will precipitate man: failures. It Is feared, among the con corns higher up, which are gTossl! overcapitalised and have bean an. •rated in a wasteful and terests also come In for g, but owing to condl- r sble to stand up un- cof of bill affecting a Section TOO. the nrst day of Dec shall be " " paid {A) a tax the amount paid f< place, Including ai ticket or subscription, to be paid by the person paying and Provided, that the tax on admission »f children under 12 years of age. where an admission charge for such children Is made, shall In every case be one cent, and (H) In the case of petrous (except bona ride employees, municipal officers on official business and children under is years of age) admitted free to any place at a tint* which an admission charge Is mad* NEW VICTORIA HAS BRILLIANT GATHERING ON OPENING NIGHT Notables Attend Christening of New York's Newest Theater Marcus Loew Showered With Praise and Congratulations Elsie Ferguson, Guest of Hon- or, Sees Her First Picture New York, Oct. 1.—The greatest o: all Loew theaters—The Victoria, or 12Sth street—was thrown open to th( public tonight and the playgoing ellti of New York nas present to partici- pate In the christening and to show- er congratulations on the vaudevllia It proved an event that ter in the city. tlnn of New York, ranged from all thai □ the largest thea- CHICAGO OPERA ASSOCIATION'S PLANS FOR THE COMING SEASON Include the Production of Eight New Works Six of Which Are Foreign and Two American New York Run of Four Weeks To Begin January 22- New York, C t. 1.—Director Cleo- last week an nop need the completion of the work ol organ- izing the Chicago Opera Association's forces for the coming season, as well as details of his plans. Many nov- elties. Including both operas and artists, are promised. Six new foreign operas will be presented in addition to two new American operas and a .1 T;a! t tho Lexington Thea >an;- s . Among the new works will be L Sauterlot. by Sylvlo Lazarl. the youn French composer. This will be il world premiere. Another of the nei offerings will be Isabeau, the work of Pletro Mascagni. Isabeau. altbo lo this country, has been sung abroad, and the same can-he said of Le Cheml- neau, by Xavier Leroux. Others In- clude Massenet's posthumous opera, Cleopatra, which will be given here with a celebrated prima donna in the title role; Aphrodilc. by Camillc 1 Tanger. and Le Vieil Aigie. by R» Gsunabourg, the latter of which is is, which will be presented by casts of Ameri- can singers, will be Henry ■ Hadley's tho Forest. The revivals will include Pelteas and Mellsande. Sapho. Griselidis; and Don Quichetfe. in French: Falstaft, Fedora, The Jewels of the Madonna, and Secret of Suzanne, In Italian: Meyerbeer's Dlnorah and L'jAfracalne. Verdi's Emani. and Ricci's Crlspino e la Comare. Among olher operas Tosca, La Boheme. Cavallerla Rusti- Rigo'letto* Aids. LaTraviata. La GIo- conda, Lucia dl Lammermoor, Bar- blere dl Slvlglia, Les Huguenolos, Dak me.' Jongleur de Notre Dame. Thais, Man on. Samson et Dellla. Louise, Les Contes d- Hoffmann, Faust addttio lean Exhibitors' Association. CHARGES OCHS' WEEKLY IS A POLITICAL AND NOTNEWSORGAN R. Nutting Prints Strong Editorial on Subject Asks Season for Not Publish- ing News of A. E. A. In Which Exhibitors of Ameri- ca Are Vitally Interested olltical organ rather than a paper un In the interest of the exhibitors of MerricK K. Nutting, edi- tor of The t Digest, charges that tho Ochs weekly can Exhibitors' Association, an or- ganization in which the exhibitors of Canada and the United Slates are more than slightly Interested, and. as a subscriber to that publication, de- mands that all the news of the ex- hibitors be-printed. In a recent edi- torial over his signature Mr. Nutting The Edition of This Issue of The Billboard is 40,000 Copies