Billboard advertising (Jan 1918)

JAHWllYWTtlt >1rtte Bill boar a Henry Ellsworth Dies m one ot Ohio'* lodlnK ThMirlenl vnrth died tn thia ally rafUrdar aft«i cicBl manavara-of OU^^mbUbs TtaT- (mmu UmM tha tmtMf pt.that etty-a mrlh Md davotod His lift to tin lee< rigr. Obtrammkriaii. tta qnalnt l^ple. rroMMy bo-hwi in me lec- t«ra ntfd.wM betur known or more iwfniar than ba. Ona ot Ua laat uWavMBMta waa to bmut* tha «• ^taii** vtMhMt Ctmb Iba vniai*-ot Obtrammatcan (o raptaAraa tha IIH PawM mar tn awtiM ptatatM « «M«n( whKb luw taak aoaskt by Um >r th* 4 r«rent prajecta he had In vlevr. Pualon Play L*cturaa and the rapro- duetlon or the plar Itselt In motion, ^urae vlll be carried out by hie llfe- huut friend end late manager, Harry a bean. ,Hr. Ellmurth waa honorary life member ot the Dayton I>odB* ot EilhK. The remelna were today lent to Day- ton and the nnenll will be hold at the home of hi* elMer, Unra B. Felcht. of that place. It will probably ba on- dar.the cher^ of the'Blke. nood OondiUoiu' ail«litlr Impeond In NorAweM - BeBIIIe. Waih.. Jan. 1.—Flood eon- it hid n> are lomrwnat Improved, but will Inlerfere with Sunday nhowa here. The Govern ment'B curtailment of Iriln aarvlce to the South cula nine dally tralna to three. The Orphauro and palace Hip. ahowa were hit hard Uat niaht. Tha nl|h^ train, 10:10. aiiit ItrA noniinc, traltk tslO, mada It too lai* to. reach Portland tar tha matlnao. Thra th« iBilnraM of umimn of tha MaoN. P«MM Hflk'ttdKMIlB larM M- tha Ma or 1 Theater Nearioff OomplaUini aarkidale. HIaB., Jan. T.-^b new tlOB.OOO thaatar belns built In Ta»a aranue here la rapidly nearlng oom- plltlon. Accordlnx to. the contractors tha hnuee will ba ready tor oocupaney March ly - .Tha'. lheaier wiir he aqnipped with «p-te<dat« rest room*. The main au- ditorium will bava B aeatliiff capacity of 1,0«a people. Tbeataae will be 4Dk, to teat and 7B teet hich. to accommo- the shittlnx of the acenery. A fiMt pipe organ will be inatatied. Alex Tltley or Memphle will man- tie ihB piByhouie. Wanda Lyon'i Successor Xaw Tork. Jan. B.—Ruby Norton "ai been eiiBBxed by John Cert to irtay Aniellna Btokee In FIo-FIo, and "lade her ilrat appearance In the com- w wllh mnale at tha Cort Theater ^uraday nlBht. She lia* aucceeded "■nia Lyon, who wKhdrew from the Ual lo alart rehearaala with anolher muslrai comedy for which alia wae "JWBea prior to the opening; ot mo- Min Norton waa formerly, a ■nimbcr or the welNKnown vaudevlHo ■Mm ot Norton ud Lee. and taoentH *u seen In'Fun and rrills. New York, jan. a.—The cold weather [or the past tdnds of ahow buelneas In the metropoUa. Today %hi Broadway wa can bear tha ahrlll' tonva ot a. ealllepe and . on the way to tbe amuaemant plaoeB In drovea. Tha Bve llcbtlaaa nlsbte are now makInK thla a. resnlar Satordair orowd elty, " ' towne. Th« New T*Bt^ crowd iWPM iaMan In 1 a late honr-nicn on M tMHOtt m. WpMBOW tUK OC tta ttiMUrical worM baa been dtratitad at tUa'C«ntiiRr''nM>tB'. frtdA baa Main oiansed It la eatbnated that about forty theaters and ality cabarete In the metror olla are now open and biddlns tor patronaKo In crying Tada" in t^ dally presi Bd M. BaUard waa reported in town, bM eogid net-bo looatM tod^. la on. & bvBBidi of Oio Bhow- naranlaanbt tba'merry throng of mlllen and men tbe noMa makara. aucb aa boms, balls end the like, aa or < llghtMaa and doll all around. New Year dawned wittiout bands ot the yonthlal tonnentora. - Uorria 0 est la the nan of the hour .In theatricals. ' makers that resorted I When Cburclilll p later when be know that he waa la - tbe advent of McI>od vt-.Chilrchlll's.- Cuba Ci Bhiald* at Raetbr'a the wild- and woolly .toopa ha.ya been revolvina a"-' . ot .BMadway^ c ntvand.eoaaneiii-rb " ' I.xRay—bnca thafOrai of this tbe clty Colk who attan^fitai.t^Qdfvflle'mtartBlni ... .—,— ^_ -Lbp4t ta^baaoy aBd.i Ins-pbuitv aiUI. *aB«riSS^rb*aiietMr^nbM.llne ttw-^r^^ walke.ot t - «lI«y-Hinca OMifftif^ vntfisrv. • LooklMtjlK^ to tha part>«l:oani . .JS^-....:.J,j;rn- ^ ^iSTWi aa tb* tool awUatt,. .Wast. aabllMUon and .The rope In tbe handa ot the matropolla and Its that Klltter, with Billy ,Mcl*oa . _ BUI wndi.wi,'.'