The billboard (Apr 1918)

APRIL uim Tti« Billboard Hagto fat AMio moaU for One of the PJorm N«w Tork, April —Sarvalt I* P irw hns Playea all ovc L« Roy's I him 1 : plac I the H esllmallon. Magic Is coming buck Into ttt own. Houdlnl still head- Thunton nuUclDB a fortune on the niad. Mm©- Hemnaim at Luna Park anil new a mado theater at Atlantic Cllr.' l" Roy proinlHa ose of tba bwt. blnest and raoM itupandoiu pro- Auctions Id the maele line Uanasers alt Ic boom and n iglcli enelh of tho Siobard Mansfield, Jr., Die* Naw Tork AprU t^IUabard Xaiw Ddd, Jr., u* ID, ft con of the iroat actor, died Wednaadar at the wIMlaii camp at San Antonio. Tn.. from aplaai Banintttla. TonnK Manaflold bad planned to tallow hia tathar** itrotca- ^on. Init dMcarded hie unbltloDS and eolliiad Id the aviation *«tlon of the Smal CoTpx. He posaened many of the temperamental characterlBtlcs of Joined the Provlncetown Players. Hta fcarch In Greenwich VlllBse found blm ■nd look blm back to hla nudln He toicr made hla prolesalonal bOT* In The Ulan Who Stayed at Borne U the Pitt Klaw ft Krlangtr Lauo timnd Tbaaier In JUMM Oty Raniaa City. April S.—The Grand Theater baa bean leaaed by Klniv & Erlancer, and they will take chare at the propertT June 1. according I ta a< the iMM. TIM n*w laaaa MM U to «r t«B jaan «t tlMM foibBoam* Um masBBW of ttao'Onnd. A tnr BOHtte MO It ««■ NPeKad that K. * K.lwd taiMB mr tlw Imm« of tlw Qwdn TfeMtar. Bowm». Ur. ftmondi Mtd A* XL ft B.- Nmr Tork renrMintatly* dMldtd that tha Grand nui better suited for d flist-clara thca- F of the thentrlcal n Olcott to Fahon Theater New- York. April ■.—On April- IB i lO rultra, TM^tsr Chnuncey 'OlcOtt lit opm.mtk-OKr.U^n a.Time: an r-uih rommptte Mmodri by Mlaa Rachel mthers.. HI* mMeineBt'Ii for three Bowles*; New' Posmon N'ew^ Tork,'April:,<■—OeorEc Sowlea lina givm up the manaasnisnt.of Cbln- ■ 'hln4i« topr tBiataiimt thk poiltloD of ■ nn-t «]nouttra.>OB.ttlwcDivlalon 1''i1nu potMnlttoo-oW-Pilblte Informs- ..l(-,^n>o»la..df#y;lii J^s.-qiv- ennnmU htvIm to book and arranis 'hr totirs ot tha .yarlmiB fllma pra> ■nntwil la tka utoraat of war propQ- RunSa. J. Rodtlw haa wt oaaadaj BR0ADWAYa>'5 BYWAYS By William Judkins Hewitt t banner* witb tha 11 i dnmm7 man haaslnE trcm a trapeze aoapandad In midair haa asaln mads It* appearance oi and la causing the pedestrian ran and star KBzers to give it a look, timea to the extent o( bear Ins « Tolas oall otit. *%Iove along, pleass." Conyne, tb* kita man of Chicago, should bs him to wttness the doings of ~~ ha conceived jears ago. L trade showing of some : ]" that la expected. More at s at lost awake—matters nt ivlng plctnres doea not alwaya cet the B tbla than ever before. The clean exhlb- from whence he comes—to buy or book. IT Yorkers are etlU packing Mad f the "kiddles" come away disc (Ivan more of an opportunity ii Ba It barawlth hni btult sod ready tor oi to have stung many a beildes Oscar Hammersteln of late years, eibley stepped In for a days visit from the South early the We are craving purer publicity. Advertlsera' Association has an arduo aoms of tho fraudulent, extravagant lug to bB credited to them—the thousand. Hero