The billboard (Dec 1917)

162 The Billboara DECEMBER 22, 1917 (ORIGINAL HAM TREE MULE) ~ Eleven minutes of Laughs, Screams and Applause. A RIOT from start to finish. Acknowledged by Press and Public to be the greatest Comedy Acrobatic Mule Act ever seen. Different than all others. Cast—One Mule, one Wagon, one Farmer, two Rubes. Each one a Star. Regular address, ED. HOLDER, care Billboard, Subway Central Building, New York BARNES, Inc., Chicago, Ills., Through the Courtesy of M. H. Barnes. All Fair Time Sold to F. M. : Vaudeville Booked by Max Oberendorf. ‘and mption as this dance for all the poor tn| yes, he docs. He was thoroly converted. And the neighborhood on this merry Christmas Eve? | his conversion was worth while. It bore froit. ‘Away they all went in a breathless whirl of | He immediately began to give service. He went fun and langhter! The Spirit of Christmas (Continued from page 16) ‘this wretched old man later, ii his own dismal room, quite alone, sumptuously feasting on a. bow! of thin, gruel, beside a small fre, and gloating over the amount of money he has in Dank, It is Christmas’ five, and the amnivereary ‘of the death of his former partner, Jacob ‘Marley. Sdenly there is a great corumotion tn the cellar, a terrible clanking on the stairs, ‘and the shadow of ‘bis dead pr'ine: Lolts thra ‘the door! It is the same Marley all right, dressed in the same waistcoat, tights and boots; but Scrooge does not believe ia bim. He does bis ones are making. We must try to overcome these little dificulties by filling the vacancies with people beyond the age limit So far my ‘show bas been fortunate, but ‘the call come that would deprive me of every maa I're got on the show I will not oaly give them up ‘willingly, but lend my every » finan clally and otherwise, to Godspeed them oa thelr Journey. him on account of his growing soniidness—he| | What a lesson Dickens teaches in the little Jored gold more than her. Memory ts playing | fable, pleading for charity ana mercy to the ‘sad tune on his heartstrings, and he begs the | Unfortunate. It teaches us to not walk thra spirit to show him no more. But he is com-| the crowd of our fellow belngs with oor eyes down, but raised to that blessed star i ' a i Hi wE ti 4 hie agitated state of mind, could cout ---| The Repertoire Show, one, but every child conducting himself Uke Under Canvas Christmas! He loved to take his readers out (Continued from page 12) Unelo Sam as temporary quarters for recruits, ‘or any other purpose for which be might ser fit to use it. But until that time arrives, and ‘at all oter times, it will be my earnest effort to make the Roy B, Fox Poplar Players sbining example for all other shows of this cbaracter—founded on merit and sound bestness methods, the two paramount principles nec. essary to the successful operation of the Repe:tolre Show Under Canvas, ped : sare, [0% At tho conclusion of the act I roshed see ernie, aa oritans [teres wy be asst wow ce eae laughter of children supplied the music, ‘Ho said: “Mr. For, I didn't have an overcoat, Scrooge is thea shown the home of bis poor | #7 Dat on.two sults of underwear.”* clerk, of whom he bad eald: “Fifteen shillings | A friend of mine was running a tank show a week, with a wife and family, talking about | oot thra West Texas. Owing to a mix-up in & merry Christmas—humbog!” ‘He doubts 4£a| bio booking he had a day open. Consulting family = poor a2 this coald be bappy on any | Rand-McNally bo found a fair-sized town near sort of @ day, let alone Christmas, But he sees |by. Ho called up the opera house manager, and happy famliy—happy ‘and contented with one |tho following conversation ensucd over the another—enjoying a glorious Christmas, Love | phone: Xept the hearth res bright and thankfulness | “fHelIo, fs this the manager of the theater at ‘tiled their hearts, One can uot read the] Bisnkvilte?" Carol without falling tn love with the Cratchit| “Well, I ron the opery, if that’s what yer childres, espectally Tiny Tim, with bis pletative | takin’ about.” “God bless us, every one" “This is Joe Dokes Yes, Dokes. I've got Gcrooge witnesies the celebration at the home| ert Thursday nicht open and would Uke to NEW YORK * of his nephew, whose invitation be had so} Disy your house on that date.’ roughly refused, and had refused for years—| "What did ye eay yer name was?” KNICKERGOCKER THEATRE BLO Ee eee eee thet dt ear} PHONE GREELEY 69390 NGRVING . ytyPING Soe oe Pra ERT cr games. Hke children. It is good to be children “Dr. Jykle and Mr, Hyde." UTS & MATRICES for ALL Purposes “Dr. Iykle? Dr. Jykle? Nope, I guess not.| [ZA aaea to date. Mant ‘We bad # medicine show here all last week.” will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to] With the country engaged in this frightful keep it all the year. I will live in the past, | war we all face a situation which ts #0 uncerthe present and the future. The spirit of eli | tain that it is impossible to make a prediction threo shall strive within me. I will not abut out | regarding the future. At present the only the Jessons they teach.” And ‘bo docs. Ob, }hardstip the war bas worked ip in the draft scenes It can not share, Dut might have shared oa earth and turned to happiness. ‘Marley then departs and three spirits vistt Scrooge. In their efforts at reformation they take him thra his life once more. He secs Limself a boy at school: as a dashing elerk in tho employ of a delichtfol old man—Pexsiwig— who thoroly belleves tn Christmas. It is Christ. “What 1a yo aay tho name of yer play was?" VENTRILOQUISM iy ma Each lesson one dollar. LINGERMAN VOICE THROWING SCHOOL, 705 No. 5th Street, Philadelphia, Pa.