.. __. _ .. jberlaUb 'will BoBa|^^3t|yr'(T(j»<llck, .Fiocee .'IaI>uc, . tyea, Chester Beyuif uttlion MUy a boy with n bis act). Hasel iceraa. BUly CnkW. Svpd Biinu^,^Mit)«^a9£j>ta (fatter Shieid« and Koseea), ^wo Lowes (tOrmeMr •■klnatkns Wdtar,'.with-the pa.wiiaa BUI Wild Waat yaata bbo). Bee Bo OiV. Tommy Rlman, Stale janla, Jed and Ethel ^ DssrfOot, Haul Daeritammeri'and others too numerous ' Now tbe wild MaTarii^-can .rave and iwit while tho "w1>y~ ot aU thla In irence to Texas McLeod and.Cuba CratGblleld,>.who bBTO so Innocently lip- tbe equilibrium of Broadway^ *«l)utik.WB«onB.''. Joe Drum, press manager for Healy^s Golden. QIades,. nay be called. In now as one of tbe "sDlngeat" ol tbe preea as^ta, as he- bsa taiken full ad- Lage of the advent of Cuba Crvtchileld'a appaaraace by .<|i»tiBg the. en- lement ot a well-known actor on Broadway In retannoo to &ntehllald'e Ity as . a wblrlwlnd-wltb tjbo lariat ::ln-alt adTerUH<Nnent*:fcoin:HwU7's □oldan Gladaa in the aawQapara of the dty.' To aay that CrotcAneld had mora trieka tban any ottar twlrler of tKe-twisted twine brlncn Tax MclMd to . int where h* is sbout to show far public Inapaotlon all ot the madala and medallion* h* has rightfully' won far rbmored'trom the Broadway ranee for hla ezhlbltiona'ot skill "bock hoMe," where the folk's know mora aboitt what B rope Is tor than they do about ridlns down tbe skyscmper canons In bucklns UlxI cabs. Tbe araument has about readied tbe cballence staEea. The eabant ransa ■es, while being prollclent on the round-up of "dlnerlo" and Spaniah aeiMr- ■ with clanking castaneta, got clean out of- their pastures when Tex and Cuba bit the bis street and started the cabaret world a-golng. The argnroent la now to the point where a referee wHL no doubt, have to ^>e called In. Some- one suggeated that Will Rogers, ot Wrlgley fane, be comlled to aettla -the Chewing match, hut He was reported to be Id Chicago brMdlng greenbacks for the Zlegfeld Follies. About this time Joe Hitler, of the famous OlilahomH. 101 Ranch fame, atepped cut of tho btg saddle onto the bis alii-y, and. upon hearing the echoes of the oowpunohers* pow wow, left tOr tbo WcbL Fred Stone wub then quoted as having said that boUt.Ot the boys were dam gaod ropers and good fellows with It and that It a eontast Is held that he hoped both would win. Right oft the TJ. B. Or Circuit arrives Ouy Weadick with bla "Stampede" rldera ropera of the oowbay and cowgirl eIaB,.Aaoklag'lnoi)kB and aU. ' Aa eoon waa .learned: that he was,In camp hla op'lnlgt).relative to the controversy WM eollc|led..-He'not only helped'It. but .heated It.np-to a boiling point-by aayjQg that lit hla opinion a cowboy,roplng bo » oake^:ioe w4t]a a palin gardan aetUng.waa about aa conalatant a« .yjrlnjr ta.zona4 n» « frard.of wfld"TMtas his entranca m tba vradBdng IMCS. and on niatOaj mrfam Smmuvy. will pres e nt In Attantle <atr, at tta Apollo Tb eater, » nanrcomady, an- tltled Borne Daddy, by Hmtit AOBk AcobB and Jannaa £k CampbelL Wni. Horrla wUl ba Ibe fKatared mambar oC tba utt In trhieb will ba smnd liMB Buck. Henry Vog^ Alice FlamlnK FMdarlA Kaddim. \Alloa Saltan-1^ Bvarta .aad FfamDea - iMva^ort,' In Ma nmar Km' ac watk uk i.eft«ltt b aa aMfeMaat^ ka kabi* dM Succeeds Tbe Masqoerader . New York, Jan. 7.—The laat per- formance of The Maaquerader, with Guy Bates Past, at the Boolb Theater, will tben tour ths ao-called "subway circuit." which inclndea theaters In Brooklyn and other Bdjolnlng seale- menta. In H^k Hr. Poat WUI MH latratio, Riebard Wiltoa^mny; hla I hla appearance- Qmn' In Tha Maa q aa lader. The sseeeedlBg sttraotlan at tha Booth win ba Booth Tarklngton's Sorenteen. This la a dramatlaatlon ot tbe Tarlilngton short storlai^ and has beaB-playad la thtf 'lBMIa Waab with I>ayton. O. JtM, Ti' OaalWIf'fe tha ftienda' Be win, howerar. pn Apollo taalnro nima, according b contract, when the regular produe are unobtainable. Most Deposit Tax Daily New York. Jan. 6.—Mark Blsber. nlleclor of the Upper Manhattan dia- rict. January 1 sent out a notice to notifying proprietoia that hereafter It lul'd t>e necesnary for all admissions colIecUona to be deposited dally to the credit of Blaner as the 'representative the GoTemment. Ur. Eisner's lead wlU ' pn>bal>Ir be followed by other collectere elsewhera. Tbe Walmit 8 class mothm pietnra*,^^I*,-liiUng Im* proved In a«v«ral latiKUa.''' Ttta tm' prorementa Inctnda, ta adAUDB to ra>' placing ot the ■ndttaMBiil^aaUB «ttk- ot the bouse and «tbar beautify the Intarior. ; nianased by I. Llbson.' Soprano Soloist Dies Toledo, O., Jan B.—M: L Agues-Klm- wlth touring orchestras and^quartf^ died here suddenly yesterday: She waa the. wife of 'Bdward T. Affleck, local