receiving—tho enormoua business tha lag to—ttjat.nas without fact or foundaUoi self. S ariea of stars should have so abrutly Income lax, Tt'e ask, how. can a theater with a seating capacity play to aver .40,000 admlaaloii* in ilourtean performances, as stated tn one •dvortUamsDt that has eama.unda'r dnr notl^MT ' An instance.has baen called ta our attantioo tbat'oaa makiac.iMA daima tbr Ihulnasa playad to Isss than HI af a matinee aaa'oM MMordan.POM mi.laM than iioo. Tha question minds tsh did Oh nisnagamwit pay > OAm^ tax on tha. baals of 4O,000 Theatrically j-esterday. He was la friends In the temple r oc ik* BMnoiil.naatM^ te smt i t «•«•■ MaHrar* antanalnmsM to twa -~ pylDg -BIKtm lb the Uncacre Building, from :ell Is ami doing excellent press work tor'the "Wlnler tolnly In Rood In Slnbad and the business la excellen .Cmart. drawing, heavily from out of the city crowdi ' The Broadhuret-Theater Is to-be-utillxed-on Sandays-by _ will give free .'lecture!.' In tals-advei^lalnr he statos that be-Wl^' questloD*. WonMrthat,wa.wsra I divine who Wlllard D. .Coxoy. Is reportad henry W.. Savage olllce. He succe We will Hiy that hla work m this putting Toot Toot was vary nouceahla tar'lla bos- nne and a.haU nUnion doIlBir i Erad UUebsO. of tba. Winia» "Bartalh jswii^Ty propiis** 'toSUit gppe «ad«ar at aa aaity dat». Ha reports tbe anbnal bwlBssa at jreaent a Ttasra la a fon who « Sam* are eCtl Two Houses Dark fleld. 1 and I ay night, witli Soma Ut- ths Olympics Jolnlns the [ay evening, the fact that a new a»ractlon followed WarQeld into Powers' prevented the local Loop theatrical calendar from talcing on too gloomy an nppearan ofc Aa It la ute dark.'* nthar tnautu" ''^ f tKa- 1 Makeup In Sinalud ea naed by Lander Aids Loan Chicago. April t. —A consldsrabla part of today's Liberty Day program naa allotted to Harry Laudar, the co- median, who l> Onlshlng hla week's engagement at the Au dlt o ritun.. Of At 10: I* partlolpaii d In Orsnt Park. One hour later they paraded thru the Iioah At noon I.aader alartad hla dilTo' M sell tZ.OOO.OOO In bonda. In a twanty mlnute meeting he sold' ll,UK,Mt Can Sua MetropoUtn ' ' New Tork. April t. —Madsni'a Uar- Esxete Arndt-Ober. a maaia-saprano of the Metropolitan Opera Company and a. aarman aabjeot, yesterday won the right to sue the opera company tor )BO,DD» damagaa lor aKsgad braaeh tf ototraat TUa «m' tka MHlt-«£.A- nltec M the JtpitalMa SMoM «< the —TlM toivrawnt: ■Ubb of tha-eptn: Artists cf Alien Birth N*«w York. April «.—N-ow that Oar- man opera baa bean barred from the Metropolitan Opera House thia aeaaon and several German singer* dropped tram tba Ilat of artlata. dlsoDa^n In before n«t ^IL There are,« 't|st artlsta In the comMW who.V^ace be*B ' la enemy .territory. . Soma of'.thfm have become natnraUsaa" lNr*> wd, ettaare are lepaibr Utiasn to frl Mi dlr ,«a«ntrMe> ~^J^>^y^ l**^ »<> « ena*te' aS^duT*^ 'abi^^Sn irew- Tath .ipsa tnOa HhaMts -nnounoa - tbti '• owuw ' to mnaa changes In the cast they bkva Post- poned the opening of CUfMn Craw- ford in-Faiiey n«e at the Asior Thaa-. ter until April 11. Engaged for Bit Hofl*= Wife New York. April S. —A. H. Woods